This startup’s super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chef’s knives
How humans alloy metals is essentially the same today as it was in the…
An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise
There's something almost too meta about this one, via Bloomberg. Lyzr, a three-year-old, Jersey…
Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation
Defense tech Hadrian announced on Thursday that it had raised a fresh $1.37 billion round…
Poseidon Aerospace lands $60M ahead of first pilotless test flight
Silicon Valley is known for embracing the ethos of "move fast and break things."…
Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms
Given that Snorkel sells reinforcement learning (RL) environments and complete datasets rather than human…
Anthropic raises $65 Billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
Anthropic has snagged $65 billion in funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation in…
HaloBraid raises $7M from Seven Seven Six to end the six-hour hair salon appointment
Box. Boho. Knotlesss. Most Black women understand exactly what those words refer to: Braided…
Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else
One of the most important things happening on Earth today is the solar energy…
Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South
Terra said its competition right now is any defense company that has won government…
5 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
The clock is ticking. Book your exhibit table for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 by September…
3 days left to exhibit: Turn visibility into your next opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
This is it: 3 days to get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders,…
Evotrex raises $30M to build the RV that doesn’t need a charging station
It will also need it to hold its ground in a crowded field of…
Builders Stage agenda revealed: Practical strategies for scaling startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors…
Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls
Encore AI, a startup that studies companies' customer interactions to train and deploy AI…
Arga Labs is building a better way to train enterprise AI agents
Those tools don't exist for most business software — yet. but once they do,…
Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops
Manus has since been untangling itself from the American social media giant, and its…
