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Twenty founders just earned their shot at Disrupt glory. They’re headed to the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt to compete for the $100,000 prize and the coveted Disrupt Cup.

It’s now easier to use Spotify by talking to Siri on iPhones updated to iOS 27, Spotify said on Tuesday. Users will no longer need to specify “on Spotify” when they’re asking Siri to play music or other content using the streaming service’s apps.

Day 1 of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is officially underway, bringing together 10,000+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders under one roof at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Big ideas are colliding, connections are forming at every turn, and the startup ecosystem’s most influential voices are driving the conversation.

The latest model packs significantly more power, better wireless connectivity, plus built-in microphones.

Personal AI agents are increasingly making transactions on their users’ behalf, but given the nondeterministic nature of large language models, AI bots are prone to doing what they’re not supposed to. Which, in this case, raises the possibility of AI misfiring and making unauthorized transactions.

Only five years into its journey, Character.AI, which lets users create AI characters and have conversations with them, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following a slew of lawsuits and struggles to scale its popular platform. Ina court document, the company said it had assets and liabilities between $50 million and $100 million.

If confirmed, it would be the first white dwarf found to host a second-generation planet.

Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Anduril Industries, delivers a speech in Taipei, Taiwan, September 19, 2026.Chiang Ying-ying/AP

The Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre is teaming up with Ultrahuman to bring the latter’s algorithms to its Sahatna app. Sahatna is the nationwide healthcare app enabling individuals to manage their health, including speaking to doctors and accessing health and genetics records. As of now, the app will also tell users their biological age (as…

SpaceXSI has announced a unified membership scheme across its products called the X Subscription. The company was formerly known as SpaceXAI until its CEO Elon Musk announced that he would rename it, following President Donald Trump’s push to use the term “super intelligence” instead of artificial intelligence. An X Subscription plan will include access to Grok, Grok…