Station F and Anthropic say the AI boom is drawing startups back in person
Station F and Anthropic say the AI boom is drawing startups back in person

AI makes it possible to build a company from anywhere, but founders are still choosing to sit together, Station F director Roxanne Varza and Anthropic’s Aiden Blake said. They spoke on a panel at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday. “What’s really inter…

Europe’s startups had their best quarter in 4 years, Crunchbase data shows
Europe’s startups had their best quarter in 4 years, Crunchbase data shows

European startups raised $25bn in the third quarter, their strongest quarter for venture funding in four years. In North America, startup funding fell 35% from the previous quarter to $92bn, Crunchbase data shows. Europe’s total was up 77% on the $14bn…

ICO secures data protection changes from 10 AI developers, turns to agents
ICO secures data protection changes from 10 AI developers, turns to agents

Ten of the biggest AI developers have made, or committed to make, changes to how they handle personal data. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) secured the changes after two years of scrutiny. The data regulator named them on Thursday: Ama…

CrowdStrike links South Korean bank breaches to AI tools and a China suspect
CrowdStrike links South Korean bank breaches to AI tools and a China suspect

The person behind a wave of cyberattacks on South Korean banks may be a 26-year-old living in China’s Guangdong province, US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says. The suspect has not been named or charged, and South Korean authorities have not identifie…

Musk’s Grok Bot will use Anthropic’s Claude, Midjourney and Suno models
Musk’s Grok Bot will use Anthropic’s Claude, Midjourney and Suno models

Elon Musk’s Grok Bot will no longer run only on SpaceX’s own AI models. It will also use models from rivals, including Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney and Suno, Musk said in a post on X on Wednesday. “Going forward, @SpaceX will use the best ba…

6 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Save on your pass before doors open

In 6 days, 10,000+ people from across the global startup and tech ecosystem will come together at San Francisco’s Moscone West for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. If you’re planning to be one of them, don’t wait to register your ticket before prices increase …

Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits

“We created this program because we believe the benefits of AI will reach most people through the companies that build on top of models, rather than through the models alone.”

Anthropic IPO filing shows CEO Dario Amodei earned $18M last year
Anthropic IPO filing shows CEO Dario Amodei earned $18M last year

Dario Amodei earned $18M last year as chief executive of Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI models, according to the company’s IPO prospectus. Reuters reported the figure on Tuesday after seeing the filing, which has not been made public. Most of th…

Florida woman arrested after Anthropic reported her Claude chat to police
Florida woman arrested after Anthropic reported her Claude chat to police

Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a woman in Florida after Anthropic reported her Claude conversation to law enforcement. In the chat she allegedly said she would “shoot up” the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. WINK News first reported the arrest on 30 Sept…

Senator Bernie Moreno accuses Anthropic’s Amodei of ‘alarmist’ AI talk
Senator Bernie Moreno accuses Anthropic’s Amodei of ‘alarmist’ AI talk

Republican senator Bernie Moreno has accused Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei of taking an “alarmist approach” to AI. He did so in a letter sent on Monday, ahead of Anthropic’s expected stock market listing. Axios first reported the letter. “I do…