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13 February 2026 Vol 19
Capital One builds agentic AI modeled after its own org chart to supercharge auto sales

Capital One builds agentic AI modeled after its own org chart to supercharge auto sales

Capital One’s head of AI foundations explained at VB Transform on how the bank patterned its AI agents after itself.Read…
The best robot vacuums we’ve tested for 2025

The best robot vacuums we’ve tested for 2025

Editor’s note: Amazon Prime Day will run from July 8th through 11th, but if you want to get a head…
The Download: Tripping with AI, and blocking crawler bots

The Download: Tripping with AI, and blocking crawler bots

A growing number of people are using AI chatbots as “trip sitters”—a phrase that traditionally refers to a sober person…
A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’

A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’

A pro-Russia disinformation campaign is leveraging consumer artificial intelligence tools to fuel a “content explosion” focused on exacerbating existing tensions…
Jon McNeill brings the operator’s playbook to TC All Stage

Jon McNeill brings the operator’s playbook to TC All Stage

Founders are often told to chase product-market fit before anything else, but what if scaling too soon, too fast, is…
ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral overnight after Bondi criticism

ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral overnight after Bondi criticism

ICEBlock, an iPhone app that allows users to anonymously report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, has…
Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s gateway to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield

Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s gateway to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield

Historic regional competition launches to showcase Central Eurasia’s rising startup ecosystem on Silicon Valley’s biggest stage. For the first time…
Catalio Capital closes over $400M Fund IV

Catalio Capital closes over $400M Fund IV

Venture capital firm Catalio Capital Management announced today the closing of its more than $400 million Fund IV, as first…
Automattic puts Tumblr migration to WordPress on hold

Automattic puts Tumblr migration to WordPress on hold

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg confirmed that the company is no longer working on migrating its Tumblr blogging platform to WordPress,…
Kleida Martiro is leading the AI scale conversation at TC All Stage

Kleida Martiro is leading the AI scale conversation at TC All Stage

AI-native startups are rewriting the rules of what early traction looks like — and too often, investors are still playing…