IBM acquires data analysis startup Seek AI, opens AI accelerator in NYC
IBM on Monday said that it has acquired Seek AI, an AI platform that allows users to ask questions about enterprise data using natural language, for an undisclosed sum.
How AI chatbots keep you chatting
Millions of people are now using ChatGPT as a therapist, career advisor, fitness coach, or sometimes just a friend to vent to. In 2025, it’s not uncommon to hear about people spilling intimate details of…
5 days left to claim your exhibitor table for TechCrunch All Stage
Time is running out. Exhibitor tables for TechCrunch All Stage, happening July 15 in Boston, are nearly gone — and the final deadline to secure your spot is this Friday, June 6. TC All Stage…
Day 5 of TechCrunch Sessions: AI Trivia Countdown — Test your knowledge, win big tickets
Think you know which AI beat a human champion in the game of Go? Or which company developed the Transformer architecture that powers many modern language models? This is your moment to shine — and…
3 days until the doors open at TechCrunch Sessions: AI at UC Berkeley
3 days from now, the future of AI walks through the doors of TechCrunch Sessions: AI at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. This Thursday, June 5, TC Sessions: AI brings together the minds shaping what’s next.…
Major record labels are reportedly in licensing talks with AI firms Udio and Suno
Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment are in talks to license their work to AI startups Udio and Suno, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The deals would set forth…
Samsung may incorporate Perplexity’s AI tech in its phones
Samsung is in investment talks with Perplexity that would see the Korean firm incorporating the AI company’s tech into its devices, Bloomberg reported.
For the love of God, stop calling your AI a co-worker
Generative AI comes in many forms. Increasingly, though, it’s marketed the same way: with human names and personas that make it feel less like code and more like a co-worker. A growing number of startups…
Early AI investor Elad Gil finds his next big bet: AI-powered rollups
Elad Gil started betting on AI before most of the world took notice. By the time investors began grasping the implications of ChatGPT, Gil had already written seed checks to startups like Perplexity, Character.AI, and…
Sam Altman biographer Keach Hagey explains why the OpenAI CEO was ‘born for this moment’
In “The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future,” Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey examines our AI-obsessed moment through one of its key figures — Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO…