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Anthropic and OpenAI Are Sending Their Top People to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Here's Why It Matters.
The AI Stage at Disrupt 2026 is tackling the questions founders actually lose sleep over: how to price AI products, who secures the systems making autonomous decisions, and what a brand-new job category means for the rest of tech.

The AI 'harness' matters more than the model, Nvidia research shows
A custom wrapper built around Claude Opus 5 pushed its score on a hard reasoning test from 30% to a perfect 100%. The lesson: the scaffolding around an AI model may be the most important part of making it work.

The DOJ Is Investigating a16z Over Board Seats at Competing Companies. Here Is What That Means.
A rarely used antitrust law from 1914 is at the centre of a federal probe into whether Andreessen Horowitz crossed a line by placing partners on the boards of rival firms.

Databricks wanted to raise $1 billion. Investors offered $15 billion. It took $5 billion.
The AI data company closed a $5 billion funding round at a $190 billion valuation after a leaked news report triggered a flood of investor calls it never asked for.

Pricing, security gaps, and a job that barely existed two years ago: what's on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
The AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is back this October, tackling the questions founders are actually losing sleep over: how to charge for AI products, how to secure them, and who the new people running them are.

Databricks Soars to $188 Billion Valuation as AI Momentum Builds
Databricks' ambitious funding round highlights its shift from big data to AI, marking a significant leap in valuation.