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📰 **Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO** Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are extending a 12-month, unsecured loan to the Japanese conglomerate. 🔗 Lire l'article complet : https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/why-softbanks-new-40b-loan-points-to-a-2026-openai-ipo/ Source : TechCrunch #ai #TechCrunch #veille

📰 **Anthropic’s Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing** Estimates for total Claude consumer users are all over the map (we've seen figures ranging from 18 million to 30 million). Anthropic hasn't disclosed this data, but a spokesperson did tell TechCrunch that Claude paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year. 🔗 Lire l'article complet : https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/28/anthropics-claude-popularity-with-paying-consumers-is-skyrocketing/ Source : TechCrunch #ai #TechCrunch #veille

📰 **Toyota’s Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the ‘future of mobility’** Woven Capital is the growth-stage venture capital arm of Toyota, focused on backing founders building in space, cybersecurity, and autonomous driving. 🔗 Lire l'article complet : https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/toyotas-woven-capital-appoints-new-cio-and-coo-in-push-for-finding-the-future-of-mobility/ Source : TechCrunch #tech #TechCrunch #veille

📰 **OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise** OpenAI's latest funding round, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, values the AI lab at $852 billion as it nears an IPO. 🔗 Lire l'article complet : https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/openai-not-yet-public-raises-3b-from-retail-investors-in-monster-122b-fund-raise/ Source : TechCrunch #ai #TechCrunch #veille

📰 **Why OpenAI really shut down Sora** OpenAI's decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab? 🔗 Lire l'article complet : https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/29/why-openai-really-shut-down-sora/ Source : TechCrunch #ai #TechCrunch #veille

📰 **Popular AI gateway startup LiteLLM ditches controversial startup Delve** LiteLLM had obtained two security compliance certifications via Delve and fell victim to some horrific credential-stealing malware last week. 🔗 Lire l'article complet : https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/popular-ai-gateway-startup-litellm-ditches-controversial-startup-delve/ Source : TechCrunch #ai #TechCrunch #veille

📰 **What we’re looking for in Startup Battlefield 2026 and how to put your best application forward** Here's what we're looking for in your Startup Battlefield 200 application and how to make sure your application reflects it. 🔗 Lire l'article complet : https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/what-were-looking-for-in-startup-battlefield-2026-and-how-to-put-your-best-application-forward/ Source : TechCrunch #tech #TechCrunch #veille