TechCrunch
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TechCrunch is a leading technology news website and media platform known for its coverage of startups, Silicon Valley, and the tech industry.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TechCrunch canonical | 12 |
| TechCrunch Disrupt | 2 |
| CrunchNotes blog | 1 |
| TechCrunch blog | 1 |
| https://techcrunch.com/ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T109314 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TechCrunch Context triple: [AOL, acquired, TechCrunch]
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A.
MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review is a technology-focused media outlet and magazine known for in-depth reporting and analysis on emerging technologies and their impact on society, business, and policy.
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B.
Conference USA
Conference USA is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference that organizes and governs intercollegiate sports competition among its member universities, primarily in the southern United States.
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C.
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a globally renowned technology and innovation hub in Northern California, home to many of the world’s leading tech companies and startups.
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D.
IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum is the flagship magazine and website of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, covering advances and issues in engineering, technology, and applied science.
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E.
Google Fiber
Google Fiber is a high-speed broadband internet and television service provider that offers gigabit fiber-optic connectivity to residential and business customers in select U.S. cities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: TechCrunch Target entity description: TechCrunch is a leading technology news website and media platform known for its coverage of startups, Silicon Valley, and the tech industry.
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A.
MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review is a technology-focused media outlet and magazine known for in-depth reporting and analysis on emerging technologies and their impact on society, business, and policy.
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B.
Conference USA
Conference USA is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference that organizes and governs intercollegiate sports competition among its member universities, primarily in the southern United States.
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C.
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a globally renowned technology and innovation hub in Northern California, home to many of the world’s leading tech companies and startups.
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D.
IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum is the flagship magazine and website of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, covering advances and issues in engineering, technology, and applied science.
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E.
Google Fiber
Google Fiber is a high-speed broadband internet and television service provider that offers gigabit fiber-optic connectivity to residential and business customers in select U.S. cities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
news publisher
ⓘ
online media company ⓘ technology blog ⓘ technology news website ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | AOL ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValue | approximately $25 million ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
Silicon Valley
ⓘ
startups ⓘ technology news ⓘ the tech industry ⓘ venture capital ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Keith Teare
ⓘ
Michael Arrington ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
entrepreneurs
ⓘ
general tech enthusiasts ⓘ investors ⓘ technology professionals ⓘ |
| hasEventBrand |
TechCrunch Disrupt
ⓘ
linked to:
TechCrunch
|
| hasSection |
Apps
ⓘ
Enterprise ⓘ Gadgets ⓘ Mobile ⓘ Security ⓘ Social ⓘ Startups ⓘ Transportation ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://techcrunch.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| inception | 2005 ⓘ |
| industry | technology media ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coverage of Silicon Valley
ⓘ
coverage of startups ⓘ coverage of venture capital funding ⓘ live coverage of tech events ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| organizes |
TechCrunch Disrupt
ⓘ
linked to:
TechCrunch
hackathons ⓘ startup conferences ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Yahoo Inc. ⓘ |
| previouslyOwnedBy |
AOL
ⓘ
Verizon Media ⓘ
linked to:
Verizon
|
| publisherOf |
industry analysis
ⓘ
product reviews ⓘ startup profiles ⓘ technology news articles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: TechCrunch Description of subject: TechCrunch is a leading technology news website and media platform known for its coverage of startups, Silicon Valley, and the tech industry.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: TechCrunch
linked to: TechCrunch
subject linked to:
Enterprise
subject linked to:
Enterprise
linked to: TechCrunch
linked to: TechCrunch
linked to: TechCrunch