September 29, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion: The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. Read More

Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses: The tech giant says the agent can help owners run their business and find new customers. Read More

With Dazzle, Marissa Mayer bets your camera roll has more info on your life than your inbox: The former Yahoo CEO is introducing a new AI personal assistant based entirely on your photos. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

Anthropic's prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity: In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity. Read More

Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs for this urgent security fix: Apple says the bug was used to attack "specific targeted individuals" running iOS 26, which the majority of Apple customers are still using. Read More

Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot: Atomic's agentic supply chain software is now being used by companies like DoorDash and HelloFresh. Read More

Oura shelves its $2.2B IPO citing 'uncertainty' in the market: The postponement of the IPO will delay some of the company's plans for its proceeds from the IPO, as well as those of its shareholders. Read More

OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites: The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Reco raises $55M as AI agent security startups crowd the market: The round builds on a $30 million fundraise in February, taking the company's total funding to $140 million. Read More

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