GM to close Detroit battery-assembly plant, but not for reasons you might think TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 20 October 2026 at 22:32 GM is shuttering the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant, though the closure has nothing to do with the automaker's electrification strategy.
Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 20 October 2026 at 20:55 Eric Schmidtβs fortune is about to get even bigger.
Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal TechCrunch By: Lucas Ropek 20 October 2026 at 02:39 If the deal goes through, it would be the latest in a long string of giant compute deals Anthropic has struck over the past year.
Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 19 October 2026 at 21:37 After drawing acquisition interest earlier this year, the Nvidia challenger raised $1.5 billion to remain independent.
AI assistant startup Town nabs unicorn valuation 4 months after launch TechCrunch By: Dominic-Madori Davis 19 October 2026 at 21:00 AI assistant startup Town nabbed a unicorn valuation on Monday, announcing a $108 million Series B round co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures.