Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 15 April 2026 at 20:21 VCs are frothing at the mouth to write more checks to Anthropic at a valuation that matches or beats OpenAI's.
AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 15 April 2026 at 01:33 Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.
OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 14 April 2026 at 04:23 The acquisition indicates a capability that OpenAI is building into ChatGPT: financial planning.
Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 13 April 2026 at 23:05 The new features would be geared toward enterprise customers, with better security controls than the famously risky open source OpenClaw agent.
Nvidia-backed SiFive hits $3.65B valuation for open AI chips TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 11 April 2026 at 18:03 The deal is interesting for a number of reasons, including that SiFive's chip designs are based on RISC-V, not x86 or ARM.
Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClawβs creator from accessing Claude TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 11 April 2026 at 00:27 This ban took place after Claude's pricing changed for OpenClaw users last week.
ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 10 April 2026 at 01:29 OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for: a $100/month plan. Previously, subscriptions jumped from $20 to $200 per month.