Startups
Poppy launches a proactive AI assistant for calendars, email, and messages
New app stitches together your calendar, inbox, and chats to surface reminders and suggestions; it raised $1.25M pre-seed.
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Big Tech
Apple Names Hardware Chief John Ternus as Next CEO, Signaling a Device-First AI Strategy
Ternus, a 25-year Apple veteran who helped build the Apple Watch, AirPods, and Vision Pro, is expected to push AI-powered devices rather than competing directly with frontier model labs.
Big Tech
Google Commits Up to $40 Billion to Anthropic in Largest AI Investment Deal Yet
Alphabet will inject $10 billion immediately at a $380 billion valuation, with $30 billion more contingent on Anthropic hitting performance benchmarks.
Chips
TSMC Posts 58% Profit Surge in Q1 2026, Raises Full-Year Forecast to Over 30% Revenue Growth
The world's largest contract chipmaker delivered its fourth consecutive quarter of record earnings as AI chip demand outpaces supply, with Nvidia now its largest customer and Q2 revenue guidance of $39–40.2 billion.
Policy
US Officials Warn Wall Street That Anthropic's Mythos AI Could Usher In a New Era of Cyber Risk
Federal regulators and senior officials, including Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, privately cautioned bank CEOs about the potential dangers of Anthropic's restricted frontier model, as JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley were permitted to test it for defensive security purposes.
Chips
TSMC Reports Record First-Quarter Revenue Ahead of Full Earnings, AI Demand Remains Insatiable
Taiwan's chip giant posted revenue of NT$1.13 trillion for Q1 2026, a 35 percent year-over-year rise, setting the stage for a formal earnings report on April 16 expected to confirm a fourth straight quarterly record.
AI
Anthropic launches Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative, gives Nvidia, Google, Apple, and Microsoft access to Claude Mythos Preview
The restricted AI model can autonomously find critical vulnerabilities across major operating systems and browsers — and Anthropic is keeping it locked away from the public for safety reasons.
Big Tech
Apple bets on App Store-style AI platform model as it kills Mac Pro and defends hardware talent
Mark Gurman's Power On newsletter reveals Apple is reframing its AI strategy around platform ownership rather than model development, while paying rare bonuses to retain iPhone designers.
Big Tech
Apple opens Siri to rival AI assistants in sweeping chatbot-agnostic pivot
The iPhone maker will let ChatGPT, Gemini, and other third-party models plug directly into Siri, reframing Apple as an AI platform rather than a single-model gatekeeper.
Analysis
TechCrunch Midpoint Report: The AI Stories Shaping 2026's First Quarter
From Anthropic's Pentagon battle to the data center construction boom and hardware price inflation, a roundup of the defining AI narratives through mid-March finds the industry at a pivotal inflection.
Big Tech
Apple Launches $599 MacBook Neo, Its Most Affordable Laptop Ever, Powered by iPhone Chip
The MacBook Neo uses Apple's A18 Pro mobile processor — a first for any Mac — targeting Chromebook and Windows users with a breakthrough entry price.
Big Tech
Apple Announces M5 MacBook Air and Updated MacBook Pro with Performance Jumps
The new MacBook Air doubles base storage to 512GB and gains Wi-Fi 7, while the MacBook Pro gains M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with larger base storage.
Chips
Nvidia Posts $43 Billion Quarterly Profit on Record $68 Billion Revenue as AI Chip Dominance Deepens
Nvidia's fiscal fourth quarter delivered its most profitable period ever, surpassing the quarterly earnings of Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet, with data center revenue surging 75% year-over-year to $62.3 billion.
AI
Google and Samsung Debut Agentic Gemini Features on Galaxy S26 That Apple Still Cannot Match With Siri
At Samsung's Galaxy S26 Unpacked event, Google demonstrated Gemini's ability to autonomously complete multi-step tasks — like analyzing group chats and ordering food through apps — a capability Apple promised for Siri in 2024 but has yet to ship.
