October 22, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Elon Musk made a $1 billion investment in Skydance, report says: The investment will provide a much needed financial boost as the company seeks to cut costs and lift its stock price. Read More

1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password: The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secure those accounts. Read More

Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says its AI outperforms doctors on hard cases as he chases ‘medical superintelligence’: Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system beat generalist doctors on hard cases, according to a study in Science. But most of the improvement seems to come from the AI models underneath, not from Microsoft’s system itself. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions: DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the U.S. ordered federal agencies to remove its technology over national security concerns. Read More

Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work: The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide. Read More

Claude Duet app is Anthropic's bet on agents: Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users. Read More

Developer platform Railway urges 'all users' to revoke secret keys after cyberattack: The vibe-coding platform said all of its customers should revoke and rotate their private keys, after hackers were able to decrypt some customer secrets. Read More

The secret to fast startup growth isn't early sales, top names in tech say: At this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polsia's Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips on how to achieve true sales success in the first 90 days. Read More

Last but Not Least

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements: Among the Startup Battlefield 200 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage. Here are the standouts. Read More

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