How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups
Scott Stevenson, co-founder and CEO of legal AI startup Spellbook, sparked a heated debate in the tech community last month by publicly calling out what he described as a "huge scam" among AI startups
TechCrunch · May 22, 2026
OpenAI Pushes Toward IPO After Musk's Legal Challenge Fails
A day after Elon Musk's legal challenge against OpenAI fell apart in court, the artificial intelligence company is pushing ahead with plans to go public, according to people familiar with the matter w
TechCrunch · May 20, 2026
With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots
Google unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash at its annual I/O developer conference, positioning the new AI model as a significant leap in autonomous agent capabilities rather than just conversational AI. The com
TechCrunch · May 19, 2026
Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare
Anthropic has completed the acquisition of Stainless, a New York-based startup founded in 2022 by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray. The deal, valued at over $300 million according to The Informatio
TechCrunch · May 18, 2026
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts
OpenAI has introduced personal finance capabilities to ChatGPT, with the new tools now available in preview for Pro subscribers in the United States as of Friday. The feature allows users to link thei
TechCrunch · May 15, 2026
Medicare Unveils AI-Driven Payment Model Without Industry Warning
Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building Pair Team, a healthcare company that serves patient populations often overlooked by Silicon Valley. That work landed him at the center of a major healthca
TechCrunch · May 13, 2026
OpenAI Bolsters Codex Security with Robust Sandbox Framework
OpenAI has implemented a robust security framework to ensure the safe and compliant operation of its Codex coding agent. At the heart of this framework is sandboxing, a technique that isolates the Cod
OpenAI Blog · May 8, 2026
Singular Bank Revolutionizes Banking with AI-Powered ChatGPT Assistants
Singular Bank has implemented a cutting-edge tool to streamline the workflow of its bankers, leveraging the power of AI. The financial institution has developed an internal assistant called Singularit
OpenAI Blog · May 6, 2026