strategic leverage

In the relentless churn of TechCrunch Mobility headlines, the specter of the 'robot army' is dangled like the ultimate promise or imminent doom. Autonomous vehicles, delivery drones, and robotic chauffeurs are framed as the robotic vanguard that will either liberate us or replace us. But beneath this hype

Less than 24 hours remain before the floodgates open at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, where San Francisco's Moscone West morphs into a crucible of innovation, disruption, and unapologetic ambition. For three frenzied days—October 27 to 29—more than 10,000 founders, investors, and innovators will converge in an

OpenAI’s latest venture into generative music tools isn’t just about creating catchy tunes at the click of a button. It’s a bold move in the landscape of automation, leverage, and systems thinking—a triad that smart businesses use to explode growth while doing less of the tedious

OpenAI just dropped an AI-powered browser onto the market. Cue the sensible nods and cautious optimism. But while the buzz may feel like a tempest in a teapot, this development is a cipher — its true value lies not in incremental efficiency gains but in how it reshapes leverage in the

Imagine waking up to a direct message from a TikTok AI persona — one flipping you off. No, this is not some twisted marketing stunt or a glitch in the matrix; this is Rizzbot, the robot star of TikTok, unapologetically throwing the digital middle finger. If your first reaction is to

Most startups would die to land in India—a sprawling, fast-growing market notorious for breaking giants and birthing unicorns on a weekly basis. Yet BlaBlaCar, the carpooling powerhouse from Europe, initially chose to walk away from it. Fast forward to today, India isn’t just a market BlaBlaCar revisited; it’

AI-powered browser agents are the slick new tools on the block promising to revolutionize productivity. From OpenAI’s latest marvels to Perplexity’s ambitious ventures, AI browsers are crafting a vision of effortless information retrieval and task automation. But here’s the catch: this convenience doesn’t come without strings

Every year the tech world braces itself for layoffs; 2024 was no exception. By the time the dust settles, the list of layoffs spans from Big Tech giants to scrappy startups across every month, broad and unforgiving. But what if these layoffs aren’t just painful isolated events or the

The browser wars — a phrase that once evoked images of Netscape battling Microsoft for desktop dominance — have returned. But this isn’t the same fight. It’s a ruthless contest reinvented, with artificial intelligence as the new battlefield. OpenAI's launch of Atlas, a ChatGPT-powered browser, marks a resounding

Instagram just rolled out a subtle but profoundly strategic feature: the ability to revisit your watched Reels. On the surface, it looks like nothing more than a user-friendly tweak — a digital back button for videos you didn’t save. But beneath this modest improvement lies a clear lesson about leverage,