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Microduck
AI

Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell | TechCrunch

Earlier this week, a video of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang playing with a flock of waddling Microducks during...

Venture

VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product market fit | TechCrunch

Product-market fit — when a startup’s product sells well — has become even harder to find in this...

Health

An Obscure Livestock Virus Has Been Found in a Human for the First Time—and He Didn’t Survive

French officials reported the first known human case of Shamonda virus this week.

TechCrunch All Stage 2025 roundtable
Startups

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 roundtables: Go deeper on the challenges founders are solving right now  | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors,...

Human History

Someone Reused This Roman Sarcophagus. We May Finally Know Who’s Inside

A new archaeological study has determined that a 4th century, Roman-era coffin buried at Westminster Abbey was curiously...

abstract graphic of dollar bills in water
Venture

Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early | TechCrunch

Startups are staying private longer leaving employees, who typically take a portion of their compensation as stock they...

TechCrunch Founder Summit breakout audience
Startups

Kick-start your career and save 50% on TechCrunch Founder Summit | TechCrunch

The next generation of founders aren’t pinned to one mindset, one technology, or one coast for that matter....

TechCrunch Founder Summit breakout audience
Startups

From Toast to Bessemer: Who founders will hear from at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026  | TechCrunch

Building a startup means making decisions before you have all the answers. When should you scale? How do...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 29: (L-R) Ashton Kutcher and Effie Epstein speak onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Day 2 at Moscone Center on October 29, 2024 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch)
Venture

What some of Anthropic’s backers are reportedly worth before its IPO | TechCrunch

Anthropic’s public listing, which is expected this year at a valuation of as much as $2 trillion, is...

Daytona founders
In Brief

Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels | TechCrunch

Daytona Platforms announced on Friday that it had raised a $60 million Series B round at a $1...