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The app imitates how Walkmans used to function: You can open up the Duo to pick your music and "insert" your cassette tape, then close the device shut to start listening.

Anthropic, Clay, and Gamma on what it takes for an AI product to go beyond the demo at the AI Stage at TechCrunchDisrupt 2026. Register to join and get 50% off a second pass.

The edge computing startup raised a $150 million Series C led by Fidelity and Amplify.

Accounting staffing company MAVI emerges from stealth with $4 million in funding.

CFS' Brandon Sorbom and Helion's David Kirtley join the Smart Systems Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to discuss the breakthroughs moving fusion forward, the challenges that remain, and what it will take to deliver fusion power to the grid at scale. Get your pass at regular price and get a second one at 50% off.

After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother's voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup building AI models small enough to run directly on smartphones and flag fake voices in real time, and it's now one of the companies competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt.

The bureau has not yet publicly confirmed a breach, but has told its agents that their personal information and Social Security numbers were exposed.

Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world. Now comes the part everyone has been waiting for. Register for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 today.

Modulate deploys its models to detect deepfake, fraud and scam

ElevenLabs v4 can clone voices with a 10 second clip

The startup uses AI to automate tedious paperwork for insurance agencies and brokers.

The last day to book your Disrupt 2026 exhibit table is this Friday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Secure your exhibit table and get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders at San Francisco's Moscone West on October 13-15.

Instinct has raised a $1 billion Series C, saying 'we're just getting started.' The company is now valued at $10 billion.

Though not without some drama along the way.

The tech enables real-time awareness for what Quartermaster calls the “largest blind spot on Earth.”

Truecaller finds a new way to reach users as pressure grows on its traditional caller ID business in India, its biggest market.

This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump

On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.

"AI is the devil and I its maker."

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.