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Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B
Hugging Face has reportedly been fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at around $13 billion. However, the founders' strong sense of responsibility to the open-source AI community raises doubts about whether a sale will ultimately happen.
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Trump bought SpaceX shares two weeks after blockbuster IPO
President Trump purchased SpaceX shares in the mid-$150 range approximately two weeks after the company's high-profile IPO at $135 per share. SpaceX's stock has since pulled back to its IPO price, raising questions about the timing of the purchase.
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XPENG IRON humanoid robot draws record physical AI funding
XPENG's physical AI unit has secured over $900 million at a $6.3 billion valuation to scale its IRON humanoid robot platform. The deal, structured through share purchase agreements with multiple investors, represents the largest single-round private capital raise in the physical AI space.
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Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics
General Intuition, which builds a foundation model training generalized AI agents to navigate space and time, is in talks to raise funding at a $6 billion pre-money valuation. New investors including Valor Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Seven Seven Six are participating in the round as the startup expands into robotics.
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Situational Awareness, star AI hedge fund that nearly imploded, now being probed by the SEC
Situational Awareness, once celebrated as the hottest AI-powered hedge fund on Wall Street, is now the subject of federal subpoenas from the SEC. The fund went from industry darling to regulatory target at remarkable speed.
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Instinct's powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns
The AI assistant Instinct is winning over early testers with its impressive capabilities, but its sweeping access to user data and ability to act autonomously on users' behalf are drawing scrutiny. Critics warn that its broad terms of service create uncomfortable privacy and security trade-offs.
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OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?
OpenAI is aggressively pushing to bring AI agents beyond software engineers and into mainstream use across virtually every domain. The piece examines the frontier lab's strategy to make AI agents a universal tool for the general public.
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Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad will take the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to discuss the future of programming and Replit's evolving role in shaping it. The appearance comes as AI-powered coding platforms are rapidly transforming the software development landscape.
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