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Nine Korean startups vie for a spot in Disrupt 2027's Startup Battlefield 200 competition

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 735 words

Nine early-stage South Korean startups pitched at DETO 2026 in Seoul to earn a spot in TechCrunch Disrupt 2027's Startup Battlefield 200 competition. Voinosis, an AI healthcare startup that detects changes in brain health through voice analysis, won the competition and is raising a Series A round.

Nvidia's Jensen Huang resigns, chipmaker names CFO Colette Kress as interim CEO

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 1220 words

Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia's president and CEO after admitting to an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, throwing the tech giant's sprawling AI investments and soaring market dominance into sudden uncertainty as CFO Colette Kress takes over as interim chief.

The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 1697 words

Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang resigned following revelations of affairs with an alleged Chinese spy and a company executive, upending the AI industry kingpin's career and sparking U.S. national security concerns amid a high-stakes technological arms race between Washington and Beijing.

Cyberattack on Fireworks AI allowed hackers to access Notion customers' chat transcripts

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 327 words

A cyberattack on AI platform Fireworks AI breached its cloud provider and exposed billing information and datasets, including Notion AI chat transcripts belonging to about one percent of Notion customers, highlighting how modern tech supply chains leave companies vulnerable to spillover breaches.

Norwest pushes deeper into AI with new $4B fund

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 296 words

Norwest has raised its largest fund yet at $4 billion, aiming to capitalize on AI startups developing products and services across core industries like consumer, healthcare, and technology with a broad, multi-country investment approach.

Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia — who is Colette Kress, his interim replacement?

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 432 words

Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia CEO following reports of affairs with an alleged Chinese spy and a direct report. Nvidia CFO Colette Kress has stepped in as interim replacement while the board searches for a permanent successor.

Whoop just launched a social network

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 820 words

Fitness band maker Whoop is launching a social network called Whoop Humans that lets members share health data with friends and family, as the company pushes further into medical wellness and targets an aging population.

Trump floats Apple chairman Tim Cook as Jensen Huang's successor

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 234 words

Following the resignation of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Donald Trump floated Apple executive chairman Tim Cook as his potential successor, pointing to Cook's unparalleled track record of succeeding a bigger-than-life founder.

Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 200 words

Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before Congress behind closed doors by Thanksgiving. The development follows threats of subpoenas from House committee chairs amid questions surrounding Huang's departure following reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China.

Phota Labs uses AI to turn everyday photos into professional-looking shots

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 696 words

Phota Labs is a new iOS app that uses a personal AI photo assistant to turn everyday snapshots into professional-looking shots while preserving personal identity and authenticity. Founded by former Adobe employees, the startup aims to automate the editing process so anyone can easily get better photos.

SoftBank’s billion-dollar loss may have put a cap on AI's natural gas ambitions

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 547 words

SoftBank took a multi-billion-dollar bath on over-ordered natural gas turbines, highlighting the risks of electricity mania in the AI boom. While data center operators may be finding a ceiling for gas ambitions, the demand remains too massive for mass cancellations.

United Airlines blocks AI agents from booking flights, citing cybersecurity risks

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 243 words

United Airlines will restrict access to AI agents seeking to book flights and manage reservations, joining banks in citing cybersecurity risks and password-sharing dangers. The airline warns that autonomous assistants expose sensitive data and threaten compliance with federal aviation rules.

Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open source AI after Jensen Huang's exit

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 519 words

Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue called Jensen Huang's exit a really sad day while vowing to keep fighting harder than ever for open-source AI. Nvidia's proposed acquisition of the platform faces antitrust scrutiny, raising questions about the future of open-weight models without Huang's vocal advocacy.

Jensen Huang’s exit puts Nvidia’s support for open source in question

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 638 words

Jensen Huang’s resignation leaves Nvidia’s commitment to open source in limbo, as the loss of its chief advocate threatens to shift company strategy and embolden Washington critics pushing for tighter restrictions on open-weight AI models.

Microsoft's Outlook email hit by new outage

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 247 words

Microsoft’s Outlook and several other major services, including Teams, SharePoint, and Copilot, suffered a widespread outage caused by a large number of servers unexpectedly becoming unavailable, forcing the company to redistribute connection traffic across its worldwide infrastructure.

Nectar launches an AI agent to automate creator discovery and outreach for brands

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 539 words

Marketing operating system Nectar is launching an AI agent designed to automate influencer marketing, from finding the right creators across hundreds of millions of profiles to contacting them with personalized messages, managing partnerships, and tracking campaign results.

Google's latest Search upgrade promises better answers to your most complicated questions

TechCrunch · 2026-11-12 · 486 words

Google Search is getting a major upgrade with its new Gemini 4 Hydrogen model, promising faster, cheaper, and smarter handling of complex, multi-part questions, nuanced user intent, and advanced reasoning tasks.

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