4 days to save up to $200: Reason 2 of 5 to be at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Four days. That's how long you have left to save up to $200 on…
Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy bets these 21 startups will shape energy’s future
Despite Grosh's departure, this cohort still hews to the formula that defined previous years.…
Meta deal will help plastics recycling startup MacroCycle build its first factory
Payments for what are known as environmental attribute credits (EACs) will provide MacroCycle with…
Discover what’s next: 5 days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket
With five days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026…
Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google
Hermes 2 will be a fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor, a design that has been…
Meet the next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
For founders, Startup Battlefield 200 is one of the biggest moments of their careers.…
Inertia co-founder Jeff Lawson’s next big bet is fusion: Go inside it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Jeff Lawson has already helped build a company with more than $4 billion in…
Move faster to solve climate challenges, Prince William says
The Prince of Wales tells the BBC we need to "accelerate" in finding solutions…
Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into super-hot-rock geothermal
Enhanced geothermal startups are shaping up to be the dark horse in the battle…
Google, Nvidia and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers
Emerald AI does have an advantage, though. Its software connects utilities directly to data…
‘No doubt’ that climate change led to Nepal-Tibet flood, study finds
There was "no doubt that human-induced climate change played a role here", one of…
Al Gore has a surprisingly calm take on the AI data center backlash
"I think we went through a phase where some cynically suspected that the apocalyptic…
Next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 revealed
A great pitch doesn't win Startup Battlefield 200. A great company does. That's why…
Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years’ worth of nuclear fuel
Green's timing is good, but perhaps not surprising. He's a repeat founder, having helped…
Third Heathrow runway should only go ahead if airlines pay for cleaner flying, say advisers
The government's climate advisers say Heathrow's third runway cannot be approved under current climate…
The AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry
"Progress shouldn't arrive with a higher utility bill, deleted water supply, or noise pollution,"…
