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Veeva Systems' AI-Powered Cloud Migration Tightens Its Grip on the Life Sciences Sector
With 19 of the top 20 pharma companies on its platform, Veeva Systems is migrating clients to a new AI-native CRM, promi...
WPP Chief Cindy Rose: Outcome-Based Client Pay Still ‘A Few Years’ Away
Despite CEO Cindy Rose making outcome-based remuneration a cornerstone of WPP’s turnaround, only one client — Jaguar Lan...
Ideally pushes synthetic consumer insights earlier into creative process, signs Omnicom Oceania deal
The New Zealand-based research firm argues that integrating synthetic audience feedback at the start of the creative pro...
A Slovak Founder, a California Dinner, and a $1.2M Bet on Invisible Health Data
Sebastian Kot, 20, secured $1.2 million from Long Journey Ventures after European funds rejected him repeatedly. His sta...
Data Shows 94% of YC’s Repeat Founders Return Only Once; AI Enables Leaner Second Acts
Crunchbase News analysis of YC data shows repeat founders peak at 65 in 2025, most return exactly twice after an average...
Rocket Companies Posts Record Market Share as AI Tools Drive Productivity, but Q3 Outlook Tempered by High Rates
Rocket's Q2 2026 net revenue nearly doubled to $2.78 billion, with market share hitting records in purchase and refinanc...
Blend Labs Reports Stronger Q2, AI Autopilot Gains Traction
Revenue up 7% to $33.8 million and non-GAAP operating income hits $7 million as the mortgage technology firm rolls out i...
Google Names Gemini 4 Lead as Both Co-Heads Quit to Launch Discovery Loop
In a seismic reshuffle, Google tapped Koray Kavukcuoglu to build Gemini 4 while Demis Hassabis stepped back and four AI ...
Paraguay’s Ad Industry Reboot: Why Relevance Has Defeated Interruption
After two decades of digital fragmentation, brands in Paraguay must now compete against everything — even memes. Ojo de ...
SpaceX Builds Human Sales Army for Starlink, Defying AI Automation Trend
Elon Musk says Starlink’s enterprise push requires a large team of people to explain the system and build trust, even as...
Crocs Launches 10-Year AI Transformation Program with Infosys
Crocs Inc. signs a decade-long strategic partnership with Infosys to overhaul its IT and business operations with AI, ai...
Over-Automation in AI Increases Fatigue, Not Just Efficiency, Lingnan Study Finds
Giving AI too much autonomy in high-stress human-machine teams backfires, raising mental fatigue and conflict, especiall...
Meshed Targets Mid-Market with AI-Driven Brokerage and a 10% Flat Commission
Vincent Liu’s insurtech startup Meshed is undercutting traditional commercial brokers by using proprietary AI to offer a...
SAP's Autonomous HCM: How AI Agents Could Put People Back at the Center of Work
SAP SuccessFactors CMO Lara Albert outlines a shift from efficiency-focused AI to human-centric automation, backed by re...
Palantir Shares Surge 30%, Adding $3.1 Billion to CEO Alex Karp’s Net Worth
A blockbuster earnings report sent Palantir stock soaring, lifting CEO Alex Karp’s fortune by $3.1 billion in a single d...
SpaceX Revenue Nearly Doubles in First Public Quarter as Starlink Funds AI Expansion
Starlink satellite internet now generates over half of SpaceX's $7.8 billion quarterly revenue, while massive capex of $...
SpaceX Goes All-In on Nvidia GPUs, Ditching Multi-Supplier Strategy
Elon Musk commits SpaceX to using only Nvidia GPUs, citing Vera Rubin's architecture, just as the company's first public...
Reddit’s AI ‘Rules Hub’ Expands as the Platform Plans to Retire Automod and Tighten Developer Access
Reddit’s new AI ‘Rules Hub’ expands to all new subreddits; developers are warned to prepare for a mandatory shift to the...
S&P 500 Earnings Shatter Records: Q2 Profit Surge 47%, Beating Forecasts by Historic Margin
Corporate America just posted its strongest profit growth on record outside the pandemic, fueled by AI, one-time valuati...
Google AI Brain Drain: Hassabis Steps Down as CEO, Jeff Dean and Top Researchers Exit
Alphabet shares fell 4% after Demis Hassabis moved to chairman of DeepMind and chief scientist Jeff Dean announced he wa...
SpaceX Earnings Beat Fades as $18.4B Quarterly Investment Triggers Stock Slide
SpaceX’s maiden quarterly report showed 92% revenue growth and a narrower loss, but a $18.4 billion quarterly investment...
AI Strategy Can Destroy Startup Exit Value, M&A Adviser Warns
Strategic adviser Itay Sagie argues that rushed AI adoption can read as vendor dependency and integration risk to acquir...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Adds 'Real World AI' Stage for Physical-World AI
The fall conference expands its AI program with a new stage on autonomous hardware, edge AI and de-extinction, featuring...
Palantir Beats Q2 Views: Profit Triples, Sales Jump 93%, Shares Up 15%
Palantir crushed Q2 forecasts with revenue up 93% to $1.94B and EPS more than tripled to $0.41; shares jumped nearly 15%...
Forbes' 10 Richest People of August 2026: Tech Founders Dominate
Forbes' August 2026 ranking of the world's richest people is dominated by tech founders and one luxury titan, with fortu...
BTS choreographer Youngjun Choi's MVNT wants to be the AI Suno of K-pop dance
Choreographer Youngjun Choi and CEO Joon Jung are building MVNT, an AI dance generator that aims to give dancers royalti...
AI Can Handle Parenting's Drudgery, But Not the Conversations That Matter
Sam Altman's idea for an AI-generated kids' podcast sparked a familiar backlash. A parenting columnist's case for using ...
Big Tech's Q2 Ad Dominance and the Private Equity Push Into Ad Tech
Meta and Amazon outgrew Google in Q2 advertising; Wall Street frowned on AI capex, and private equity is circling under-...
Jungheinrich, Liebherr Win IFOY 2026 With AI-Powered Spare Parts Logistics
Jungheinrich beat 16 rivals to take intralogistics' top prize with an AI-driven, fully automated spare parts system deve...
Menlo Ventures Raises $3B for AI-Focused Funds in Its Biggest Fundraise Ever
The 50-year-old Silicon Valley firm is putting $3 billion behind a bet on AI's next phase, with a barbell strategy that ...