TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Early Bird ticket rates end May 29
Save up to $410 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass before prices increase on May 29 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here to join the tech epicenter in San Francisco.
techcrunch
7-Eleven data breach affects over 185,000 people’s personal data
The data breach included names, dates-of-birth, postal addresses, and Social Security numbers, according to a state government listing.
Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation
Stord was founded in 2015 by then-college students CEO Sean Henry and CTO Jacob Boudreau while they were still at Georgia Tech.
What ClickUp’s mass layoff tells us about the future of work
The nine-year-old startup is replacing hundreds of employees with thousands of AI agents.
The pope’s AI encyclical isn’t really about AI
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical uses AI as a lens to diagnose older problems: concentrated power, eroding democracy, and a tech elite that shapes the world to its own advantage.
The pitch trick that helped an eSports startup raise $20M when VCs only wanted AI
Earlier this year, Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something that no one else has ever done. And he shared several secrets on how he did it.
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in days: Apply before May 27
The deadline to apply or nominate for Startup Battlefield 200 is May 27. This is your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000. Apply now.
5 days left: Save up to $410 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passes before prices increase
Early Bird savings for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco end May 29 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now to save up to $410 before prices increase.
Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google
We’re in the transition period — all of us.
Xreal, Google’s smartglasses partner, thinks it has finally mastered this notoriously tricky industry
Chi Xu, the founder and CEO of XREAL, thinks the smart glasses business has finally reached a turning point.