There aren’t many founders who can say they’ve steered the same company from scrappy startup to publicly traded platform while keeping their edge — but co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie isn’t most founders. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Levie joins us live on the Disrupt Stage to share how he’s kept Box innovating and relevant through two decades of tech cycles. He’ll unpack what reinvention really looks like inside a public company, what AI is changing (and not changing) in enterprise software, and why staying sharp means questioning everything — even your…
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Google on Thursday announced a new AI-powered search tool to help travelers find flight deals — even as regulators continue to question whether the search giant’s dominance in travel discovery stifles competition. Called Flight Deals, the new tool is available within Google Flights and is designed to help “flexible travelers” find cheaper fares. Users can type natural language queries into a search bar — describing how and when they want to travel — and the AI surfaces matching options. These queries can be like “week-long trip this winter to a city with great food, nonstop only” or “10-day ski trip…
Key Takeaways Block positions its Proto Rig as a durable, repairable, and upgradeable alternative to today’s “disposable” mining machines. Proto Fleet will be free to use and available for deployment either on-premises or in the cloud. Share this article Jack Dorsey-led Block has unveiled Proto Rig, a first-of-its-kind modular Bitcoin mining system aimed at tackling the industry’s operational hurdles, and Proto Fleet, an open-source software platform for managing and optimizing mining operations, whether small or industrial-scale. “Proto Rig is an entirely new mining system,” said Thomas Templeton, Block’s hardware lead, in a livestream event held at Core Scientific’s facility in…
Cohere on Thursday announced that it had raised an oversubscribed $500 million round, bringing its valuation to $6.8 billion. This is up from the $5.5 billion valuation it landed a little over a year ago when it raised its previous round, also $500 million. Toronto-headquartered Cohere was one of the first breakout LLM model makers, founded in 2019 by co-founder Aidan Gomez, one of the authors of the “Attention is all You Need” paper that became the foundation of modern AI. But it has been a sleeper entrant in the AI model wars of late, dominated these days by OpenAI,…
As concerns over the emotional pull of general purpose LLM chatbots like ChatGPT grow by the day, Meta appears to be letting its chatbot personas engage in flirtatious exchanges with children, disseminate false information, and generate responses that demean minorities, according to reporting by Reuters. According to an internal Meta document seen by Reuters, Meta had policies on AI chatbot behavior that allowed its AI personas to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.” Meta confirmed to Reuters the authenticity of the document, which contained standards for the company’s generative AI assistant, Meta AI, and chatbots on…
One of Europe’s most prominent AI startups has released two AI models that are so tiny, they have named them after a chicken’s brain and a fly’s brain. Multiverse Computing claims these are the world’s smallest models that are still high performing and can handle chat, speech, and even reasoning in one case. These new tiny models are intended to be embedded into internet of things devices, as well as run locally on smartphones, tablets, and PCs. “We can compress the model so much that they can fit on devices,” Orús told TechCrunch. “You can run them on premises, directly…
Key Takeaways The US Treasury will not acquire new crypto assets for its strategic reserve. Existing government-held Bitcoin originated from confiscated assets and no further sales are planned. Share this article The US government will not purchase new Bitcoin for its planned strategic reserve, opting instead to rely on confiscated holdings for now, said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on ‘Mornings with Maria.’Bessent’s comments came in response to questions about US gold holdings. “I doubt we’re going to revalue it, but we are going to keep it there as a store of value for the American people,” said Bessent when asked…
Investors once saw Canadian AI startup Cohere as a promising contender to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic in the race to build frontier AI models, with its backers pouring roughly $1 billion on their bet on CEO Aidan Gomez, who co-authored a seminal paper on LLMs when he was a 20-year-old Google intern. But Cohere’s AI models have fallen behind the state-of-the-art, and its business hasn’t scaled like its competitors. Now, the company is bringing in a veteran research leader to revamp its AI efforts: Cohere has hired Joelle Pineau, Meta’s former VP of AI research who previously oversaw the tech…
After an incredible rally that placed Ethereum on the path to new and greatest possible history, Altcoin is now facing something that could hinder new passes. This results in the CME gap formed along the way, and historically, CME gaps tend to be filled before there is a bullish continuation. In this case, the CME gap is almost 15% below the current price, which could mean that ETH is crashing. CME Gap is waiting for $4,080 Crypto analysts point out that Ethereum prices could be facing heavy resistance after combining to levels not seen since 2021. There is also the…
Key Takeaways Bitpanda has launched in the UK, offering over 600 crypto assets including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Bitpanda has partnered with Arsenal FC as their Official Crypto Trading Partner to boost digital asset awareness. Share this article Vienna-based crypto asset platform Bitpanda has launched its services in the UK market, offering British investors access to more than 600 crypto assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, and other tokens, the companies announced on Thursday.The platform serves over 7 million users in Europe and is licensed in multiple jurisdictions outside the UK, offering institutional-grade infrastructure along with curated crypto indices, market analysis, and…