What Snowflake’s deal with OpenAI tells us about the enterprise AI race

Snowflake is the latest enterprise to sign multi-year deals with multiple AI companies in what could be a sign to come of a future trend.

OpenAI launches new MacOS app for agentic coding

OpenAI has released a new MacOS app for Codex, integrating many of the agentic coding practices that have become popular since Codex launched last year.

Why Tether’s CEO is everywhere right now

For years, Tether’s CEO avoided the United States, watching from offshore as regulators circled and prosecutors investigated. Those days are over.

Indonesia ‘conditionally’ lifts ban on Grok

Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok.

Physical Intelligence, Stripe veteran Lachy Groom’s latest bet, is building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains

If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn’t show it. He’s working with people who’ve been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he needs to know.

Blue Origin pauses space tourism flights to focus on the moon

The company is trying to take advantage of President Donald Trump’s desire to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the end of his term.

Last 24 hours to grab your +1 pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Today is the last day to lock in a +1 pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, happening on October 13-15 in San Francisco. Register here.

Microsoft won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says 

Microsoft says its own chip leapfrogs those made by other cloud providers like Amazon and Google. But it needs more.

Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over ‘flagrant piracy’ of 20,000 works

Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works.

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AI security startup Outtake raises $40M from Iconiq, Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman and other big names

Outtake makes an agentic cybersecurity platform to help enterprises detect identity fraud. Its angel investors are a who’s who.