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Mark Manara, head of startups at OpenAI, says the reality of AI has progressed far beyond ideas and experiments. AI-native companies are reaching $200 million in annual recurring revenue, and product cycles are shrinking from two-week sprints to one day. And OpenAI is helping with that. Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Russell Brandom speaks with Manara at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to explore how OpenAI is serving startups building on its platform. Listen to the full episode to hear: The shift from two-week sprints to one-day development cycles and what that means for how startups build engineering teams Why some startups…

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks at the Messari Mainnet Summit in New York on Thursday, September 21, 2023.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Imagescoinbase I’m following tesla From Delaware to Texas.Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday that crypto exchanges are changing the way they are established, a year after Elon Musk did something similar for his electric car maker. Musk also reincorporated his rocket maker SpaceX from Delaware to Texas.“Delaware’s legal framework once provided consistency for businesses, but that is no longer the case,” Grawal wrote, pointing to…

U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook at the Brookings Institution on Monday, November 3, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will hear oral arguments on January 21 in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.President Trump announced on August 25 that he was firing Cook, one of seven Federal Reserve Board members, over allegations that he committed mortgage fraud related to two homes he owned.Cook has denied any wrongdoing and has filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against his dismissal.A federal…

Jerusalem — Yamen Al Najjar recalls his past life, the days when he attended school and laughed regularly. The 16-year-old now lives with his mother in a cramped 6 square meter room, just enough space for a hospital bed, where he rarely leaves the house. “Life is hard. I’m sick and in pain all the time…I feel lonely and I miss home,” he told CNN. Yamen, who suffers from a bleeding disorder, had been medically evacuated with his mother from Gaza City to a Palestinian hospital in occupied East Jerusalem just two days before the October 7, 2023 attack. His…

Alex Scott, newly named to Thomas Tuchel’s squad, says he feels his best position is number eight. But it looks like he’ll be fighting for a different role this week. The real battle in England’s midfield now is with the more defensive No. 6, so Scott’s World Cup hopes may hinge on how well the Bournemouth man proves himself in that position if given the chance to play against Serbia and Albania. The Scot also played deep roles at Bournemouth and previously at Bristol City, and his statistics show he is very adept there. However, the top English midfielder in…

In Kenya, more than 600,000 children queue for lunch every day through Food4Education, an organization founded by Wawira Njiru. Each child wears a brightly colored wristband that they tap to receive a hot meal. Since its founding, the nonprofit organization has provided more than 100 million meals to Kenyan students, starting with a simple meal that Njiru made herself for 80 people. When Njiru was a 20-year-old international student studying in Australia, he realized how a small amount of money easily available in that country could make a big difference in his native Kenya. She came up with the idea…

advanced micro deviceCEO Lisa Su dismissed concerns about Big Tech’s soaring spending in an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday, saying investing in more computing will accelerate the pace of innovation.”I don’t think it’s a big gamble,” she said. “I think that’s the right bet.”The stock price soared 10%.Many of AMD’s hyperscaler customers have ramped up spending over the past 12 months as the technology reaches an “inflection point” and businesses can see a return on their spending, Su added.Hsu’s comments come as tech giants announced more than $380 billion in AI investments in their latest earnings reports as…

Wolves have appointed Rob Edwards as their new head coach after leaving Middlesbrough to join the side at the bottom of the Premier League.Edwards has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Molineux. The 42-year-old had been in talks with Wolves since Saturday after being given permission to speak to them after being sent off in Boro’s Championship game against Birmingham.Middlesbrough will pay between £3m and £4m in compensation. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Free to watch: Highlights of the Premier League match between Chelsea and Wolves Edwards will take over a team with two points to…

Anthropic on Wednesday announced an ambitious new data center partnership with UK-based neocloud provider Fluidstack, committing $50 billion to build facilities across the United States to meet growing computing needs. The data centers will be located in Texas and New York and are expected to be operational throughout 2026. The company described these sites as “custom-built for Anthropic with a focus on maximizing workload efficiency.” “We are moving closer to AI that will accelerate scientific discovery and help solve complex problems in ways never before possible,” Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei (pictured above) said in a statement. “To realize…

During a heated basketball game or when you’re rushing to meet a deadline at work, you may need to give constructive criticism quickly.Sonia Raman, head coach of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, says taking the time to present feedback in a soothing way, such as using a “sandwich approach” where you share criticism between two compliments, is just not possible when you’re in a tight spot.In a basketball game, “when the ball goes out of bounds, it might take a few seconds to talk to the players before the ball comes in and they move on to the next play,” Raman…