Karyne Levy, Author at TechCrunch

Google I/O 2025: Everything announced at this year’s developer conference

Kyle Wiggers, Karyne Levy — Tue, 20 May 2025 17:52:37 +0000

We've got plenty of news relating to Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube, and — of course — Google's AI-powered chatbot, Gemini.

Google I/O 2025 live coverage: Google AI Ultra, Project Mariner, Gemini app updates, and more

Tue, 20 May 2025 15:27:06 +0000

Google I/O, Google’s biggest developer conference of the year, is here.

I/O will showcase product announcements from across Google’s portfolio. We're looking forward to plenty of news relating to Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube, and — of course — Google’s AI-powered chatbot, Gemini.

Stick with us all day as we bring you the latest news from this year's conference.

TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked

Karyne Levy — Sat, 17 May 2025 17:06:00 +0000

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’; layoffs at Microsoft; and much more. Have a great weekend! Uh-oh: Coinbase says that customers’ personal information, including government-issued IDs, was stolen in a data breach. The hackers demanded […]

Week in Review: Instacart CEO heads to OpenAI

Karyne Levy — Sat, 10 May 2025 17:07:00 +0000

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got lots of news for you this week: There were CEO shake-ups at Instacart and 11x; the web series is back — kind of; Threads is getting video ads; and much more. Let’s get to it! Big move: Instacart CEO Fidji Simo will become OpenAI’s CEO for Applications, […]

Week in Review: Apple won’t raise prices — yet

Karyne Levy — Sat, 03 May 2025 17:07:00 +0000

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got lots of news for you today: Amazon earnings, Apple earnings, ChatGPT sycophancy, Alibaba’s AI models, and much more. Let’s get to it! Well? During Apple’s earnings call yesterday, Tim Cook revealed that the company paid $900 million in tariffs last quarter. But despite this, the CEO didn’t […]

Week in Review: Cluely helps you cheat on everything

Karyne Levy — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:11:00 +0000

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week: Slate EVs spotted in the wild; Airbnb pricing updates; a hack at Blue Shield; and much more. Let’s go! Get a clue: Cluely is an AI-based tool that helps people cheat on exams, sales calls, and even job interviews. Though […]

Week in Review: Google loses a major antitrust case

Karyne Levy — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:05:00 +0000

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stuff for you this week: antitrust lawsuits against Google and Meta; Grok can now remember; Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow wants to make his mark; and much, much more. Have a great weekend! It’s over: Google violated antitrust laws in the ad tech market, a judge […]

Week in Review: Jeff Bezos’ secret EV startup

Karyne Levy — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 17:09:32 +0000

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of cool stuff for your reading pleasure this week: Jeff Bezos backs EV startup Slate; a Meta whistleblower accuses the company of collusion; Waymo may use interior camera data; and much more. Let’s get to it! I want this: Slate, an EV startup, has the ambitious […]

Week in Review: Nintendo unveils the Switch 2

Karyne Levy — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 17:05:00 +0000

Welcome back to Week in Review! Tons of stuff for you today, including Nintendo’s Switch 2; capacity issues at OpenAI; a story that deserves the Hollywood treatment; and much, much more. Let’s go! It’s finally (almost) here: After almost 10 years, Nintendo finally released its Switch successor, the Switch 2. According to TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling, […]

Week in Review: Elon Musk’s xAI buys X

Karyne Levy — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 17:02:00 +0000

Welcome back to Week in Review! Elon Musk says that xAI bought X in an all-stock deal; a16z-backed 11x faked some customers; the Lumon Terminal Pro pops up on Apple’s website; and much more. Let’s dig in! xAI buys X: X owner Elon Musk announced on X on Friday that xAI acquired X in an […]

Week in Review: Google buys Wiz

Karyne Levy — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 17:05:00 +0000

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stories to share from this week, like the greatest hits from Nvidia GTC; the NASA astronauts finally came home; Rippling’s lawsuit; and Google bought Wiz. Let’s get to it! Google finally does it: Google made its biggest acquisition in its history this week when it […]

Week in Review: SXSW week comes to a close

Karyne Levy — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 17:05:00 +0000

Welcome back to Week in Review! I’m Karyne Levy, TechCrunch’s deputy managing editor, and I’ll be writing this newsletter from here on out. Thrilled to be here! This week we’re checking out everything at SXSW; Waymo’s expansion into Silicon Valley; Intel’s new CEO; TikTok’s new suitor; and why DeepSeek isn’t taking VC money. Let’s get […]

Samsung Unpacked 2025 live updates: Galaxy S25, new AI features, and more

Karyne Levy — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:19:04 +0000

Samsung's annual Unpacked conference is here, and we've got our hands in all the announcements the company is set to reveal today.

And it seems that Samsung is extra excited about this year's lineup: Not only did the company announce Unpacked details during its CES press conference, but reservations prior to the event came with a $50 Samsung store credit.

The one absolute slam dunk for the event is the Galaxy S25 line, and we're expecting three key models: the S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra. And it wouldn't be an event in 2025 without AI, so we can be sure Galaxy AI will be the centerpiece.

Follow our live updates as we share all the reveals and new hardware as it happens.

Foundry is shutting down in slow motion

Alex Wilhelm, Theresa Loconsolo, Mary Ann Azevedo, Karyne Levy — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:50:18 +0000

The Equity crew is highlighting deals of the week, YC's new call for startups, Foundry Group's exit, and venture capital's year of transition.

The feast and famine cycle of tech

Alex Wilhelm, Kirsten Korosec, Karyne Levy — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:05:09 +0000

Today, we're going over Zum's $140M round, why Ramp is on an acquisition spree, and how the tech layoff season simply refuses to fade away.

Building AI guardrails should be part of the process

Karyne Levy — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:05:51 +0000

Building a solid rulebook around AI policies in the workplace now can help prevent plenty of headaches in the future.

Taking the long view on crypto

Karyne Levy — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:05:39 +0000

“It’s the single best time to invest in [crypto] companies,” according to 10T Holdings and 1RoundTable Partners’ CEO, Dan Tapiero.

Brex and the curse of having too much money

Alex Wilhelm, Kirsten Korosec, Mary Ann Azevedo, Karyne Levy — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:05:51 +0000

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Today was something a bit special. Not only did we have Mary Ann, Kirsten and Alex aboard for the show, we were also lucky enough to have […]

Now is the time to invest in edtech

Karyne Levy — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:05:13 +0000

Just tacking AI onto a product isn’t enough, and investors are hoping that the technology will lead to more innovation in the space.

The unicorns among us

Karyne Levy — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 19:05:54 +0000

The pendulum swung hard in the direction of B2B startups over the last decade — but the thing with pendulums is that eventually they swing back.