These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked
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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…
Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video
Priced at $499, the Communicator looks a lot like a modern-day BlackBerry might, with…
Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation
A new $20 billion valuation would be a giant step up from the $10…
AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors
"We had no idea how hard it was going to be," Wachen says. "I…
VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why
Weiss' paper, co-authored with Emlyon researcher Nevena Radoynovska, discusses what may happen when founders…
Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for months
It's a controversial practice that can get startups sued, mainly because it's seen as…
Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.
Now Rippling is also in the AI security business with this MCP gateway that…
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in 1 week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups closes May 27
Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000 in equity-free funding…
How to apply to Startup Battlefield 2026, what you need ahead of the June 8 deadline
Every year I read through thousands of Startup Battlefield applications. And every year, I…
Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI
theWarner Music Music (WMG) announced on Wednesday that it’s acquiring AI attribution startup Sureel…
HaloBraid raises $7M from Seven Seven Six to end the six-hour hair salon appointment
Box. Boho. Knotlesss. Most Black women understand exactly what those words refer to: Braided…
What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor
This makes sense, given how much the startup has raised so far: Even a…
Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you
Aina said lessons from all three devices will feed into its next product. The…
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…
Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups
Robinhood this week unveiled a financial instrument that lets anyone feel like they, too,…
