The release of OpenAI’s first open model in years will be delayed until later this summer, CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X on Tuesday. Altman said the open model would be released sometime after June. “[W]e are going to take a little more time with our open-weights model, i.e. expect it later…

Vijay Pande, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz who founded the firm’s a16z Bio+ Health strategy, announced that he is stepping down from his role. Since its founding in 2014, a16z Bio+ Health has raised four funds of nearly $3 billion each, including a $1.5 billion fund that closed in 2022. However, it’s now seeking…

Vast Data, which offers an AI-friendly data storage platform, is in the market to raise a new round at a giant leap in valuation. Earlier this year, the nine-year-old company was seeking a valuation of around $25 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal. Should it achieve that, it would be a massive…

YouTube released a report on Tuesday that shows just how influential the creator economy has become. YouTube says that its creative ecosystem contributed over $55 billion to the US GDP and supported more than 490,000 full-time jobs, according to research by Oxford Economics. When YouTube talks about its creative ecosystem, it’s not just talking about…

Oceans may cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, but we have better maps of the moon than we do the seabed. There are good reasons for that: The ocean floor is obscured, and the harsh environment makes it hard to send humans down to get a closer look. But as robots improve, we…

Let’s be honest: Most events aren’t built for VCs — they’re built around VCs. Panels, keynotes, maybe a few startups worth watching, and a sea of business cards you’ll forget by dinner. TechCrunch All Stage 2025 flips that script, when we fill up Boston’s SoWa Power Station on July 15. This isn’t just a chance…

Linear, an enterprise software maker that competes with many of Atlassian’s products, on Tuesday announced that it raised $82 million in a Series C funding round led by Accel. The round, which also had participation from 01A, Sequoia, Seven Seven Six, and Designer Fund, values Linear at $1.25 billion and brings the company’s total raised…

Hosting a Side Event around TechCrunch All Stage 2025 in Boston? Today is your last chance to get on the official calendar — and it’s not just for the day of our All Stage event on July 15. You can book a time during our full All Stage Week, from July 13 to 19, by…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today that the company’s social network Threads will finally begin testing a separate DM (direct message) inbox that’s separate from users’ Instagram DM Inboxes. This means Threads users won’t have to use Instagram or switch apps to chat with someone on the platform. The company will initially test this feature…

You asked. We listened. Due to overwhelming demand, we’re extending the deadline to apply for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. You now have 7 more days to make your move. This is your shot at Disrupt’s most competitive, highest-visibility startup program. A launchpad that has changed the trajectory of hundreds of companies —…