May 29, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation: A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software. Read More

After Nvidia's $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M: Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios. Read More

So you've heard these AI terms and nodded along; let's fix that: The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida: The explosion is likely a major setback for Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company, and its attempt to compete with SpaceX. Read More

Slate Auto will announce pricing and take preorders for its EV on June 24: The Bezos-backed EV startup has yet to announce final pricing for its vehicle, which is supposed to start shipping by the end of this year. Read More

This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI's biggest bottleneck isn't compute -- it's memory: South Korean chip startup XCENA is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory. Read More

Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI: Asana will incorporate StackAI into its growing suite of AI workflow tools. Read More

The internet is being rebuilt for machines: As AI agents move from experiments to production, AWS, Cloudflare, and others are redesigning cloud infrastructure for a future dominated by machine-generated internet traffic instead of human users. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Glean's top line crosses $300M as AI budget cutting becomes its major selling point: The enterprise AI search startup tripled its annual revenue even as tech giants entered the category. Read More

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