Startups

Follow the world of emerging businesses, groundbreaking innovations, and startup success stories. Learn about disruptive technologies, investment trends, and entrepreneurial journeys that are shaping industries.

Ashton Kutcher exits Sound Ventures, launches new VC firm with Morgan Beller

Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures, the VC firm he co-founded, to launch a new investment vehicle with Morgan Beller,…

Read More »

Together AI neocloud raises $800M, hits $8.3B valuation

Together AI raised $800 million in Series C funding at an $8.3 billion valuation, led by Aramco Ventures with participation…

Read More »

Hire Global Talent in 150+ Countries with Multiplier

Multiplier is an employer of record (EOR) platform that acts as the legal employer for international hires in over 150…

Read More »

Lime raises $167M in long-awaited IPO

Lime raised $167 million in its IPO, pricing 6.68 million shares at $25 each under the ticker "LIME," with shares…

Read More »

Venice AI hits unicorn status with $65M Series A as privacy-first platform surges

Venice AI offers access to over 200 AI models with a focus on user privacy, encrypting data client-side and storing…

Read More »

Disrupt 2026 reveals Builders Stage agenda

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will feature a dedicated Builders Stage from October 13-15 at San Francisco's Moscone Center, offering over 10,000…

Read More »

Realta Fusion lights a bulb using its own reactor

Realta Fusion demonstrated direct energy conversion (DEC) on its experimental WHAM reactor, generating enough electricity to power light bulbs, though…

Read More »

Build raises $8.5M to automate data-center due diligence

Build, a British-founded startup, raised $8.5mn in seed funding to automate construction due diligence, claiming its AI cuts the process…

Read More »

Dominion Dynamics secures CA$139M for Arctic defence tech

Dominion Dynamics raised CA$139 million in the largest Series A round in Canadian defence history, led by Georgian and including…

Read More »

Base44 launches Base1 AI model for vibe coding

Base44 launched its own proprietary AI model, Base1, to gain independence from external vendors and control costs, moving beyond building…

Read More »

Scaling Startup Marketing: Practical Growth Advice

Startups must achieve absolute clarity in explaining their problem in a single sentence, or they risk "scaling confusion" rather than…

Read More »

Stop Losing Link Equity: Fix Decaying Internal Links

Internal link decay is the gradual loss of effective PageRank distribution across a website, caused by site growth and changes…

Read More »

Why the rip-and-replace pitch fails with modern buyers

The dominant sales motion in martech is "rip-and-replace," where vendors push customers to tear out their existing systems for new…

Read More »

DeepMind poker AI trio now powers quant hedge fund profits

EquiLibre Technologies, an AI lab founded by researchers who created the poker AI DeepStack, has raised Series A funding at…

Read More »

Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation

Wayve is offering an $85 million employee tender offer at its $8.5 billion valuation, allowing staff to sell vested shares…

Read More »

Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction in apparent first

Realta Fusion successfully powered a lightbulb using electricity harvested directly from its WHAM demonstration device, marking a first for a…

Read More »

Acti embeds AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard

Acti is a new "agentic keyboard" for iOS and Android that performs actions across apps (like sharing restaurant recommendations or…

Read More »

Arcturus’ Nano-Metals Could Halve Grid Electrical Losses

Global copper demand is set to skyrocket due to the energy transition and data center growth, with a study suggesting…

Read More »

How ChatGPT Chooses Sources: Inside the Network Traffic

ChatGPT prioritizes "crawlable facts" and "third-party validation", favoring sources that are well-structured and corroborated by reputable outlets over generic SEO…

Read More »

US renewable energy hits record milestone in April

In April 2026, US solar power generated more total electricity than coal for the first time ever, though much of…

Read More »