OpenAI's Sora soars to No. 3 on the US App Store

Plus more of TechCrunch's top stories this afternoon

View this email online in your browser  October 02, 2025 TechCrunch Top 3 OpenAI's Sora soars to No. 3 on the US App Store: Sora becomes the No. 3 US app after 164K downloads in 2 days, making the AI video app an early hit. Read More Google's Jules enters developers' toolchains as AI coding agent competition heats up: Jules is already being used by developers to complete code after experimenting on vibe-coding platforms. Read More Anthropic hires new CTO with focus on AI infrastructure: As part of the change, Anthropic is updating the structure of its core technical group, bringing the company's product-engineering team into closer contact with the infrastructure and inference teams. Read More A message from Chevron US companies make bold move to power nation's data centers Data centers need power now. That's why we're working to build multi-gigawatt power stations that generate reliable electricity, with fewer delays and minimal added strain to the grid. Learn more Afternoon Must-Reads Perplexity's Comet AI browser now free; Max users get new 'background assistant': AI search startup Perplexity is making its new Comet browser available to everyone in the world for free as it works to position the product against big browsers and search engines. For certain paid subscribers, the startup has also launched a new 'background assistant' to handle multiple tasks via Comet.   Read More Oneleet raises $33M to shake up the world of security compliance: Founder Bryan Onel says too many companies are doing the bare minimum to meet their security compliance obligations, and raised $33 million to help his customers get both compliant and secure. Read More Amazon now lets Prime members add items to upcoming orders with one tap: Amazon's new "Add to today's delivery" button makes it easier for Prime members to buy more and tack on items to existing orders. Read More Apple shelves Vision Pro overhaul to focus on AI glasses: Bloomberg reports that the tech giant is developing at least two types of smart glasses. Read More A new a16z report looks at which AI companies startups are actually paying for: a16z releases its first AI spending report that shows which AI-native application layer companies startups are actually spending money on . Read More A message from Google Cloud Startup School: GenAI Media Multimodal Go Nano Bananas and Beyond! Learn how Google Cloud AI can empower your startup to build innovative applications at their upcoming Startup School: GenAI Media, kicking off on October 28. Register now Be the first to know when news breaks Subscribe to our News Alerts, and you won't miss a thing. Breaking news, exclusives, and special reports—straight to your inbox. Sign up for News Alerts! Last but Not Least Perplexity acquires the team behind Sequoia-backed AI design startup Visual Electric: Perplexity has acquired Visual Electric, an AI Design tool. Its team is going to lead a new agents experience group at Perplexity. 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 © 2025 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107