Arvind KC appointed Chief People Officer
OpenAI appoints Arvind KC as Chief People Officer to help scale the company, strengthen its culture, and lead how work evolves in the age of AI. Source link
OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop
There is currently a low-grade war between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can release the most convenient and powerful AI-coding tools and, so far, Anthropic seems to be winning. Claude Code has been dubbed the tool of choice for many businesses, as TechCrunch reported last week, but OpenAI isn’t giving up yet. This week, OpenAI […]
New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets
Few venture firms have bet more aggressively on AI than Sequoia Capital, and it isn’t slowing down. The Silicon Valley stalwart has raised roughly $7 billion for a new fund, according to Bloomberg. Sequoia declined TechCrunch’s request for comment. The money will go toward what the firm calls its “expansion strategy” — essentially its late-stage […]
RBI asks oil refiners to curb spot dollar buying to ease pressure on rupee | Finance News
India’s central bank has urged state-run oil refiners to curb spot dollar purchases and tap a special credit line for their foreign exchange needs, three sources said, reviving measures used earlier in the Ukraine war to ease pressure on the rupee. A surge in oil prices and heavy foreign portfolio outflows have battered […]
Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation
Slash Financial, which offers business banking accounts, corporate credit cards, transfers, and crypto, has raised a $100 million Series C round at a $1.4 billion valuation from a crowd of A-list investors, the company announced. Fintech-focused Ribbit Capital, Khosla, and Goodwater Capital led the round. Returning investors NEA and Y Combinator also invested. Slash was […]
Disrupting malicious uses of AI | February 2026
Our latest threat report examines how malicious actors combine AI models with websites and social platforms—and what it means for detection and defense. Source link
From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product
For a successful deep tech startup, the laboratory breakthrough is only the first step. To spin out an innovative technology into a scalable business, a founder has to navigate a complicated legal process. This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen speaks with Capella Kerst, founder and CEO of geCKo Materials and the 2024 TechCrunch Startup […]
Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old, San Francisco-based robotics startup that has quietly become one of the most closely watched AI companies in the Bay Area, published new research Thursday showing that its latest model can direct robots to perform tasks they were never explicitly trained on — a capability the company’s own researchers say caught them […]
Board of HDFC Life approves preferential issue of 1.45 cr shares to HDFC Bank | Capital Market News
Last Updated : Apr 16 2026 | 9:04 PM IST At meeting held on 16 April 2026 The board of HDFC Life Insurance Company at its meeting held on 16 April 2026 has approved issuance of 1,45,23,906 equity shares of the Company having face value of Rs 10 each, at aprice of Rs 688.52 per […]
Netflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board
Reed Hastings, the co-founder and chairman of Netflix, is leaving the company’s board when his term expires this summer. Hastings is stepping aside to focus on “philanthropy and other pursuits,” the company said in a letter to shareholders. The departure was revealed in the company’s first-quarter earnings report published Thursday. Hastings will officially leave the […]