Moove’s evolution from a vehicle financing startup to ride-hailing and deliveries in Africa to one that also owns autonomous vehicles may seem like a leap. But co-founder and co-CEO Ladi Delano said the experience in financing and human-driven ride-hailing fleets was the ideal training ground for its latest pursuit. And…
Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases
Meta, considered a bit of a straggler in the AI harnesses realm, is making strides to catch up. This week, the company released a new terminal coding agent aimed at programmers looking for assistance with complex tasks across large software code bases. Muse Code, which is currently available in beta,…
Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO
Another former Uber executive is joining Travis Kalanick’s robotics and industrial AI startup Atoms, just a few weeks after it raised $1.7 billion. Gautam Gupta, the former finance chief under Kalanick, said in social media posts on Wednesday that he has joined Atoms as chief financial officer. Gupta spent more…
One of Steven Spielberg’s greatest sci-fi movies is streaming on Hulu
While Steven Spielberg’s movies have explored several genres, the legendary filmmaker has had the most success directing groundbreaking sci-fi movies. Throughout his 50-plus-year career, he gave the world classic films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Minority Report, and War of the Worlds. More recently, Spielberg…
Get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until Friday
Let’s cut to the chase: Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off of our current $300 discount for your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing. This flash sale will run all week, up until Friday, August 7 at…
Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product
Nikita Bier has stepped down as head of product at X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, after a little more than a year in the role. Bier wrote Wednesday that he thinks it’s “time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster,” adding that he’ll…
I found an underrated 4K Blu-ray feature more movies need
With physical media making a resurgence lately, it’s really opened my eyes once again to just how much better it is to watch a movie on Blu-ray rather than stream it. Aside from the significantly better picture quality, it’s hard to beat the feeling of holding a movie you love…
Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorships
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced on Wednesday that OpenAI, and its once-subsidiary Statsig, signed a settlement that includes three years of oversight over the AI lab’s hiring practices. The DOJ has alleged that these companies used various tactics to prevent U.S. citizens from applying for jobs held by…
There are two types of 4K Blu-ray discs, and one’s much better than the other
On the surface, 4K Blu-ray seems like an uncomplicated format, but that’s not the case. What you might not be aware is the fact that there are two totally different discs that 4K Blu-ray movies get printed on. A lot of it boils down to the size of the movie,…
Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup
Jeff Dean, one of the longest-serving and most influential executives at Google, is stepping down from the search giant to launch his own AI startup. Coming with him as co-founders are several other top researchers at the company, including Sanjay Ghemawat, a top engineer and senior fellow at Google; Quoc…