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Qualcomm backs SpotDraft to scale on-device contract AI with valuation doubling toward $400M

SpotDraft now processes over 1 million contracts annually using its AI tool, with contract volumes up 173% year-over-year.

Jagmeet Singh·January 27, 2026·TechCrunch AI
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YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models

The YouTubers claim Snap, like others, used AI datasets meant for research and academic use to train its AI models.

Sarah Perez·January 26, 2026·TechCrunch AI
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AI startup CVector raises $5M for its industrial ‘nervous system’

Now, founders Richard Zhang and Tyler Ruggles are tasked with a bigger challenge: showing customers and investors how this AI-powered software layer translates to real savings on an industrial scale.

Sean O'Kane·January 26, 2026·TechCrunch AI
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Anthropic launches interactive Claude apps, including Slack and other workplace tools

Claude users will now be able to call up interactive apps inside the chatbot interface, with Cowork integration coming soon.

Russell Brandom·January 26, 2026·TechCrunch AI
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Obvious Ventures lands fund five with a 360-degree view of planetary, human, economic health

The 12-year-old firm raised $360,360,360 for its fifth fund. And there's a reason for that number.

Marina Temkin·January 26, 2026·TechCrunch AI
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Tech workers call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti

More than 450 tech workers from companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Salesforce have signed a letter urging their CEOs to call the White House and demand ICE leave our cities.

Rebecca Bellan·January 26, 2026·TechCrunch AI
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Microsoft announces powerful new chip for AI inference

Maia comes equipped with over 100 billion transistors, delivering over 10 petaflops in 4-bit precision and approximately 5 petaflops of 8-bit performance — a substantial increase over its predecessor.

Lucas Ropek·January 26, 2026·TechCrunch AI
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Nvidia invests $2B to help debt-ridden CoreWeave add 5GW of AI compute

CoreWeave will also integrate Nvidia's products across its platform, including the new Rubin chip architecture.

Ram Iyer·January 26, 2026·TechCrunch AI
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Only 5 days left: Over half of the first 500 TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 plus-one passes at 50% off are already gone

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TechCrunch Events·January 26, 2026·TechCrunch AI
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Nvidia’s new AI weather models probably saw this storm coming weeks ago

Nvidia announced three new AI weather tools today. Together, they promise to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts while also making them accessible to more users.

Tim De Chant·January 26, 2026·TechCrunch AI