Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
After two days full of live demos and pitches, it's time to announce the five finalists at this year's Startup Battlefield.
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After two days full of live demos and pitches, it's time to announce the five finalists at this year's Startup Battlefield.
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Actor Thomas Middleditch had a planned takeover of Australian startup Otheliaβs presentation at the pitch showcase stage.Β
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gpt-oss-safeguard-120b and gpt-oss-safeguard-20b are two open-weight reasoning models post-trained from the gpt-oss models and trained to reason from a provided policy in order to label content under that policy. In this report, we describe gpt-oss-safeguardβs capabilities and provide our baseline s...
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OpenAI introduces gpt-oss-safeguardβopen-weight reasoning models for safety classification that let developers apply and iterate on custom policies.
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New romantic drama Hedda left me with a lot of food for thought, so I asked the Prime Video movie's cast the toughest questions of the bunch.
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Curious about the name Pluribus? Series creator Vince Gilligan spoke to TechRadar about why coming up with a name for the show was surprisingly tricky.
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Sam Altman says a lot of the roles AI may replace might not be viewed as 'real work' anyway.
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A Netflix Crash Bandicoot animation could be the next Naughty Dog game to be adapted β I just hope it doesnβt get canceled like the last attempt.
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A new piece of legislation could require AI companies to verify the ages of everyone who uses their chatbots. Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the GUARD Act on Tuesday, which would also ban everyone under 18 from accessing AI chatbots, as reported earlier by NBC News...
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Details are remarkably sparse on what has been agreed to.
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How AIβs power, water and carbon footprints stack up on a global scale.
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The move comes as Waabi announced earlier this year that it was partnering with Volvo Autonomous Solutions to build a custom purpose truck based on Volvoβs auto autonomy platform using Waabi's software stack.
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Unlisted is like Zillow but for homes that are not yet on the market. The company is now launching an iOS app.
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Super Teacherβs app features animated tutors with AI-generated voices that guide students through interactive lessons. Students talk to the app using voice, like a conversation with a teacher.
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Mappa's AI hiring platform can assess a candidate's behavior based on voice patterns, and aims to take some of the guesswork out of hiring.
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CampusAI is an educational platform focused on making learning accessible to everyday people who want to bring AI into their everyday workflows, and a virtual ecosystem to connect like-minded people.
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Unthread builds Slack-native, AI-powered support bots for high-profile customers like Intuit, Lemonade, and Automattic.
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YouTube is updating its policy to age-restrict more content containing video game scenes with βgraphic violence,β the company announced on Tuesday. The update will go into effect on November 17th and will prevent accounts under 18 and signed-out users from watching videos with games focused on showi...
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TinyCorp has achieved a remarkable breakthrough by enabling Nvidia GPUs to run on Appleβs M-series MacBooks using USB4 and Thunderbolt 4.
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We compare the popular Backbone One with the more expensive Backbone Pro to work out which is best for you.
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Iβd rather be forced to give up coffee than choose between my JBL Grip and Clip 5, but hopefully this will make your choice easier.
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Geothermal startup Mazama Energy said it drilled a borehole that set a temperature record. Such superhot rocks could make geothermal a key player in data center power.
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Early AI server rollout marks Apple's bold move into high-performance computing, raising questions about scalability and GPU competition.
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As part of Amazonβs mass layoffs announced today, the company is making βsignificantβ changes to its gaming division, including halting much of its work on first-party AAA MMOs, according to a memo from Steve Boom, VP of audio, Twitch, and games.Β βWhile weβre proud of our successes in first-party A...
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Aurora's first driverless route was from Dallas to Houston. This next one is Fort Worth to El Paso.
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This 3-in-1 MagSafe charger gave me more time with my devices thanks to clever configuration and impressively fast Apple Watch charging.
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If you spend most of your time commuting, walking around, or exercising, the Nothing Ear Open earbuds are worth considering. These open-ear-style earbuds rest securely in your outer ear rather than inside of your ear canals, allowing you to more easily hear whatβs going on around you at all times. R...
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Mirror's founder is back with a connected gaming startup called Board that combines board games and video games.
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The latest Asus P16 H7606WX features the latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, upgrading from the RTX 5070 that I looked at in the H7606WP review earlier in the year. While that machine was impressive, the updates here offer a major boost to processing and graphics performance across the board.
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Starcloud and Crusoe are launching Nvidia GPUs into orbit to build solar-powered data centers aimed at cutting AI energy costs.
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