Ethan Agarwal, a 40-year-old tech entrepreneur with no political background, told TechCrunch on Monday evening that he is running for California’s 17th congressional district.
March 11, 2026
Iran: The New Proxy Battleground — And the War Has Already Started
The chess match for Iran’s future didn’t start Saturday. It started the moment Washington, Moscow, and Beijing each decided — separately, quietly, and with cold calculation — that whoever controls the next Iranian government controls the next chapter of Middle Eastern history. What happened on February 28, 2026 was simply the moment that calculation went loud. In the pre-dawn hours...
Investors spill what they aren’t looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies
TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren’t looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore.
Google looks to tackle longstanding RCS spam in India — but not alone
Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam.
Let’s explore the best alternatives to Discord
With many users feeling uneasy about Discord’s new age verification requirement, here are some alternatives that could be worth exploring.
Polymarket saw $529M traded on bets tied to bombing of Iran
Six newly-created accounts made a profit of $1 million by correctly betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28.
Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage
Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the bot.
Easy Part: What Comes After Khamenei?
Operation Epic Fury They got him. Early Saturday morning, February 28, 2026, in a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation dubbed “Operation Epic Fury,” a missile found Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his own compound in Tehran — reportedly while he was at his desk, carrying out the duties of a man who believed himself untouchable. Within hours, Iranian state TV confirmed what...
The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom
Here’s everything we know about the biggest AI infrastructure projects, including major spending from Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI.
Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute
Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon.