About 12% of U.S. teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice

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View this email online in your browser  February 25, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 About 12% of U.S. teens turn to AI for emotional support or advice: General purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are not designed for this use, making mental health professionals wary. Read More India's AI boom pushes firms to trade near-term revenue for users: ChatGPT and rivals are testing whether India's massive AI user boom can translate into paying customers as free offers wind down. Read More 3 days left: Save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket: Just 3 days left to save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket. Offer ends on Friday, February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Don't miss unparalleled, curated networking and valuable insights from 250+ tech leaders, and discover 300+ breakout innovations. Register now. Read More Be the first to know when news breaks Subscribe to our News Alerts, and you won't miss a thing. Breaking news, exclusives, and special reports—straight to your inbox. Sign up for News Alerts! A message from HSBC HSBC CIB Survey Reveals Trade Trends in Tech Sector Tech firms are setting the pace in global trade preparedness, with 91% confident about international growth in the next two years. 79% have made or considered changes to where assembly or processing takes place to mitigate tariffs. Liquidity is a top priority, as 71% have seen an increase in short-term financing to address working capital needs. Download the report Morning Must-Reads Jira's latest update allows AI agents and humans to work side by side: Atlassian is unveiling "agents in Jira" which gives users the ability to assign and manage work given to AI agents the same as humans. Read More Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+ gets new personality options: Users will be able to choose from Alexa styles like Brief, Chill or Sweet, Amazon says. Read More Harbinger acquires autonomous driving company Phantom AI: It's the Los Angeles trucking startup's first acquisition — the latest in a series of moves to spin up new revenue streams. Read More Adobe Firefly's video editor can now automatically create a first draft from footage: Adobe Firefly is getting a new feature called Quick Cut that uses AI to edit footage to create a first draft of the final video based on user instructions. Read More Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M: Harper is an AI-native insurance brokerage that just raised a $45 million combined Series A and seed, after a member of YC's Winter 2025 cohort. Read More A message from Fidelity Stop Guessing What Fundraising Requires Cap table. Pitch deck. Investor updates. Diligence. The Fundraise-Ready Startup Kit equips you with the core materials founders can use to raise with confidence. Download the Kit  Last but Not Least Americans now listen to podcasts more often than talk radio, study shows: Recent findings also show that video podcasting -- while popular -- is not necessarily replacing audio shows. 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

OpenAI COO says 'we have not yet really seen AI penetrate enterprise business processes'

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View this email online in your browser  February 24, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 OpenAI COO says 'we have not yet really seen AI penetrate enterprise business processes': There is a lot of talk around AI agents taking over business processes and claiming that "SaaS is dead." While these predictions have moved SaaS stocks at times, they haven't really come true. Read More More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever before: AI has brought the startup world the rise of startups that instantly hit multimillion-dollar ARR. Stripe revealed some data that shows how common this has become. Read More Spotify and Liquid Death release a limited-edition speaker shaped like … an urn?: Spotify and Liquid Death launched what might be the wildest product of the year: a speaker shaped like a urn. Read More Be the first to know when news breaks Subscribe to our News Alerts, and you won't miss a thing. Breaking news, exclusives, and special reports—straight to your inbox. Sign up for News Alerts! A message from Fidelity Stop Guessing What Fundraising Requires Cap table. Pitch deck. Investor updates. Diligence. The Fundraise-Ready Startup Kit equips you with the core materials founders can use to raise with confidence. Download the Kit  Afternoon Must-Reads Anthropic won't budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute: The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to loosen AI guardrails or face potential penalties, escalating a high-stakes dispute that raises questions about government leverage, vendor dependence, and investor confidence in defense tech. Read More It's time to pull the plug on plug-in hybrids: Plug-in hybrid vehicles are rarely charged, according to a new study. Why are automakers still producing them? Read More Discord delays global rollout of age verification after backlash: The company added that 90% of users won't need to verify their age and will be able to keep using Discord as usual. Read More Stripe's valuation soars 74% to $159 billion: Stripe has conducted another tender offer, where employees sell shares. Investors include Thrive Capital, Coatue, a16z, and Stripe itself. Read More Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people: The number of people affected by a data breach at government contractor giant Conduent is growing, as millions of people continue to receive notices warning them that hackers stole their personal data. Read More A message from Stripe Complimentary pass to Sessions with code s26techcrunch100 Join Stripe at Sessions 2026—the internet economy conference—happening April 29–30 in San Francisco. Join fellow business leaders, founders, and developers to explore the latest in financial technology, global commerce, and strategies for growth. Register with code s26techcrunch100 for a complimentary pass. Register Now You missed these chats from Disrupt: Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens. Watch on Cheddar.com Watch on Streaming Last but Not Least Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from US defense contractor: The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated zero-day broker in the United Arab Emirates was also sanctioned. 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