February 11, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Amazon Pharmacy to expand same-day delivery to nearly 4,500 US cities: The expansion will cover customers in newly served states such as Idaho and Massachusetts. Read More

TikTok launches an opt-in Local Feed in the U.S. leveraging users' precise location: TikTok's new Local Feed will show you nearby shopping, dining, events, news, and more. Read More

Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation: Apptronik has sold another $520 million in a Series A extension to existing and new investors like Google and Mercedes-Benz. Read More

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An ice dance duo skated to AI music at the Olympics: Czech ice dancers Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek are learning the hard way that LLMs sometimes spit out straight-up plagiarism. Read More

Integrate raises $17M to move defense project management into the 21st century: The round was led by FPV Ventures co-founder and managing partner Wesley Chan. Read More

Okay, now exactly half of xAI's founding team has left the company: Whatever the cause of the departures, the cumulative impact is alarming. There is a lot of work left to do at xAI, and an IPO will bring more scrutiny than the lab has ever faced before. Read More

OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot's "adult mode" reportedly fired on discrimination claim: The executive has denied the allegation that she engaged in discrimination. Read More

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Last but Not Least

With co-founders leaving and an IPO looming, Elon Musk turns talk to the moon: According to The New York Times, which reports that it heard the meeting, Musk told employees that xAI needs a lunar manufacturing facility, a factory on the moon that will build AI satellites and fling them into space via a giant catapult. Read More