May 07, 2026

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Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off: Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with TechCrunch about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the possibility that the whole architecture that undergirds the tech is wrong. Read More

Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Get in front of 10,000 decision-makers before space runs out: If startup visibility, traction, and real deals matter, you should be on the TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 exhibit floor. Get your 6' exhibit table before your competitor does. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom: The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size. Read More

Is xAI a neocloud now?: xAI's real business may be more about building data centers than training AI models. Read More

Insurance startup Corgi hits $1.3B valuation 4 months after its Series A: Corgi announced on Wednesday a $160 million Series B, led by TCV, valuing the startup at $1.3 billion. Read More

China's Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open-source AI skyrockets: Moonshot's annualized recurring revenue topped $200 million in April, driven by rapid growth in paid subscriptions and API usage. Read More

Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity 'amicably ended': The deal, announced last November, would have seen Perplexity's AI search engine integrated directly into Snapchat. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio: Users will be able to create a podcast from Codex or Claude Code and import it to Spotify Read More