Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy

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View this email online in your browser  November 09, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy: The Nvidia CEO also pulled out of an Anthropic event earlier. Read More Anthropic releases new Mythos and Fable models amid RSI concerns: Anthropic says the new models "show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision," as well as in communicating more clearly with users. Read More AI hardware startup Nominal triples valuation to $3B in 8 months: Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation. Read More A message from Microsoft and NVIDIA Discover the full-stack AI platforms advancing today’s AI Get a closer look at the technologies moving AI forward with NVIDIA at Microsoft Ignite 2026. Explore sessions on agentic AI built for production, accelerated infrastructure, cloud and AI platforms, physical AI and autonomous systems, and high-fidelity simulations. View the sessions and build your Microsoft Ignite agenda today. Browse sessions Afternoon Must-Reads Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production: Elon Musk defended the company's decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around eight months. Read More Meet Drops, the new music app bringing back the fun of sharing songs with friends: The new music discovery app lets users scroll through 10- to 30-second snippets of songs, comment, and share with friends. Read More Uber launches parking service following SpotHero acquisition, with an eye on robotaxis: Uber Parking is the latest example of the company offering products beyond its core ride-hailing service. Read More Fervo now has $12B in orders for its geothermal power tech: Geothermal company Fervo is targeting natural gas as it brings down geothermal drilling costs at its 8.4 GW resource in Utah. Read More Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe-coding apps amid a changing internet: Automattic aims to compete with the likes of Lovable with Spacefast. Read More Last but Not Least Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say: The update to Waymo's self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107

Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production

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View this email online in your browser  November 09, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production: Elon Musk defended the company's decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around 8 months. Read More SNL has a new impression of Elon Musk, ‘the worst thing South Africa has ever done’: SNL seems to have its knives out for tech executives. Read More Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe coding apps amid a changing internet: Automattic aims to compete with likes of Lovable with Spacefast Read More A message from Intel A blueprint for making robotics a reality Our recent robotics readiness report highlighted a critical gap between organizations’ robotics ambitions and what they’re structured to deliver. This blueprint will help you close that gap and lay a foundation for a successful human-robot workforce. Get Blueprint Morning Must-Reads Meet Drops, the new music app bringing back the fun of sharing songs with friends: The new music discovery app lets users scroll through 10-to-30-second snippets of songs, comment, and share with friends. Read More Is Jensen Huang’s job on the line? Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld estimates it’s “about a 50-50”: Nvidia’s board is investigating Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld thinks it’s roughly a coin flip whether Huang stays on as CEO. Read More Nvidia will investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with possible Chinese spy: In a memo to the company, Huang admitted that he had an affair. Read More Meta expands Instagram's AI age-guessing tech globally: Meta says it will use its AI technology to look for clues about people it suspects to be teenagers — even if they use an adult birthday. Read More Apps to distract you from the endless cycle of doomscrolling: It's hard to break the cycle of doomscrolling, but there are plenty of apps that can help you spend more time on content that’s engaging and productive. Read More Last but Not Least Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say: The update to Waymo's self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107