Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessage

Series, a social networking app that’s grown popular on college campuses, announced a $5.1 million pre-seed round from some big names in tech.

Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring

Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restructuring, TechCrunch has learned.

Microsoft’s new Xbox chief is ‘reevaluating’ exclusive games
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief is ‘reevaluating’ exclusive games

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma held an all-hands meeting this morning and laid out her strategy for a “return of Xbox” with employees. While rebranding Microsoft Gaming back to Xbox was part of the agenda, Sharma also revealed that Xbox is looking into “reevaluating” Xbox exclusive games and windowed releases of titles. It’s a hot topic […]

Microsoft brings Xbox back, scraps Microsoft Gaming
Microsoft brings Xbox back, scraps Microsoft Gaming

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has had a busy week. Sharma held an internal town hall with Xbox employees today, just days after announcing an Xbox Game Pass price cut, commenting on the status of the Xbox mobile store, and teasing a mysterious Xbox and Discord partnership. One of the items on the agenda for the […]

Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures

It feels like not a week has gone by this year without a senior Microsoft executive leaving the company. Some departures have triggered sweeping shakeups of Microsoft’s biggest businesses, while others have seen fresh faces replace veteran employees. Executive departures at Microsoft are nothing new, but the pace feels notable this early in the year. […]

AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch

Astronomers are turning to GPUs to find needles in the galactic haystack.

NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale

Observable Space and Quantum Wave teamed up to capture data beamed back from space.

Cathie Woods’ ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI 

Lucra offers corporate loyalty programs reimagined as interactive eSports. But winning ARK as a lead wasn’t easy.

AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This start-up wants to figure out which ones matter.

10x Science has raised a $4.8 million seed round to help pharmaceutical researchers understand complex molecules.

Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia’s latest GB300 chips, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.