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…
Host your own piece of Disrupt: Apply to run a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 13–15,…
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…
South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses
Its modules are already shipping. LetinAR counts Japan’s NTT QONOQ Devices and Dynabook, formerly…
SOND, a sleep tech startup from Bose’s former head of sleep, exits stealth with $7M
Traditionally, sleep earbuds have been designed to mask outside noise and promote sleep with…
The most interesting startups right now want to get you off your phone
While the AI fundraising machine keeps breaking its own records, some founders are building…
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes…
Startup Battlefield Australia application closes in days: Apply before July 6
This isn't just an event for the startups pitching. It's a moment for every…
An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise
There's something almost too meta about this one, via Bloomberg. Lyzr, a three-year-old, Jersey…
AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing
However, given that AegisAI is led by experts who helped secure Gmail, the most…
Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate
Matt Hartley, the company's chief revenue officer, said that its NodeZero platform has two…
AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year
Founded in 2024, Blacksmith helps companies build, test, and verify software before it reaches…
Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B
Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood…
Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup
The truth is, should OpenAI want to do that, it can, even when startups…
This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory
Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, your request triggers a data relay race.…
Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in
Mehmood's answer to all of that is the founding team's depth. Mehmood and Branagan…
