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SpaceX has reportedly filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering in which the company would raise $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation. And according to CEO Elon Musk, orbital data centers will be a big part of SpaceX’s future. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed Musk’s vision, as well as other companies that are pursuing similar goals. It will take significant tech development and massive capital spending to make orbital data centers a reality, but as Sean noted, with “opposition happening around the country to data centers in general,”…

Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan’s push driven more by necessity than anything else. With workforces shrinking and pressure mounting to sustain productivity, companies are increasingly deploying AI-powered robots across factories, warehouses, and critical infrastructure. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in March 2026 that it aims to build a domestic physical AI sector and capture a 30% share of the global market by 2040. The country already holds a strong position in industrial robotics, with Japanese manufacturers accounting for about 70% of the global market in 2022, according to…

They’re the biggest beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence race you’ve never heard of. Loading audio narration… While the largest tech firms have unveiled unprecedented spending for AI infrastructure, and leading language developers Anthropic and OpenAI close in on blockbuster IPOs, a group of former crypto-mining companies have quietly become power players amid the soaring demand for data centers.With names like TeraWulf, Applied Digital, Iren, Core Scientific, and Cipher Digital, the companies make up for their short track records with access to an even more essential ingredient for success: utility power contracts that allow them to quickly energize electricity-hungry AI computing…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ryan Courtnage, the 51-year-old cofounder of the donation-management platform Benevity, who lives in Creston, British Columbia. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… When I exited my last endeavor in 2020, I purchased a large piece of land out in the mountains. It’s 22 acres.My cofounders and I built something from scratch that continues to make a positive change in the world. I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything. Still, I didn’t feel like I was building anymore. Eventually, being a founder gets to a point where all…

When Patricia Tani moved to San Francisco last year, she kept hearing a koan about the city’s dating scene: “The odds are good, but the goods are odd.””There’s all this talk online about how dating is cooked in SF, but I never really believed that, because there’s way more guys than women,” she tells me. “Shouldn’t it be easy to find a boyfriend?”The answer was no. Tani, who is 21, tried Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge to no avail. San Franciscans were too locked in building the future to build futures with romantic partners; it was a city of situationships. Tani…

AI can already write most of Simon Willison’s code. The bigger question, he says, is what happens when it no longer needs him at all. Loading audio narration… Willison, the co-creator of the Django web framework, which thousands of sites, including Instagram, have used to get started, said professionals who use AI tools typically follow a specific sequence: They tell the AI what they want, monitor its progress, and then review the finished code to ensure it’s correct.However, what if humans trusted AI to oversee the entire process? That, he said, is called the “dark factory.””There’s this idea in factory…

OpenAI executive Fidji Simo is taking a temporary medical leave to treat postural tachycardia syndrome, or POTS. Loading audio narration… The company said in an internal memo to OpenAI staffers on Friday that Simo would leave to pursue treatment and would return in several weeks.Simo, who cofounded the Complex Disorders Alliance and the Metrodara Foundation, was diagnosed with POTS in 2019. She was initially misdiagnosed by doctors, including one who credited her health issues to being a “tired mom.””I was fainting constantly, I was feeling weak,” Simo told Fortune in 2021.POTS affects the autonomic nervous system, which regulates involuntary functions…

Total Funding: $17 millionWhat it does: Larridin is a measurement and analytics company focused on how AI is actually used inside organizations.Its product, Scout, helps companies understand “what’s actually happening in your org with AI.”Russell Fradin, a cofounder of the company, said its goal is to give companies visibility into the usage and impact of AI.Scout can be used to answer questions like “what’s actually happening in your org with AI, what’s working, what’s not working, what’s making your employees more productive,” Fradin said.It can also help answer questions around cost optimization, which typically falls into the realm of consulting…

It’s about to become more expensive for Claude Code subscribers to use Anthropic’s coding assistant with OpenClaw and other third-party tools. According to a customer email shared on Hacker News, Anthropic said that starting at noon Pacific on April 4 (today), subscribers will “no longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw.” Instead, they’ll need to pay for extra usage through “a pay-as-you-go option billed separately from your subscription.” The company said that while it’s starting with OpenClaw today, the policy “applies to all third-party harnesses and will be rolled out to more shortly.”…

Falling debris from an intercepted missile has damaged the Dubai office of American tech giant Oracle, city officials said on Saturday. Loading audio narration… “Authorities confirm that they responded to a minor incident caused by debris from an aerial interception that fell on the facade of the Oracle building in Dubai Internet City. No injuries were reported,” the Dubai Media Office said on X.Iran has threatened to strike US-owned companies in the Middle East in retaliation for the US-led war that has now dragged on for six weeks. In a statement published on Tuesday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps advised…