Maxwell Zeff, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com Startup and Technology News Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:32:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Maxwell Zeff, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com 32 32 Windsurf’s CEO goes to Google; OpenAI’s acquisition falls apart https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/windsurfs-ceo-goes-to-google-openais-acquisition-falls-apart/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:21:51 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3027213 AI coding tools may not speed up every developer, study shows https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/ai-coding-tools-may-not-speed-up-every-developer-study-shows/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:56:41 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3027060 Hugging Face’s new robot is the Seinfeld of AI devices https://techcrunch.com/podcast/hugging-faces-new-robot-is-the-seinfeld-of-ai-devices/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:15:01 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?post_type=tc_podcast&p=3027042 Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/grok-4-seems-to-consult-elon-musk-to-answer-controversial-questions/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:13:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3026820 Former Intel CEO launches a benchmark to measure AI alignment https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/former-intel-ceo-launches-a-benchmark-to-measure-ai-alignment/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:35:49 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3026698 Elon Musk’s xAI launches Grok 4 alongside a $300 monthly subscription https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/elon-musks-xai-launches-grok-4-alongside-a-300-monthly-subscription/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 05:28:59 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3026394 California lawmaker behind SB 1047 reignites push for mandated AI safety reports https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/california-lawmaker-behind-sb-1047-reignites-push-for-mandated-ai-safety-reports/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:54:30 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3026251 OpenAI is reportedly releasing an AI browser in the coming weeks https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/openai-is-reportedly-releasing-an-ai-browser-in-the-coming-weeks/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:48:06 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3026226 Perplexity launches Comet, an AI-powered web browser https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/perplexity-launches-comet-an-ai-powered-web-browser/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3025833 Meta reportedly recruits Apple’s head of AI models https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/meta-reportedly-recruits-apples-head-of-ai-models/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:39:02 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3025347 Cursor apologizes for unclear pricing changes that upset users https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/cursor-apologizes-for-unclear-pricing-changes-that-upset-users/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 22:57:09 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3025199 CoreWeave acquires data center provider Core Scientific in $9B stock deal https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/coreweave-acquires-data-center-provider-core-scientific-in-9b-stock-deal/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:37:09 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3025136 Who is Soham Parekh, the serial moonlighter Silicon Valley startups can’t stop hiring? https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/03/who-is-soham-parekh-the-serial-moonlighter-silicon-valley-startups-cant-stop-hiring/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:00:35 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3024824 Why Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay for content https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-cloudflare-wants-ai-companies-to-pay-for-content/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:58:12 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?post_type=tc_podcast&p=3024758 Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/03/ilya-sutskever-will-lead-safe-superintelligence-following-his-ceos-exit/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:29:07 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3024651 OpenAI condemns Robinhood’s ‘OpenAI tokens’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/openai-condemns-robinhoods-openai-tokens/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:43:27 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3024411 Perplexity launches a $200 monthly subscription plan https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/perplexity-launches-a-200-monthly-subscription-plan/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:06:17 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3024263 Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/cloudflare-launches-a-marketplace-that-lets-websites-charge-ai-bots-for-scraping/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3023625 Apple reportedly considers letting Anthropic and OpenAI power Siri https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/apple-reportedly-considers-letting-anthropic-and-openai-power-siri/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:26:20 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3023521 Congress might block state AI laws for five years — here’s what it means https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/congress-might-block-state-ai-laws-for-five-years-heres-what-it-means/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:02:12 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3022893