Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia
Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid…
Instinct joined the chat: The startup is bringing its AI agents to your group DMs
Instinct came for your inbox, your errands, and your shopping list — now it's…
I turned my passion for the outdoors into a community for startup founders. It’s become a side hustle that makes me $10K in revenue.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alena Beliauskaya, a 37-year-old product…
Meet the Startup Battlefield 200 judges who’ll decide the winner at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Meet the final five Startup Battlefield judges who'll decide who wins the pitch competition…
This startup wants to turn idle user car inventory into rental revenue
When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he sees a wasted opportunity.…
This startup wants to turn idle car inventory into rental revenue
When Igor Dobrianskyi looks at a car dealership lot, he sees a wasted opportunity.…
AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience
The startup's founder Eugenia Kuyda, who previously founded the AI companion startup Replika, described…
Corgi girls, ugly lawsuits, and cute dogs: Inside a wild $5 billion startup
"If you can't raise a dog, you cannot run an office." That was the…
Robotics startups are courting university researchers. Microagi just hired eight.
For decades, the biggest advances in robotics came out of university labs.Now, as billions…
The CEO of language-learning startup Preply asks job candidates these questions
As CEO of language-learning startup Preply, Kirill Bigai said he's spending much of his…
‘Soar’ wars: Inside two AI startups’ messy fight over the same name
Stanley Virgint and Henry Langmack's LinkedIn messages started politely enough.Virgint told Langmack to have…
This startup added a new job app requirement for interns: handwritten cover letters
Even the companies promoting analog lifestyles are being inundated with AI job applications.Dumb.co, a…
ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok
Society has spent a lot of time bemoaning our digitally addled minds and goldfish-like…
This tiny cybersecurity startup managed to hack OpenAI using Claude, and won a $6,500 bounty
A small AI startup used Claude to hack into OpenAI's internal codebase shortly after…
A startup founder was arrested on charges of using VC money to pay for her house and a Caribbean wedding
Shiloh Luckey raised millions from top venture investors to build a tax-compliance startup and…
Your startup’s next teammate might be an AI agent: Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland explain what that changes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
The first few hires at a startup can define the company. But increasingly, not…
