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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025hits Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27 to 29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders for three days of bold ideas, groundbreaking tech, and future-shaping conversations. One of the most highly anticipatedsessions happening on one of the two AI Stageswill spotlight where AI hardware is heading next, featuring a live […]

Synthetic speech is no longer the stuff of science fiction. From audiobooks and dubbing to gaming and avatars, AI-generated voice is breaking into the mainstream — andMati Staniszewski, CEO and co-founder of ElevenLabs, is helping lead the charge. AtTechCrunch Disrupt 2025, he’ll take the stage to talk about what it takes to make voice AI

The co-founders whosold their last startup Anchor to Spotifyare launching their next project:Oboe, an AI-powered educational app that enables anyone to create lightweight, flexible learning courses on nearly any topic they choose, simply by entering a prompt. These courses can span a variety of verticals, including topics like science, history, foreign language, news, pop culture,

In the wake of Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement, the AI industry is coming to terms with its training data problem. There areas many as 40 other pending casesthat seek damages for unlicensed data — including one that takes Midjourney to court forcreating images of Superman. Without some kind of licensing system, AI companies could

Fabian Kamberi, CEO and co-founder of the Berlin-based AI gaming startup Born, thinks the current AI companions on the market are designed to be exploitative and geared towards isolating users through one-to-one relationships with AI chatbots.  “It feels like it fuels the loneliness epidemic, instead of making it more fun and giving users the opportunity

Three former Google X scientists aim to give you a second brain virtually — not in the sci-fi or chip-in-your-head sense — but through an AI-powered app that gains context by listening to everything you say in the background. Their startup,TwinMind, has raised $5.7 million in seed funding and released an Android version, along with

AsAI is increasingly helping hackersto launch mass-scale email attacks, former Google security leaders have joined forces to build autonomous AI agents that aim to stop phishing, malware, and business email compromise threats before they ever reach user inboxes. That is the mission behindAegisAI, a new email security startup that has just emerged from stealth with

Mercor, a startup that connects companies like OpenAI andMetawith domain experts needed to train and refine their foundational AI models, is in discussions with investors for a Series C round, according to a marketing document viewed by TechCrunch and two sources familiar with the deal talks. Felicis, a returning investor, is considering doubling down on

Last year’sTechCrunch DisruptSide Events drew hundreds of founders, investors, and operators after hours — from intimate roundtables to lively happy hours to full-on pitch competitions. Each event unlocked new opportunities for the hosts: investor deal flow, talent connections, and brand exposure with the startup community. This year, you can do the same. As aSide Eventhost

Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s AI in Office 365 apps,The Informationreports, citing two sources. The move means that Anthropic’s tech will help power new features in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint alongside OpenAI’s, marking the end of Microsoft’s previous reliance solely on the ChatGPT-maker for its productivity suite.  Microsoft’s move to diversify its AI