The Echo Chamber of “Category-Defining” As applications for TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield 200 program close on May 27, the relentless drumbeat for “category-defining” startups offers a revealing glimpse into a Silicon Valley mindset that consistently overlooks much Read More
AI’s Unquenchable Thirst Reaches for Fossil Fuels Two billion eight hundred million dollars. That’s the sum xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture, plans to invest in natural gas turbines to power its Read More
The New Geopolitics of Gigawatts The quiet, picturesque shores of Lake Tahoe may feel a million miles from the bustling server farms of Nevada, but the two are now inextricably linked by a stark, emerging Read More