Day: September 29, 2026
Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z | TechCrunch
Travis Kalanick’s robotics company, Atoms, has raised $1.7 billion in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben...
Nuclear startup Bluecore Energy raises $50M seed round, just two months after launch | TechCrunch
Bluecore Energy announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $50 million seed round — just months after raising a $10 million...
MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario | TechCrunch
MapQuest stood up to President Donald Trump, and now its app is reaping the rewards.The “OG of online...
AI is hurting Apple in more ways than one: it may force iPhone price increases | TechCrunch
It’s been called RAMageddon: AI’s insatiable demand for hardware has caused a worldwide shortage of memory chips. Now...
Nvidia doesn’t mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it’s already showing progress | TechCrunch
The week-old Open Secure AI Alliance (OSAA), an industry group spearheaded by Nvidia that has already grown to...
Exhibitor program reopened: Book by Sept 30 | TechCrunch
Exhibitor bookings are back open, but only through September 30 at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you missed the...
Epic Games CEO calls Google’s antitrust settlement a win for Android’s ‘vision as an open platform’ | TechCrunch
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is calling Google’s proposal in its antitrust settlement with the Fortnite maker a...
Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects | TechCrunch
Cascade, a startup building a platform to help architecture, engineering, and construction firms find and win projects, has...
Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming | TechCrunch
While many newer VC firms are still struggling to raise fresh capital, Dimension Capital, founded in late 2022,...
Poseidon Aerospace lands $60M ahead of first pilotless test flight | TechCrunch
Silicon Valley is known for embracing the ethos of “move fast and break things.” Poseidon Aerospace’s co-founder and...
