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Anthropic says some Claude models can now end ‘harmful or abusive’ conversations 

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Anthropic has announced new capabilities that will allow some of its newest, largest models to end conversations in what the company describes as “rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.” Strikingly, Anthropic says it’s doing this not to protect the human user, but rather the AI model itself. To be clear, the […]

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How to build a GTM strategy that actually drives results at Disrupt 2025

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Go-to-market is often where great startups stumble — but it doesn’t have to be. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco this October 27–29, GTM pros Max Altschuler and Alison Wagonfeld take the Builders Stage to show founders how to build a go-to-market engine that doesn’t just support the product, but also scales with it.

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Perplexity’s bid for Google Chrome could be just the beginning

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Perplexity, the AI search startup that hasn’t even cracked 100 million monthly users, ⁠just made a $34.5 billion cash offer⁠ to buy Chrome from Google. The unsolicited bid comes as the DOJ prepares its remedy decision after ⁠ruling Google illegally maintained a search monopoly⁠. The timing makes sense, but questions remain. Perplexity won’t name its

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The wait is almost over: The 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 list drops August 27

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Set your alarms. Bookmark this page. Refresh like your future depends on it. After reviewing thousands of groundbreaking applications from around the globe, TechCrunch is just days away from announcing the 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 — our handpicked cohort of the most promising early-stage startups set to take the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt this October

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Monarch Tractors won’t be built by Foxconn after Ohio factory sale

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Foxconn will no longer build electric tractors for California startup Monarch Tractor after the Taiwanese tech giant recently sold its Ohio factory to SoftBank. Monarch CEO Praveen Penmetsa confirmed the news in a LinkedIn comment Tuesday. He also said his company worked with Foxconn to “build up inventory” before the sale of the factory, noting

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Perplexity offers to buy Chrome for billions more than it’s raised

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In a moonshot move, AI search engine Perplexity has offered to buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 billion cash in an unsolicited offer, Reuters reported and Perplexity has confirmed to TechCrunch. Perplexity tells TC the terms of the offer include a commitment to keep Chrome’s underlying engine, Chromium, open source and continue to invest in

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Anduril opens solid rocket motor factory amidst ongoing chemical chokepoint

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Anduril has officially brought its high-volume solid rocket motor factory online in Mississippi as it races to fulfill America’s demand for space and defense missions and challenge a decades-long duopoly between two major defense contractors.  The Mississippi factory will be able to produce 6,000 tactical motors a year by the end of 2026, enough volume

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Pronto’s 10-minute house help pitch sparked a 3.6x valuation jump in just 90 days

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In 2025, the average urban Indian no longer needs to wait very long for much (except at government offices and in traffic): They simply have to order what they need from an app, and it’ll be delivered within minutes. The explosion of quick-commerce in the country has meant that millions of Indians are getting increasingly

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