Backed by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, the Enhanced Games aims to disrupt the Olympics with a competition that allows athletes to dope. Launching in Las Vegas in May 2026, the games promise $1 million bounties for breaking world records and lean on a business model reminiscent of Red Bull’s, using the […]
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Can performance-enhancing drugs push the limits of human potential? The creators of the Enhanced Games say yes — and they’re building a new sporting event to prove it. Backed by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, the Enhanced Games aims to disrupt the Olympics with a competition that allows athletes to dope. Launching
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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 in 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
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Looking for funding, connections, and traction? TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West, is where you’ll find all three — built to be the launchpad for your startup. With only 7 tables left and 4 days to secure one, your window to join 10,000+ startup and VC leaders in the Expo Hall
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The thousands of small trucking companies that help move goods around the United States have a fairly old-school way of doing things, according to Paul Singer. He would know — he left his product manager job at Uber Freight to start a company called FleetWorks, which he believes will modernize things. Created during Y Combinator’s
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The countdown is on! TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 kicks off in exactly two weeks — October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco — and this is your final chance to lock in up to $624 in savings before prices increase to Late Bird rates on Friday, October 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Join more than
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No company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed since the introduction of ChatGPT over two years ago — and the many competitive generative AI services that have launched since. Its stock price has soared, making it a $4.5 trillion market cap company. The
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The energy transition is seemingly under assault, with Congressional Republicans killing tax credits for clean energy and the Trump administration threatening to cancel billions of dollars worth of grants. But there are signs the setback might not be as catastrophic for the transition as the headlines make it sound. Investor sentiment, which judging by the
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The explosion of AI companies has pushed demand for computing power to new extremes, and companies like CoreWeave, Together AI and Lambda Labs have capitalized on that demand, attracting immense amounts of attention and capital for their ability to offer distributed compute capacity. But most companies still store data with the big three cloud providers, AWS, Google
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Many businesses that provide goods and services to the EU’s 450 million consumers must comply with new accessibility standards that took effect in June. Like the GDPR before it, this new act had companies scrambling to adjust their websites, e-commerce platforms, and banking apps. But despite similar standards existing in the U.S., many still have
