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TechCrunch's recent coverage has centered on the strain that artificial intelligence is placing on technology companies and their customers. On 2026-10-20, it reported that Anthropic, the maker of the Claude AI models, has not secured as much cloud computing capacity as it wants from Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft, according to a draft IPO prospectus reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The gap matters because the company's costs and obligations are rising fast.

On 2026-10-25, TechCrunch reported that Apollo Global Management's chief economist, Torsten Slok, said AI has produced zero financial payoff for large U.S. companies outside the tech industry. His note challenges the idea that heavy AI spending is already lifting results across the broader economy.

On 2026-10-26, TechCrunch reported that website owners were told to patch newly discovered PHP vulnerabilities immediately or take their sites offline. It also reported, citing Business Insider and Bloomberg, that Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees as it cuts costs and reshapes its workforce for AI.

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