August 04, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Waymo opens up robotaxi service in Dallas to everyone: Waymo has dropped the waitlist for its robotaxi service in Dallas, the latest step in the company's bid to scale its self-driving technology across the United States, U.K., and Europe. Read More

Nvidia doesn't mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it's already showing progress: The week-old Open Secure AI Alliance, spearheaded by Nvidia and grown to over 120 companies, already has proposals out for defending against AI agents. Read More

Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta: Anthropic has been on a cloud partnership spree in recent months, and its latest move is reportedly a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B: At its peak in 2021, Airtable was valued at over $11 billion, but earlier this year, its shares were said to be trading on the secondary markets at a valuation of $4 billion. Read More

Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI: Apple says its trade secrets investigation into OpenAI has widened. In a new court filing, Apple claims additional former staff may have retained or accessed confidential information. Read More

SpaceX doubles revenue on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth: SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June. Read More

Hackers steal over $130M by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets: A security vulnerability in the cryptocurrency hardware wallet Coldcard is allowing hackers to drain the crypto from victims’ wallets. The total losses amount to more than $130 million, according to blockchain-monitoring firms. Read More

Elon Musk spends half his time talking robots and AI on Tesla earnings calls: An analysis of the last seven years of Tesla earnings calls shows just little attention Musk pays to Tesla's car business. Read More

Last but Not Least

Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits: Tech companies and developers have been scouring the U.S. for places to build data centers, and they’ve been drawn to Texas’ loose regulations and seemingly abundant power supply. But even Texas can be pushed to the brink. Read More

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