Charles Rollet, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com Startup and Technology News Tue, 20 May 2025 19:28:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Charles Rollet, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com 32 32 The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/the-people-in-elon-musk-doge-universe/ Tue, 20 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2966374 Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft’s layoffs in its home state as AI writes up to 30% of its code https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/programmers-bore-the-brunt-of-microsofts-layoffs-in-its-home-state-as-ai-writes-up-to-30-of-its-code/ Thu, 15 May 2025 20:05:56 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007774 Unpacking Rippling vs Deel: corporate espionage and a $16.8B plot twist https://techcrunch.com/podcast/unpacking-rippling-vs-deel-corporate-espionage-and-a-16-8b-plot-twist/ Wed, 14 May 2025 18:15:09 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?post_type=tc_podcast&p=3007320 Y Combinator says Google is a ‘monopolist’ that has ‘stunted’ the startup ecosystem https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/y-combinator-says-google-is-a-monopolist-that-has-stunted-the-startup-ecosystem/ Tue, 13 May 2025 19:09:12 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006811 The US is reviewing Benchmark’s investment into Chinese AI startup Manus  https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/09/the-us-is-reviewing-benchmarks-investment-into-chinese-ai-startup-manus/ Fri, 09 May 2025 21:24:16 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005465 The Department of Labor just dropped its investigation into Scale AI https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/09/the-department-of-labor-just-dropped-its-investigation-into-scale-ai/ Fri, 09 May 2025 19:03:06 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005396 Microsoft employees are banned from using DeepSeek app, president says  https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/microsoft-employees-are-banned-from-using-deepseek-app-president-says/ Thu, 08 May 2025 21:35:33 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005083 Fastino trains AI models on cheap gaming GPUs and just raised $17.5M led by Khosla https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/fastino-trains-ai-models-on-cheap-gaming-gpus-and-just-raised-17-5m-led-by-khosla/ Wed, 07 May 2025 21:37:38 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3004557 A stealth AI model beat DALL-E and Midjourney on a popular benchmark — its creator just landed $30M https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/a-stealth-ai-model-beat-dall-e-and-midjourney-on-a-popular-benchmark-its-creator-just-landed-30m/ Mon, 05 May 2025 21:12:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3003182 AI chatbots are ‘juicing engagement’ instead of being useful, Instagram co-founder warns https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/ai-chatbots-are-juicing-engagement-instead-of-being-useful-instagram-co-founder-warns/ Fri, 02 May 2025 21:54:42 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3002512 Fintech Bench conducts layoff while others still work month-to-month https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/fintech-bench-conducts-layoff-while-others-still-work-month-to-month/ Thu, 01 May 2025 19:19:08 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3002048 Startups launch products to catch people using AI cheating app Cluely https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/startups-launch-products-to-catch-people-using-ai-cheating-app-cluely/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:55:12 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3000865 Deel officially agrees to be served legal papers in Rippling’s lawsuit https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/28/deel-officially-agrees/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:22:02 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3000157 The OpenAI mafia: 15 of the most notable startups founded by alumni https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/26/the-openai-mafia-15-of-the-most-notable-startups-founded-by-alumni/ Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2998812 Windsurf slashes prices as competition with Cursor heats up https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/windsurf-slashes-prices-as-competition-with-cursor-heats-up/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:43:57 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2998164 ChatGPT’s responses will now include Washington Post articles https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/chatgpts-responses-will-now-include-washington-post-articles/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:11:38 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2997364 Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M to ‘cheat on everything’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/columbia-student-suspended-over-interview-cheating-tool-raises-5-3m-to-cheat-on-everything/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:03:26 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2996784 Defense tech Theseus landed Y Combinator, the US Special Forces, and $4.3M from a tweet https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/defense-tech-theseus-landed-y-combinator-the-us-special-forces-and-4-3m-from-a-tweet/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:36:41 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2995800 Rippling wants Revolut to reveal who paid off Deel’s alleged ‘spy’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/rippling-wants-uk-fintech-revolut-to-reveal-who-paid-off-deels-alleged-spy/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:57:48 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2995260 Deel’s CEO is now in Dubai, complicating Rippling’s lawsuit https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/deels-ceo-is-now-in-dubai-complicating-ripplings-lawsuit/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:32:16 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2994126