WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India’s CRED founder Kunal Shah, and invests $900M in startup
As part of the transition, Miten Sampat, who has overseen strategy and finance at…
The founder conference built for growth: TechCrunch Founder Summit pass rates increase June 26
Founders don't grow alone. They learn from peers tackling similar challenges, connect with those who have…
Ethan Thornton is trying to do everything all at once
Mach's approach differs sharply from some of its peers. Shield AI, founded in 2015,…
Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish
Of course, the fund's headline-grabbing recent win has nothing to do with fish. Its…
He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots.
Kempf says other companies with the resources and the need have already built similar…
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes…
Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed DeductiveAI for up to $85M
DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, has…
AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega round
Launched in 2019, Baseten is a startup benefiting from what The Next Wave hailed…
The 11 standout startups from YC’s Demo Day, according to VCs
With each new season comes another YC Demo Day. On Tuesday, the Spring 2026…
‘Queer Eye’s’ life coach Karamo Brown launches Kē, a wellness app featuring his AI digital clone
Karamo Brown, famous for his pep talks on Netflix's "Queer Eye," has jumped into…
Pixi’s new iOS app turns text messages into interactive AR experiences
Pixi founder Mark Drummond (ex-DreamWorks Animation and ex-Apple) says the app is designed to…
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…
DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation
At conferences, speakers are often delivering their keynote or panel discussions in languages that…
Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests
Mythos had not been on the market for that long, having been released to…
Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple
African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave announced Tuesday a Series E round that values the…
Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions
The platform helps mid- to large-sized B2C businesses drive revenue from customer conversations across…
