Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after scrapping their first product
Kim isn't concerned about the competition. He acknowledged that Higgsfield, a three-year-old that has…
Silicon Valley’s AI wunderkind launches Underdog, the most private Instinct/Muse competitor yet
That kind of data collection could be a particularly treacherous trade-off for users of…
AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO
Cloud provider Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money…
Hark releases an AI personal assistant with a focus on privacy
Asked about that kind of profiling, Chowdhury says that "we are doing work to…
Mirror Particle is building a ‘world model’ of human behavior
Startups that promise to predict how humans will behave are having a moment. Over…
Furientis lands $25M from Benchmark to mass-produce low-cost missile interceptors
The duo launched Furientis after realizing the U.S. military is facing a severe shortage…
Learn all about scaling, fundraising, founder how-tos, and more at TechCrunch Founder Summit, November 4
There isn't a single manual to read or prompt to give an LLM that…
Get all your questions answered at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: The full breakout session agenda revealed
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 lands at Moscone West in San Francisco on October 13-15, bringing…
Flai’s AI dealership software is booking 50,000 appointments per month
One year later, that future has arrived. The startup is working with more than…
Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say
Although it's only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at…
After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests
Menlo Ventures partner Matt Murphy and his team announced Monday in a blog post…
At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI
For much of his life, Zain Javaid, 19, wanted to be a quant who…
5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day
The PearX program distinguishes itself from Y Combinator, the OG of startup accelerators, in…
HackerRank’s AI interviewer offers a glimpse into what job interviews could become
Chakra represents a bet against the kind of technical assessment business HackerRank spent years…
Lola Vision Systems is trying to make it easier to run AI models on chips
The story begins almost 12 years ago, when Tayo Adesanya started a career working…
Open or closed AI? How founders are choosing what to build on at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
For AI startups, choosing a model isn't necessarily a one-time architecture decision anymore. Open…
