Lucas Ropek

Senior Writer, TechCrunch

Lucas is a senior writer at TechCrunch, where he covers artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and startups. He previously covered AI and cybersecurity at Gizmodo. You can contact Lucas by emailing lucas.ropek@techcrunch.com.

Latest from Lucas Ropek

Fintech

Fintech CEO and Forbes 30 Under 30 alum has been charged for alleged fraud
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2 days ago
Media & Entertainment

OnlyFans considering selling majority stake to Architect Capital
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5 days ago

AI

Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork
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Jan 30, 2026
Hardware

The iPhone just had its best quarter ever
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Jan 29, 2026
In Brief

Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI
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Jan 29, 2026
Social

Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better
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Jan 28, 2026

Hardware

Snap gets serious about Specs, spins AR glasses into standalone company
Lucas Ropek

Jan 28, 2026
In Brief

Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users
Lucas Ropek

Jan 26, 2026
AI

Microsoft announces powerful new chip for AI inference
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Jan 26, 2026
In Brief

Vimeo starts layoffs after acquisition by Bending Spoons
Lucas Ropek

Jan 22, 2026

In Brief

Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Apple is reportedly developing an AI wearable
Lucas Ropek

Jan 21, 2026
AI

Anthropic revises Claude’s ‘Constitution,’ and hints at chatbot consciousness
Lucas Ropek

Jan 21, 2026
In Brief

In an effort to protect young users, ChatGPT will now predict how old you are
Lucas Ropek

Jan 20, 2026
Social

X open sources its algorithm while facing a transparency fine and Grok controversies
Lucas Ropek

Jan 20, 2026

AI

California AG sends Musk’s xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes
Lucas Ropek

Jan 16, 2026
AI

From OpenAI’s offices to a deal with Eli Lilly — how Chai Discovery became one of the flashiest names in AI drug development
Lucas Ropek

Jan 16, 2026
AI

ChatGPT users are about to get hit with targeted ads
Lucas Ropek

Jan 16, 2026
In Brief

AI journalism startup Symbolic.ai signs deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp
Lucas Ropek

Jan 15, 2026

AI

Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI
Lucas Ropek

Jan 14, 2026
In Brief

OpenAI signs deal, worth $10B, for compute from Cerebras
Lucas Ropek

Jan 14, 2026
Security

AI security firm, depthfirst, announces $40 million Series A
Lucas Ropek

Jan 14, 2026
AI

Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up
Lucas Ropek

Jan 13, 2026

AI

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is launching its own AI infrastructure initiative
Lucas Ropek

Jan 12, 2026
Robotics

I met a lot of weird robots at CES — here are the most memorable
Lucas Ropek

Jan 9, 2026
Robotics

I watched LG’s new home robot CLOiD do laundry but I have questions
Lucas Ropek

Jan 8, 2026
Enterprise

Anduril’s Palmer Luckey thinks the future of tech is in the past
Lucas Ropek

Jan 8, 2026

AI

The year data centers went from backend to center stage
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Dec 24, 2025
Robotics

Trump administration’s ban on foreign-made drones starts this week — you can say goodbye to new DJI models
Lucas Ropek

Dec 23, 2025
Media & Entertainment

Paramount renews bid for Warner Bros, ensuring $40B Larry Ellison backing
Lucas Ropek

Dec 22, 2025
Social

TikTok agrees to deal to cede control of US business to American investor group
Lucas Ropek

Dec 18, 2025