November 11, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

X-energy gets green light to build its first small modular nuclear reactors: X-energy received a construction permit from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build four reactors in Texas. Read More

Anthropic launches Claude Meetings to turn workplace discussions into plans and tasks: As participants talk, Claude can draft the plan being discussed, map out a timeline on a whiteboard, answer questions in the meeting chat, and access connected work apps to retrieve information, such as last year's figures. Read More

Siri co-founder backs Helix for its voice ID tech: Helix said that its voice ID tech can run on an iPhone 13 Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO: Each of the seven co-founders plans to sell exactly the same number of shares in the IPO, which would bring each of them about $250 million in cash at the midpoint of the price range while leaving the group in control of the company. Read More

OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder: OpenAI has not yet said what its plans are for the future of travel. But Sonder founder Francis Davidson is a well-known figure in the travel industry. Read More

Databricks' new AI agent tells CEO Ali Ghodsi the unvarnished truth: At 12,000 employees, AI Ghodsi is the first to admit that he can't know everyone and that they are unlikely to confess the things that go wrong to him. But he doesn't need them to. He uses Databricks' newly revised Genie agent for that. Read More

Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M: The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.” Read More

OpenAI rolls out new business profiles, making ChatGPT just a little bit more like Google: OpenAI is looking to make ChatGPT a more robust consumer discovery engine, and a host of new features seek to empower businesses to help it do that. Read More

Last but Not Least

Proximal Ventures raises debut fund to back startups bringing AI to drug development: Former SignalFire investor Sahir Raoof raises $27.5 million for new fund targeting AI in pharma. Read More

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