Good news from around Europe
No agenda, no rush, no leaving San Francisco: Benchmark’s partners on investing in a frenzied market Benchmark may have grown its funds and swapped out some partners, but onstage the five who are left sounded like friends who just happen to be running one of the Valley’s most storied firms
Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’ Anthropic said that it will commit 5% of its shares to the fund. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/18/anthropic-says-its-committing-5-of-its-shares-to-a-public-benefit-fund/
Everyone’s watching the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’ “You Can See Everything” is having the second biggest opening weekend ever for a documentary film. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/18/everyones-watching-the-elizabeth-holmes-documentary-you-can-see-everything/
Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforce The filing also says that the “vast majority” of Character.AI employees who were offered jobs at Disney accepted them. However, this is a stalking horse bid, so another company could come forward with a higher offer. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/18/disney-agrees-to-hire-the-majority-of-character-ais-workforce/
TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s next act Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/18/techcrunch-mobility-rivians-next-act/
Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/meta-removes-language-that-raised-scraping-and-ai-training-concerns/
TikTok permanently bans ‘Musk’ documentary advertising account A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk continues to meet resistance from social media platforms. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/tiktok-permanently-bans-musk-documentary-advertising-account/
Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings The composition of Anthropic’s workforce and the type of work getting done have changed significantly in the past year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/17/anthropic-says-its-workforce-has-become-less-junior-and-is-spending-more-time-in-meetings/
DJ Reinier Zonneveld launches AI music startup GasLab with $1M pre-seed funding GasLab (Generative AI Solutions Lab), a GenAI music platform created by DJ and producer Reinier Zonneveld, is launched this week, backed by $1 million in pre-seed funding. GasLab is on a mission to keep creatives in business in
A16z-backed UK fintech Sequence sold to Intuit in reported $200M deal A UK fintech using AI to help startups better manage revenue has been sold to US software giant Intuit, in what is reported to be one of the largest exits by a UK AI startup with a female co-founder.