TechCrunch Daily Crunch DOJ isn’t going to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster
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Mar 10, 2026 Coverage of OpenAI acquiring a red‑teaming tool to secure AI agents. Discussion of employees rallying in support of Anthropic amid a Pentagon supply‑chain designation. Breakdown of the DOJ’s tentative settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster and why many state attorneys general oppose it. Quick startup updates including leadership moves and decentralized social experiments.
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OpenAI Buys PromptFu To Secure AI Agents
- OpenAI acquired PromptFu to harden security for AI agents and integrate red-teaming into its Frontier enterprise platform.
- PromptFu provides testing tools and open-source libraries used by over 25% of Fortune 500 companies to surface LLM vulnerabilities.
AI Employees Rally Behind Anthropic In DOD Dispute
- Employees at major AI firms publicly defended Anthropic after the DOD labeled it a supply chain risk.
- The brief argued the DOD could cancel contracts rather than brand a U.S. AI company as a security threat, noting OpenAI was signed shortly after Anthropic's designation.
DOJ Chooses Settlement Over Breaking Up Live Nation
- The DOJ reached a tentative settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster instead of forcing a breakup.
- The deal includes up to $280 million in fines and the divestiture of at least 13 venues to boost competitor access in the U.S.