June 05, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Mira Murati steps back into the spotlight, carefully: In the current environment, remaining heads down has diminishing returns; at some point, you have to make some noise just to remind the market you exist. Read More

Airbnb's Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab: The Airbnb CEO said last year it hasn't struck an LLM partnership because existing products weren't quite ready. Read More

Apple approves Poke as the first AI agent on its Messages for Business platform: Poke, the startup that lets people use AI agents through simple text messages, has become the first AI agent approved for Apple’s Messages for Business platform. Read More

A message from Alumni Ventures

You Could Be an Investor in High-Potential Startups Like These

Don’t miss out! This week only, Alumni Ventures is offering readers early access to high-potential startup opportunities, including some of today’s most exciting AI, Deep Tech, Quantum Computing, Cybersecurity, and Space companies co-invested alongside top VC firms like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Sequoia, & Y Combinator.

You get:

Curated deal flow of high-potential startups
AV is already investing alongside elite lead venture firms in these deals
No cost to see deals
No obligation to invest

Don’t miss your chance before access closes.

Learn More

Morning Must-Reads

Filtr is a new privacy tool that blocks ads in almost every iPhone and Mac app: This popular ad blocker app for iPhones, iPads, and Macs can now block ads from loading inside apps, including web browsers, thanks to a new feature in the latest Apple software. Read More

NSA said to be readying Anthropic's Mythos for use in cyber operations: The U.S. eavesdropping agency is reportedly preparing Anthropic's Mythos for use in cyberattacks, despite a federal ban on using the AI model maker. Read More

Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic's Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI's returns: Anthropic has been growing at a breakneck pace. The company announced that annualized revenue crossed $47 billion in May, up dramatically from roughly $9 billion at the end of 2025. That trajectory faces a real test, though. Read More

Founders Fund launches game show starring Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey, and other tech elites: The debut episode, moderated by Founders Fund chief marketing officer Mike Solana, included a star-studded cast of current tech luminaries. Read More

Meta steals a tactic from Tesla and builds data centers in tents: Meta may have found one way to slash its massive data center bill: tents. Read More

A message from NVIDIA and Microsoft

Build to ship in the NVIDIA Builder’s Arcade

The NVIDIA Builder’s Arcade is open now through June 5 with daily activities and developer challenges. Enter now and explore Microsoft Build sessions, demos, and more.

Join Now

Last but Not Least

Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft: Fusion startup Helion is racing to complete a power plant for Microsoft by 2028. A fresh infusion of cash should help with that. Read More