Whatnot is in talks to raise a new funding round at a $20 billion valuation
Whatnot is proving there's still room for consumer startups in the AI era.Live shopping…
Discover what’s next for AI, from the SaaS reckoning to the agent security gap, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
AI hasn't just changed how startups build; it's broken how they sell, secure their…
Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine
On Wednesday, Andon published a new installment in how things are going in its…
Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners
Martha Stewart is entering the AI software era in the most Martha Stewart way…
‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation
With the Light Phone, Kaiwei Tang and Joe Hollier have spent over a decade…
As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it
Pangram's AI image detection system promises to spot AI-generated images across AI models, unlike…
Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200…
MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
Runlayer, a startup that offers a secure Model Context Protocol gateway — a standard…
Ozlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy
To kick off the launch, Ozlo is offering a sleep mask and travel case…
Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing
Green said Cursor will continue to operate independently until the transaction closes and that…
Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military
Nuclear power startup Antares Nuclear said Monday that it has raised $470 million to…
Power up your AI infrastructure! A first look at the Smart Systems Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
AI doesn't run on code alone — it requires massive amounts of power, and…
Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence partners with Nvidia to scale its AI research
After two years in stealth, Safe Superintelligence, the AI lab founded by former OpenAI…
Enigma raises $70M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume
Multiple robotics companies are tackling one of AI's hardest problems: building foundation models capable…
Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone’s angling for a guest spot
Europe is a big place, though, with more than 40 different countries and over…
Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M
Pincus, the Zynga founder, now runs the investment firm Reinvent Capital with Hoffman as…
