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Report: Mistral and others increasingly at risk of open model ‘abliteration’

EA reportedly leans on a private rating as bondholders claim default

EA has obtained an investment-grade rating from Egan-Jones for a subset of its bonds, and is using it to argue it does not owe creditors a 101-cent payout after the largest leveraged buyout on record.

Remember Orkut? Its founder wants to bring it back

Orkut’s founder is now taking aim at algorithms and AI-generated content.

LPs’ red flags

Beyond TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: The Side Events, Parties & Networking You Can’t Miss

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is just the beginning. From exclusive networking events and startup showcases to happy hours, dinners, and after-hours meetups, discover what’s happening across San Francisco during Disrupt Week, October 10–16.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Gamma’s Grant Lee, Engine’s Elia Wallen, and GV’s Crystal Huang on landing your first 1,000 customers

Leaders from Gamma, Engine, and Google Ventures join TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to talk how to get your first customers. Register now to save up to $100. Grab a second pass at 50% off.

Surfshark ‘proud’ to have backed Disinfo 2026 after governments pulled out under political pressure

Surshark has said it remained a sponsor at Disinfo2026 to protect open discourse from being silenced

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 starts in 4 days — lock in your pass savings of up to $100 before prices rise

Four days until TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 starts, when 10,000 founders, investors, and tech leaders gather in San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 13-15. Save up to $100 on your price. Plus, save 50% on a second pass of the same type.

Spirit’s privacy ombudsman backs Google’s $10m data deal

The privacy official in Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy has recommended approval of the sale of deidentified Spirit Airlines data to Google. In a report filed on 5 October, ombudsman Lucy Thomson said Spirit and Google had taken passenger databases out of the deal.

UK to ban non-competes to stop ‘drag on innovation’

OpenAI expects a $70bn revenue run rate by year-end, Bloomberg reports

OpenAI expects its annualised revenue to reach or exceed $70bn by the end of the year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The company shared the forecast with investors in talks over its latest funding round, according to people familiar with the matter.

Active Investors Kept Up The Deal Pace In Q3, Even As Funding Fell

Active startup investors largely kept up or increased their dealmaking pace in the third quarter, even as overall venture funding declined with the absence of new record megarounds for AI leaders.

Why Customer Workflows Are Becoming The Moat In The AI Era

AI companies can build durable moats by embedding their products in essential customer workflows, explains tech adviser Itay Sagie, who shares why founders should prioritize measurable customer dependence, while investors and acquirers should assess how integrations, trusted relationships and…

Ex-OpenAI robotics lead’s factory startup in insolvency proceedings

The most capital-efficient startups in Europe

Europe’s fintechs changed banking. But did they change the world?

Anduril nets $2.9 billion US Navy submarine shipyard contract — days after CEO Palmer Luckey signs up to Pentagon weapons group

Palmer Luckey’s Pentagon role draws scrutiny after his company, Anduril, receives a major Navy contract and advances plans for submarine manufacturing.

The breakout European startups tripling revenue every year

Inside the London startup turning veterans, Amazon alumni and an ex-VC into factory owners

Pretend you’re sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk on this weirdly detailed website

With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents from the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes trial, Extend engineer Bo Lau created a website that simulates what it might have been like to rifle through the Theranos founder’s desk.

Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months

The company behind the popular LMArena leaderboard has raised $200 million led by Lightspeed and Khosla, and is now measuring AI models on alignment issues such as lying.

OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected

It had previously been reported that the AI lab’s annualized revenue was some $70 billion, but a new report claims it’s a whole lot less than that.

Apple names new head of mergers and acquisitions, per report

Apple is making more leadership changes as the John Ternus era gets underway. A new Bloomberg report today says Apple has named a new mergers and acquisitions chief and a new vice president of the App Store. more…

SpaceXAI backs Omarchy, the controversial Linux distro, with $1.5 million in compute

If Elon Musk and SpaceXAI were going to back any Linux distro, it seems obvious they’d back Omarchy. Today it was announced that SpaceXAI would be joining the Omacom Foundation, which oversees Omarchy, as a Founding Corporate Patron and donating $1.5 million worth of Grok tokens to David Heinemeier…