Jeff Bezos, you were so close to making a good point

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View this email online in your browser  May 20, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Jeff Bezos, you were so close to making a good point: "Why is a nurse in Queens who makes $75,000 a year paying more than $1,000 a month in taxes?" Bezos said Wednesday morning on CNBC. "That's $1,000 that could help with rent, or groceries, or anything." Read More Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI: In a memo to employees, CEO Sasan Goodarzi said the layoffs are meant to reduce complexity, simplify the company's corporate structure, and deliver better AI products. Read More The SpaceX IPO filing has arrived: SpaceX has finally made the contents of its IPO filing public, weeks ahead of what is expected to be the largest IPO ever. Read More A message from Deck Update a card on file across every subscription No merchant partnerships. No API integrations. Deck logs into each platform, handles MFA, and confirms the update — across all subscriptions at once. If a human can use it, Deck can too. Try It Free Afternoon Must-Reads GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories: The code hosting giant GitHub said it was investigating a breach but said there was no evidence of customer data theft. Read More Customers say Trump Mobile is leaking their personal information: Trump Mobile is leaking customers’ email and home addresses but has not responded to people alerting the company of the data exposure, according to two YouTubers who said they verified that their leaked data is authentic. Read More Microsoft’s carbon-removal plans aren’t dead after all: Microsoft is responsible for over 90% of the carbon-removal market, and reports suggested the company was pausing purchases entirely. This new deal should help assuage the fears of CDR startups. Read More Tesla's Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe: First came the Netherlands, now it's Lithuania. And more European countries appear to be in the queue for Tesla's driver-assistance system. Read More NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead: NanoClaw was created as a secure alternative to OpenClaw to assist the Cohen brothers with their AI marketing firm that used agents to do much of the work. But instead of running directly on a computer, NanoClaw runs sandboxed in a container. Read More A message from Microsoft and NVIDIA Design, train & ship scalable AI: NVIDIA at Microsoft Build Get hands-on with real code, real systems, and real results. Join NVIDIA June 2–3 at Microsoft Build, happening in San Francisco and online. Developer-first activities, sessions, and solution demos available to both on-site and virtual attendees. Virtual passes are still available—sign up now. Learn more Last but Not Least OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time: OpenAI claims its reasoning model disproved a geometry conjecture unsolved since 1946 — and this time, the mathematicians who exposed its last embarrassing claim are backing it up. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107

From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing

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View this email online in your browser  May 20, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing: Ocean, an agentic email security platform, claims its AI can thoroughly analyze the context of every incoming email to detect fraud and impersonation attempts. Read More GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories: The code hosting giant GitHub said it was investigating a breach, but said there was no evidence of customer data theft. Read More How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches: Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes. Read More Disrupt 2026: Where deals and ideas ignite Oct 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, 10,000 founders, investors, and operators gather for high-signal insights, curated connections, and real momentum. Register Now! A message from Schneider Electric The future of energy starts now From microgrids to smart homes, advanced energy technology is redefining reliability, sustainability, and performance at scale. At Schneider Electric, we believe the future of energy is unified, digital, and decarbonized – and we’re building it today, for everyone. Read insights Morning Must-Reads NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead: NanoCo, the company behind OpenClaw alternative NanoClaw, has raised a $12 million seed after a viral launch, the founders tell TechCrunch.  Read More Quartermaster is building a maritime hive mind: The Arlington, Virginia-based startup has raised $42 million to equip ships with sensors that blow the current AIS tech out of the water. Read More Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas: Figma's new AI assistant will be first available on Figma Design Read More Google just declared itself a contender in AI design at IO 2026: Google says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners. Read More Mach Industries just spent $50M to solve a major defense tech problem: Mach says the acquisition meaningfully improves unit economics across its five vehicle programs at exactly the moment the company is starting to scale. Read More A message from Microsoft and NVIDIA Design, train & ship scalable AI: NVIDIA at Microsoft Build Get hands-on with real code, real systems, and real results. Join NVIDIA June 2–3 at Microsoft Build, happening in San Francisco and online. Developer-first activities, sessions, and solution demos available to both on-site and virtual attendees. Virtual passes are still available—sign up now. Learn more Last but Not Least Elon Musk said Sam Altman 'stole' a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims: The jury's speedy decision to reject Elon Musk's lawsuit against the other founders of OpenAI and Microsoft confirmed what we saw in the courtroom: Musk's case was a weak one, in part because he waited so long to file it. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107