Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI

AI companies have been losing talent for the past few weeks. Half of XAI’s founding team has left the company – some on their own, others through “restructuring” – while OpenAI is facing changes of its own. Dissolving Your Mission Alignment Team Firing a policy executive who opposed its “adult mode” feature. Watch as TechCrunch…

Read More

Inside CES 2026’s “physical AI” takeover

After years of chatbots and image generators, AI is finally leaving the screen. At CES 2026, that change became impossible to ignore. The annual tech showcase in Las Vegas was dominated by “physical AI” and robotics, with everything from Boston Dynamic’s newly designed Atlas humanoid robot to an AI-powered ice maker (yes, really). The companies…

Read More