By Tech Wire Global Staff Published: February 2026 Main Facts Silicon Valley venture capital heavyweight Lightspeed is fundamentally recalibrating its investment playbook for the Indian subcontinent. In a decisive strategic pivot, the firm is targeting $250 million for its upcoming regional vehicle, Lightspeed India Partners V, with an explicit, overriding…
By Sean O’Kane TechCrunch | Special Report Main Facts: The Industrial Revolution Hitting the Pipeline At last year’s 13th annual Bolting Symposium, the highlight for Lindsey Elliott was not a groundbreaking keynote or a macroeconomic panel. It was playing a fiercely contested game of “Bolting Bingo” against a roomful of…
SAN DIEGO — In a move set to redefine the boundaries of mobile computing, Qualcomm took center stage at its annual Snapdragon Summit today to announce its next-generation flagship smartphone processors: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the high-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. Engineered from the silicon…
PRINCETON, N.J. — In a significant move aimed at bridging the widening chasm between Silicon Valley artificial intelligence laboratories and the global academic elite, OpenAI announced the formation of the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. Hosted at the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey,…
September 19, 2026 By TechCrunch Reporting Desk Main Facts Flock Safety, a prominent and heavily scrutinized automated surveillance technology company, has introduced a sweeping and lucrative voluntary severance package for its approximately 1,500-person workforce. According to internal communications and industry reports, the company anticipates a high volume of employee interest…
September 18, 2026 By TechCrunch Reporting Desk Main Facts: A Bold Leap in AI Oversight In a development that has sent ripples across both the artificial intelligence research community and global financial markets, AI pioneer Anthropic has officially initiated its groundbreaking plan to place third-party safety evaluators directly inside its…
Published: September 18, 2026 Source: TechCrunch Analysis & Industry Reporting Main Facts Automattic, the powerhouse tech company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and the enterprise-grade WordPress VIP platform, has appointed Jeremy Klaperman as its interim Chief Financial Officer. Klaperman, who previously served as the CFO for Automattic’s WordPress VIP enterprise business unit,…
