Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation
E-commerce logistics company Stord has raised a $250 million round at a $3 billion…
Board, the new game startup from Mirror founder Brynn Putnam, raises $20M, has already sold thousands
Board, the three-year-old, New York-based startup building what it calls "together tech" — tech…
World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names
Odyssey, founded in 2023, now offers a handful of world models for a variety…
Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
Just eight months after launching its commercial service, AI leaderboard provider Arena, which originated…
With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing
QuantumDiamonds is still at an earlier stage of its journey, but 2026 has been…
Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects
Cascade, a startup building a platform to help architecture, engineering, and construction firms find…
Trump’s robot ban aims to counter China. US startups fear it could leave them behind.
The Trump administration has opened a new front in its tech crackdown on China:…
AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation
Wu, a famed wunderkind programmer himself, also told TechCrunch that Devin is not being…
Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders
Flipkart's advantage goes beyond adding dark stores. The company can tap an enormous pool…
Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo
Adobe has acquired India-based marketing intelligence startup Rilo in a deal involving licensing and…
A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup offering fun music apps without any AI prompting
As AI rages on, new startups are creating tools for people to create music…
A startup that builds other startups raised $100M, and is all-in on physical AI
Four years ago, a startup lab launched that wasn't quite an incubator, accelerator program,…
Meet Feather, the startup building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers
Feather's other advantage is its price. The robot costs $30,000, which is about half…
A boardroom exit has two multibillion-dollar AI startups trading accusations
Factory AI and Cognition, two high-profile San Francisco-based AI startups building coding agents, are…
We asked top startup investors how they use AI. Here’s what they said.
VCs are increasingly using AI for market research and investment analysis in startups.Floodgate's Ann…
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