Forget rockets — Longshot wants to fire cargo into space from a gun. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Rockets are, infamously, a real pain in the butt. Our old friend physics forces rockets to be built with almost no room for error, and even then only a small…

Laplace Intelligence red-teams robots and self-driving cars before they hit the real world | TechCrunch

If there’s one lesson the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident taught us, it’s that AI agents can be unpredictable.  “Imagine if something like that happened in the physical world,” Howie Sun, CEO…

MIT startup says it can turn diesel trucks into cheaper hydrogen haulers — see it at Disrupt | TechCrunch

Diesel fuel powers everything from shipping to agriculture, and with prices hitting record highs in recent weeks, governments around the world are scrambling to contain the fallout.  For now, that’s…

SpaceX and Google both said no. Now his software is riding a SpaceX rocket next to Google’s | TechCrunch

The way Rama Afullo tells it, he saw orbital data centers coming. The Kenyan American engineer previously worked in Google’s cloud computing business before a brief stint at SpaceX’s Starlink…

Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms at every company | TechCrunch

Journalists, entrepreneurs, and even some public relations professionals will tell you that the PR process is broken (buy me a drink sometime, and I’ll give you my rant). But could…

This AI startup says it can generate permit-ready blueprints in minutes | TechCrunch

Nearly two decades ago, a young college student wrote his final thesis about software capable of generating design documents for school buildings. Al Dram was studying architecture — following in…

Disrupt 2026 starts tomorrow: Your final chance to save up to $100 | TechCrunch

Tomorrow at 8 a.m. PT, it all begins — 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech operators will gather at San Francisco’s Moscone West for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 for three days of ideas,…

The founder’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduring company in the AI era? Our programming and speaker lineup reflect that, based on the feedback…

Less than 48 hours until Disrupt 2026 starts | TechCrunch

In less than 48 hours, the doors open for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Save up to $100 on your ticket before prices increase at the door.…