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techcrunch.com·Sep 13, 2026

Tesla says it will finally unveil the second generation Roadster on October 1

Tesla’s halo sports car was first announced in November 2017.

Anthropic CEO outlines plan to ‘pace the frontier’

What would it actually look like to "pace the frontier"?

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Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests

Revolut said it notified affected customers and alerted the relevant government agency, law enforcement, and financial regulators.

Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data

The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.

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Khosla Ventures is opening a New York office this fall — its first outpost outside Sand Hill Road

"It's actually allegedly being built out now," said Rabois, who has clearly dealt with a missed construction timeline or two.

Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too

Tan argues that frontier models themselves trained on public human knowledge so access to capable AI should be "a form of public good."

OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating

Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.

One week left to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Only one week left to secure your exhibit table. Tables are limited and can sell out before the September 18 deadline.

Final, final, final call for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events

The absolute last chance to apply to host an official Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is tonight, September 11, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

Kimi-maker Moonshot AI targets $2 billion in annual revenue

While K3's usage figures have declined slightly in recent months, OpenRouter data currently shows as many as 300 billion tokens being generated each day by K3 models on the system.

Central Eurasia names its 2026 Road to Battlefield winners: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ

Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ took the top three spots at the regional final of Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026 and will represent Central Eurasia in the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechC…

Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO

The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023.

Roblox is making it easier to build games with AI — and play them outside Roblox

Roblox will allow creator to deploy their games across PC< consoles, and mobile as standalone apps

Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back in control after CEO ouster

In a Slack message seen by TechCrunch, Matt Mullenweg told Automattic employees he’s back in control of the company, days after its board put him on leave. Automattic has not yet confirmed the apparen…

Scammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider

This is the second data breach affecting a company that hardware crypto wallet maker Trezor relies on.

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Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play

Collaborative Fund just bought into D.C. United and its stadium, with firm founder Craig Shapiro pitching it as a way to showcase for the firm's startups.

Jensen Huang explains why Nvidia will grow an astounding 70% next year

Nvidia has its finger in every pie, and sees another year of plenty in its future, Jensen Huang says. But, he insists, its deals are not circular.

Mark Wahlberg is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, and he wants to talk about your work, not his

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness and building businesses.