TECHNOLOGYSources: Anthropic potential $900B+ valuation round could happen within 2 weeksAnthropic is asking investors to submit allocations for the AI company’s latest fundraise within the next 48 hours, according to sources familiar with the matter.TechCrunch·April 30, 2026
TECHNOLOGYApple was surprised by AI-driven demand for MacsApple said it will be supply-constrained on Mac mini, Studio, and Neo in the next quarter, too.TechCrunch·April 30, 2026
TECHNOLOGYApple was surprised by AI-driven demand for MacsApple said it will be supply-constrained on Mac mini, Studio, and Neo in the next quarter, too.TechCrunch·April 30, 2026
TECHNOLOGYLegal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotterThe two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf, and now have dueling ad campaigns.TechCrunch·April 30, 2026
TECHNOLOGYLegal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotterThe two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf, and now have dueling ad campaigns.TechCrunch·April 30, 2026
TECHNOLOGYAfter dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, tooOpenAI will begin rolling out its cybersecurity testing tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber only "to critical cyber defenders" at first.TechCrunch·April 30, 2026
TECHNOLOGYEV startup Faraday Future paid $7.5M to company tied to founder Jia YuetingThe perpetually struggling EV company made the payments while being investigated by the SEC. That four-year probe was ultimately closed in March.TechCrunch·April 30, 2026
TECHNOLOGYSoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPOYou need infrastructure to build AI a and robots, but apparently you also need AI and robots to build infrastructure.TechCrunch·April 30, 2026
TECHNOLOGYMeta shares slide as plan to spend billions more on AI spooks investorsOther tech giants Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon also reported quarterly earnings on Wednesday.BBC News·April 30, 2026
TECHNOLOGYWomen can wait years for an endometriosis diagnosis. New tech could change thatA new scan technique could spot areas of endometriosis missed by conventional scans, scientists say.BBC News·April 30, 2026
TECHNOLOGYMeta is still burning money on AR/VRMeta is losing billions on Reality Labs each quarter, and its AI expenditures are only going to increase its spending.TechCrunch·April 29, 2026
TECHNOLOGYSatya Nadella says he’s ready to ‘exploit’ the new OpenAI dealMicrosoft gets to offer OpenAI's tech to its cloud customers and doesn't have to pay for it. "We fully plan to exploit it," Nadella said.TechCrunch·April 29, 2026