Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy

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View this email online in your browser  November 09, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy: The Nvidia CEO also pulled out of an Anthropic event earlier. Read More Anthropic releases new Mythos and Fable models amid RSI concerns: Anthropic says the new models "show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision," as well as in communicating more clearly with users. Read More AI hardware startup Nominal triples valuation to $3B in 8 months: Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation. Read More A message from Microsoft and NVIDIA Discover the full-stack AI platforms advancing today’s AI Get a closer look at the technologies moving AI forward with NVIDIA at Microsoft Ignite 2026. Explore sessions on agentic AI built for production, accelerated infrastructure, cloud and AI platforms, physical AI and autonomous systems, and high-fidelity simulations. View the sessions and build your Microsoft Ignite agenda today. Browse sessions Afternoon Must-Reads France blames Iran for mass-hacks targeting freezers in grocery stores and blood banks: France's foreign minister blamed Iran for launching at least two waves of cyberattacks targeting industrial refrigerated and freezer units across France and wider Europe. Read More Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production: Elon Musk defended the company's decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around eight months. Read More Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution: At 10 cents per million input tokens, Ember is significantly cheaper than frontier competitors like Haiku and Luna. Read More Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s China ambitions under scrutiny: Jensen Huang’s alleged affair with a suspected Chinese spy threatens to complicate Nvidia’s lobbying efforts to loosen U.S. chip export restrictions and maintain access to China’s lucrative AI market. Read More Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines: Anthropic bought billions of dollars' worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse. Read More Last but Not Least Uber launches parking service following SpotHero acquisition, with an eye on robotaxis: Uber Parking is the latest example of the company offering products beyond its core ride-hailing service. 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

Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production

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View this email online in your browser  November 09, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production: Elon Musk defended the company's decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around 8 months. Read More Nvidia will investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with possible Chinese spy: In a memo to the company, Huang admitted that he had an affair. Read More Sequoia partners reportedly blindsided when Roelof Botha joined SpaceX board: A new report claims Sequoia's recent changes undo the legacy of the firm's former steward. Read More A message from Intel A blueprint for making robotics a reality Our recent robotics readiness report highlighted a critical gap between organizations’ robotics ambitions and what they’re structured to deliver. This blueprint will help you close that gap and lay a foundation for a successful human-robot workforce. Get Blueprint Morning Must-Reads Is Jensen Huang’s job on the line? Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld estimates it’s “about a 50-50”: Nvidia’s board is investigating Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld thinks it’s roughly a coin flip whether Huang stays on as CEO. Read More SNL has a new impression of Elon Musk, ‘the worst thing South Africa has ever done’: SNL seems to have its knives out for tech executives. Read More Meta expands Instagram's AI age-guessing tech globally: Meta says it will use its AI technology to look for clues about people it suspects to be teenagers — even if they use an adult birthday. Read More Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe coding apps amid a changing internet: Automattic aims to compete with likes of Lovable with Spacefast Read More TechCrunch Mobility: The Cybertruck experiment is over: Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. Read More Last but Not Least If Snap's Specs are still ridiculously expensive, they're also a lot more comfortable than they used to be: Snap's Specs, which have been in development for many years now, are going to market this fall. Will they be a hit with users? 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