Rebecca Bellan

Articles by Rebecca Bellan

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed β€˜side quests’ - TechCrunch

Business April 18, 2026

OpenAI is losing two of the architects of its most ambitious moonshots. Kevin Weil, who led the company’s science research initiative, and Bill Peebles, the researcher behind AI video tool Sora, bot...

SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates β€” and secondaries are booming in the meantime - TechCrunch

Business February 1, 2026

SpaceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a potential 2026 IPO a move that could signal the long-awaited reopening of the public markets after a years-long IPO drought. In the οΏ½...

I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator - TechCrunch

Technology January 30, 2026

Google DeepMind is opening up access to Project Genie, its AI tool for creating interactive game worlds from text prompts or images.Β  Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can p...

Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber - TechCrunch

Business January 29, 2026

Autonomous vehicle startup Waabi has raised $1 billion and struck a partnership with Uber to deploy self-driving cars on the ride-hailing platform β€” the company’s first expansion beyond autonomous...

Anthropic, Apple, OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump - TechCrunch

Business January 29, 2026

On a Monday night NBC News segment, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concern over some of the things weve seen in the last few days, referring to the violence of Border Patrol agents in MinneapolοΏ½...

Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump - TechCrunch

Business January 28, 2026

On a Monday night NBC News segment, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed concern over some of the things weve seen in the last few days, referring to the violence of Border Patrol agents in MinneapolοΏ½...

Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin with no human safety driver - TechCrunch

Business January 23, 2026

Tesla is offering passengers robotaxi rides in Austin without a human safety driver in the front seat. CEO Elon Musk on Thursday posted on X, his social media platform: Just started Tesla Robotaxi dοΏ½...

Humans&, a 'human-centric' AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, Google alums, raised $480M seed round - TechCrunch

Business January 21, 2026

Humans&, a startup with a philosophy that AI should empower people rather than replace them, has raised $480 million in seed funding at a $4.48 billion valuation, reports The New York Times. InveοΏ½...

2025 was the year AI got a vibe check - TechCrunch

Business December 31, 2025

Money was no object for the AI industry in early 2025. A vibe check crept in the second half of the year.Β  OpenAI raised $40 billion at a $300 billion valuation. Safe Superintelligence and Thinking ...

Waymo is testing Gemini as an in-car AI assistant in its robotaxis - TechCrunch

Technology December 25, 2025

Waymo appears to be testing adding Google’s Gemini AI chatbot to its robotaxis in an effort to integrate an AI assistant that would accompany riders and answer their queries, according to findings b...