TechCrunch’s Bellan moves to AI beat
TechCrunch senior reporter Rebecca Bellan is now covering artificial intelligence. “I’m interested in how AI is actually being used, how it’s being regulated, and where the hype cracks,” she wrote on social media. She joined the news organization in 2021 and originally covered transportation. Bellan previously was a contributing writer for Forbes.com, covering social media and tech […]
TechCrunch seeks an AI editor
TechCrunch needs a talented reporter to help cover the rapidly evolving world of AI. As our Senior AI Reporter, you’ll help lead how we cover the tech industry’s most hot-button topic, contributing to day-to-day reporting, crafting features, developing sources to find exclusives, and contributing to our expanding video efforts and events programming. If you want […]
TechCrunch says it’s not backing out of Europe
Michael Reinstein, chairman and founder of private equity firm Regent, which recently bought TechCrunch, writes that the tech news site is not pulling out of Europe despite widespread layoffs to its staff there. Reinstein writes, “The recent changes at TechCrunch are not about retreat. They are about realignment and reinforcement. This new chapter is fueled […]
TechCrunch layoffs in Europe total 10
Around 10 staff have lost their jobs following the decision by TechCrunch to pull out of the UK and Europe, reports Rob Waugh of Press Gazette. Waugh reports, “Technology publicist Jazz Gandhi, founder of Duet public relations, said: ‘Techcrunch Europe was more than just a media outlet, it built a European community coupled with caring, talented, intelligent […]
AI editor Wiggers leaving TechCrunch
Kyle Wiggers, the artificial intelligence editor at TechCrunch, is leaving next week to take a communications job. He has been at TechCrunch since March 2022, starting as a senior reporter. His writing has appeared in VentureBeat and Digital Trends, as well as a range of gadget blogs including Android Police, Android Authority, Droid-Life, and XDA-Developers. […]
TechCrunch shuts European operations
TechCrunch has shut its European operations, with many long-serving staff made redundant, reports Martin Coulter and Tom Matsuda of Sifted. Coulter and Matsuda report, “The retreat comes after Yahoo, TechCrunch’s former parent company, sold the business to private equity firm Regent in March. While TechCrunch has yet to confirm how many people have been laid off, several European editorial […]
TechCrunch senior reporter Azevedo departs
TechCrunch senior reporter Mary Ann Azevedo is leaving after more than four years. Azevedo writes on LinkedIn that she needs a break from full-time reporting and will freelance for TechCrunch and write for Crunchbase News. Azevedo had been managing editor at FinLedger. Azevedo came to HW Media in June 2020 as fintech editor for HousingWire. Previously, Azevedo […]
Business Insider hires TechCrunch’s Rollet
Business Insider has hired TechCrunch reporter Charles Rollet as a tech reporter in San Francisco. He has been a senior writer covering artificial intelligence, security and startups. Rollet previously spent six years at IPVM as a reporter covering business, AI, and human rights at a surveillance industry trade publication. He has also freelanced for publications such as Wired and Gizmodo. […]
Europe editor Lunden departs TechCrunch
Ingrid Lunden, a writer and editor for TechCrunch, has left the news organization. She was there from February 2012 through May 2025, based out of London. Before TechCrunch, Lunden worked at paidContent.org, where she was a staff writer, and has in the past also written freelance regularly for other publications such as the Financial Times. Lunden […]
TechCrunch cybersecurity reporter Page departs
TechCrunch senior cybersecurity reporter Carly Page has left the news organization. She had been at the technology news site for nearly four years. Page previously worked at Future and the Inquirer. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Lincoln.
