Topic: tech conference
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Save $500 on Disrupt 2026 Tickets This Week
A significant discount of nearly $500 on tickets for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is available only until this Friday, April 10, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PT, with prices set to rise after. The event, scheduled for October 13–15 in San Francisco, is a major gathering for over 10,000 tech professionals, desi...
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Save $500 on Disrupt 2026 passes: 4 days left
The early registration discount for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, offering up to $482 in savings, expires on April 10, 2026. The event in October will gather over 10,000 attendees for networking and sessions on key tech topics like AI, fintech, and climate technology. It features the Startup Battlefie...
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Gitex Global 2025: AI Use Cases Take Center Stage
Gitex Global 2025, scheduled for October 13-17 in Dubai, will showcase transformative AI applications and position Dubai as a central hub in the global AI economy, focusing on data, algorithms, and interconnected digital systems. The event will feature over 6,800 companies and 2,000 startups from...
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Amazon's Panos Panay on life after smartphones at Disrupt 2026
Panos Panay, Amazon's SVP of Devices and Services, will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (October 13-15, San Francisco) about the future of hardware as AI shifts from apps to operating systems. Panay's background includes leading Microsoft's Surface lineup and Windows 11 for over 19 years, and he...
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Europe Demands Its Own AI as Frustration Grows
European leaders at Vivatech expressed anxiety about being locked into American-built AI systems trained on American cultural values, prompting nations like France to pursue independent AI development for "sovereignty." The funding disparity is stark, with Anthropic's recent $65 billion fundraisi...
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Final day: Save up to $300 on Disrupt 2026 tickets
Early-bird pricing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT, offering up to $300 off passes or steeper group discounts; after this deadline, prices increase. The event takes place October 13-15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, gathering over 10,000 founders, investors, and start...
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Apple WWDC 2026 set for June with AI focus
Apple has scheduled its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) for the week of June 8, where it will showcase its latest software and developer tools. The event is expected to be dominated by artificial intelligence, particularly featuring a major AI-powered overhaul of the Siri virtual assistant...
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Astro Teller to Headline TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 This October
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will feature Astro Teller, leader of Alphabet's X, and will be held from October 27-29 in San Francisco. Teller has led transformative projects like Waymo and Loon, emphasizing the importance of embracing failure to drive innovation. His diverse expertise in entrepreneursh...
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AI-Powered Guide Simplifies US Immigration Process
JustiGuide is an AI-driven platform that helps immigrants navigate the US immigration system by identifying visa options, understanding legal requirements, and connecting with qualified attorneys to make the process more affordable and efficient. Founded by Bisi Obateru, inspired by his personal ...
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Test Updates Safely: CyDeploy's System Replica at Disrupt 2025
CyDeploy creates a digital twin of critical systems using machine learning, enabling safe testing of updates to patch vulnerabilities without disrupting operations. The platform combines automated data capture with human oversight, allowing system administrators to verify accuracy and accelerate ...
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Mercor CEO: How AI is Reshaping the Future of Hiring
AI is fundamentally transforming hiring processes, moving beyond automation to change how talent is acquired and teams are built, as detailed by Mercor's CEO at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Mercor's AI-driven approach has enabled explosive growth, scaling its revenue run rate to $500 million in 17 mo...
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Cadence and Nvidia Accelerate Robotics Simulation
Cadence Design Systems and Nvidia have partnered to improve the accuracy of robot training data, aiming to bridge the simulation-to-reality gap that slows robotics development. The collaboration integrates Nvidia's computing platforms with Cadence's simulation software to create highly accurate d...
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AWS Nova AI models debut with enhanced customer control service
AWS has launched the Nova 2 family of proprietary AI models, including four new specialized models for tasks like reasoning, coding, and speech, to provide enterprise clients with more powerful tools. A key new service, Nova Forge, allows AWS customers to create custom versions of Nova models usi...
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Smart Money Stage dives into fintech, AI, and payments
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (October 13–15, San Francisco) will feature a new Smart Money Stage focused on the convergence of fintech, payments, and AI, with leaders from Circle, Robinhood, American Express, Plaid, and Airwallex. Key topics include the future of money movement via stablecoins and ins...
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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on EVs, robots, and autonomy at Disrupt 2026
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (October 13-15 in San Francisco) about the unique challenges of building a hardware company that integrates AI, software, robotics, and manufacturing at scale. Scaringe's ambitions include achieving Level 4 autonomy by 2028, expanding R...
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Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M, raised just $8M
Skio, a Y Combinator graduate founded by Kennan Frost, was acquired by competitor Recharge for $105 million in cash, delivering an exceptional return against only $8 million raised. Frost had not run Skio for two years; under current CEO Aidan Thibodeaux, the company grew from a lean operation wi...
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Bluesky App Uses AI to Customize Your Feed
Attie, a new AI-powered assistant from Bluesky's creators, allows users to generate custom social media feeds by describing their interests in plain English, using Anthropic's Claude model and the AT Protocol. The initial launch is a standalone app, with plans to integrate this user-controlled cu...
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Nvidia GTC: NemoClaw, Robot Olaf, and a $1 Trillion Bet
Nvidia's CEO projected a $1 trillion AI chip market by 2027 and introduced new tools to move beyond hardware, aiming to provide essential software and infrastructure for next-generation AI applications. The company emphasized its "OpenClaw strategy," a unified platform for developing AI models, a...
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Didero Raises $30M to Automate Manufacturing Procurement
Didero, a startup co-founded by Tim Spencer, has raised $30 million in Series A funding to automate the complex, manual workflows of manufacturing procurement, which are often bogged down by emails and disparate communications. The company's AI platform integrates with existing ERP systems to ing...
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AI conference papers caught using hallucinated citations
An AI detection startup found 100 fabricated references across 51 papers at a major AI conference, indicating researchers may be using AI tools for tasks like bibliography formatting and introducing errors. While the fake citations are a small fraction of the total, their presence undermines acad...
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