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3 days left to exhibit: Turn visibility into your next opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Three days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Book by October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT to showcase your startup to 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders.

Restate lands $20M as the need for durable infrastructure increases with AI agents

Founded by Apache Flink veterans, the startup is taking on workflow heavyweight Temporal.

OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation

The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut.

OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less

OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing and debugging, document understanding, and executing multi-step business workflows.

OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT’s own office suite

OpenAI's newly announced suite of office features puts it into mor direct competition with more traditional software companies.

LLMjacking can run up your business’ AI bill fast – how to stop it

Google analysts warn that stolen AI credentials are being sold underground, and businesses are footing the bill.

Kroger’s AI focus is on ‘flexibility and control,’ digital chief says

From bridging digital and physical shopping to ramping up personalization, the grocer’s chief digital officer delved into the company’s priorities.

OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation

The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut.

Overdue modernization stokes security fears, wrecks AI plans

Rising costs of modernization and lack of a clear vision could also be holding enterprises back in their AI adoption, a GFT Technologies report found.

NVIDIA Kumo Tabular Sets a New Accuracy-Efficiency Frontier for Tabular Prediction

Reco raises $55M as AI agent security startups crowd the market

The round builds on a $30 million fundraise in February, taking the company's total funding to $140 million.

OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites

The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events.