Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month
Etched delivers its AI tech as full systems that it calls "frontier inference clusters."…
Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India
Perplexity spent the past year running one of the biggest AI growth experiments, giving…
Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New York
Neko Health's promised U.S. expansion arrives on September 24, when the health-scanning startup opens…
Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’
Reach Capital announced Tuesday the close of a $265 million Fund V. The thesis…
Detroit startup Grounded raises $5M to customize electric and gas-powered vans
"Grounded is not an 'EV company,' nor is Grounded a vehicle company at all,"…
Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21
The lowest prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end this Friday, August 21 at 11:59…
Higgsfield raises $400M Series B, quadrupling its valuation in 8 months to $5.4B
Higgsfield announced Monday that it has raised a $400 million Series B at a…
Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South
Terra said its competition right now is any defense company that has won government…
The 25 most promising robotics startups in 2026, according to investors
After years of investors shunning hardware, Silicon Valley is getting physical.Robotics has become one…
Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+
At the time, OpenRouter CEO Alex Atallah described the company as the equivalent of…
SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition
AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX, according to an…
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes…
VCs are investing more money in social media startups this year after a dismal 2025
It's a tough environment for a founder trying to build the next-generation Facebook.With more…
Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs
For now, though, Kog needs to prove to the world that its approach works…
Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup
Singer and actress Selena Gomez and her mother are being sued over their mental…
Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation.
Still, Databrick's private fundraising, instead of going public, has become something of a meme…
