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Followers

250.5K

Account age

3 yrs

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📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

Engagement vs followers

Apr 2023

On Bluesky since

🔥 Top post: A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery · 49 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

85.7 / week

A very active account — posts many times a day.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash. ★ 49

OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face. ★ 23 Also has big plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly refers to itself as a "vehicle" company, and has plans to make four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon. ★ 7 India's app market generated a record $345 million in Q2. ★ 6 The new funding brings Index's total available investing capital to $3.5 billion. ★ 6 New research from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School mapped out how Silicon Valley founders commit fraud — and the role investors play. ★ 33 Watch as Equity breaks down Sam Altman's call to slow down AI, why Anthropic signed on too, and the week's biggest tech deals from Amazon's satellite bid to DoorDash's drone push. ★ 9 Snapchat has adjusted it recommendation systems to ensure that only videos created by real people are eligible for Spotlight recommendations, taking a stance against AI slop. ★ 25 Apple CEO Tim Cook envisions users being able to buy more compute for Siri AI via Apple's existing iCloud+ subscriptions. ★ 12 The leading U.S. automakers are mentioning EVs on their investor calls at pre-pandemic rates, according to new data from TechCrunch and Hudson Labs. ★ 6 AI data center demand is fueling a multi-year chip shortage, pushing up component costs and retail device prices. ★ 5 SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months. ★ 28

🦋 Handle & authenticity

✅ Domain-verified

@techcrunch.com

The handle is the domain techcrunch.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real techcrunch.com account, not an impersonator.

On Bluesky since

Apr 2023

An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 17 views per post.

📤Posts about 85.7× per week.

🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

52/100

Fair Credibility score

76%

Mixed Real audience

Medium Fake-follower risk

Medium Data confidence

Est. 76% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
Low engagement (~0.0% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.