OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO TechCrunch By: Julie Bort 23 October 2026 at 01:08 Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the most highly valued private company ever.
1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password TechCrunch By: Lucas Ropek 22 October 2026 at 22:07 The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secure those accounts.
Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work TechCrunch By: Lucas Ropek 22 October 2026 at 19:00 The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.
PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Googleβs Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet TechCrunch By: Julie Bort 21 October 2026 at 20:59 This is the kind of security issue that was found and prevented by AI, but is also a high risk because of AI.
OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bioβ to beef up its biotech business TechCrunch By: Julie Bort 20 October 2026 at 23:35 OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help researchers plan experiments and analyze results.