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OpenAI is printing money right now. The company is pulling in roughly $13 billion in annual revenue, with 70% coming from everyday people paying $20 a month to chat with an AI, according to the Financial Times. That’s pretty wild when you consider ChatGPT has 800 million regular users, but only 5% are actually paying subscribers. Raking in billions though it may be, OpenAI has also committed to spending over $1 trillion over the next decade (yes, trillion). The company has recently locked in deals for more than 26 gigawatts of computing capacity from Oracle, Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom —…

Waymo said on Wednesday it will offer a commercial robotaxi service in London in 2026, marking the Alphabet-owned company’s second international expansion following Tokyo. The announcement follows weeks of speculation fueled by a couple of London-based job postings. Waymo already has ties to the U.K: In 2019, the company acquired Latent Logic, a U.K. startup spun out of Oxford University’s computer science department that uses a form of machine learning called imitation learning to make self-driving car simulation more realistic. Waymo launched an engineering hub in Oxford as part of the acquisition. In a blog post, Waymo said its all-electric…

Oracle and NVIDIA have expanded their partnership to make enterprise AI services more available, powerful, and practical. The announcements, made during Oracle AI World, cover everything from monstrously powerful new hardware to deeply integrated software that aims to put AI at the very core of a company’s data.Ian Buck, VP of Hyperscale and High-Performance Computing at NVIDIA, said: “Through this latest collaboration, Oracle and NVIDIA are marking new frontiers in cutting-edge accelerated computing—streamlining database AI pipelines, speeding data processing, powering enterprise use cases and making inference easier to deploy and scale on OCI.”The headline announcement is the new OCI Zettascale10…

Video editing app VSCO is adding a set of new AI image editing tools, support for high-resolution RAW files, non-destructive edits, and content-aware region detection. The AI tools will be housed in a new tab called “AI Lab,” which also brings AI-powered object removal chops, similar to Google and Apple’s homegrown offerings. You can highlight or draw a circle around an object in a picture, and VSCO will replace it with what it thinks matches the background. The company said it uses “intelligent area detection” to blend the background in after an object is removed without affecting the resolution or…

The final countdown of the final flash sale is here. Only three days remain to save up to $624 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 pass before prices increase on Friday, October 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT. From October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, Disrupt 2025 will bring together 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators for three days of ideas, dealmaking, and discovery across more than 200 sessions, 250+ speakers, and 300+ exhibiting startups building what’s next. Register now to save up to $624 on your pass before this week ends. Got a group? Save up to 30% on group passes.…

Spotify on Wednesday upgraded its AI DJ feature — available to Premium subscribers — with a handful of new features, including the ability to send in your requests by typing, not just using voice commands.  The feature works with both English and Spanish requests, as Spotify’s Spanish-language DJ, called DJ Livi, now accepts music requests.  The AI DJ feature was updated earlier this year to accept voice requests, instead of only playing tunes Spotify thinks that you’ll like. However, that feature was only available to the English-language AI DJ until today. Texting with an AI assistant is now a common…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 runs October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, and the Expo Hall is filling up fast. With just three days left to book, now is the moment to reserve your exhibit table before a competitor takes it. This is your opportunity to showcase your innovation to investors, founders, media, and tech leaders who are actively seeking the next big idea, investment, or solution. The bustling Expo Hall is where all of Disrupt’s foot traffic converges — and that’s exactly where you’ll be. Register now before October 17, at 11:59 p.m. PT, and learn more about how an…

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolves around a single question: Is the degree worth its price?Public confidence in higher education has plummeted in recent years amid high tuition prices, skyrocketing student loans and a dismal job market — plus ideological concerns from conservatives. Now, colleges are scrambling to prove their value to students.Borrowed from the business world, the term “return on investment” has been plastered on college advertisements across the U.S.…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent adjusts his glasses during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and President of Argentina Javier Milei in the Cabinet Room at the White House on Oct. 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images China has been using its dominance in the rare earth industry to slash prices, driving foreign competitors out, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Wednesday stateside in an exclusive interview. He characterized the country as having “a nonmarket economy.”In response, the Trump administration will “exercise industrial policy” to set price floors in a range of industries. Price…

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the future doesn’t just get discussed — it takes off. Nowhere is that more literal than on the Space Stage, launching at San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 27, in partnership with The Aerospace Corporation. This is where the builders of the next frontier meet: founders, investors, and operators shaping the business of orbit — from rockets and manufacturing to AI and defense. Even as capital tightens and competition intensifies, this lineup proves the commercial space sector is entering its most ambitious era yet. Whether you’re a space junkie, a startup builder, or an investor chasing…