Category: Startups
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s biggest stage features leaders from Amazon, Replit, Tether, with much more to come | TechCrunch
The Disrupt Stage is where many of the biggest conversations in technology happen, with a legacy that stretches...
‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation | TechCrunch
Loading the player…With the Light Phone, Kaiwei Tang and Joe Hollier have spent over a decade exploring the...
As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it | TechCrunch
New York-based AI detection startup Pangram is on a mission to combat the AI slop infestation spreading across...
Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire leads $1B round for nuclear startup Valar Atomics | TechCrunch
Valar Atomics confirmed the whisperings that it was raising a giant round led by Sequoia on Monday. The...
Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine | TechCrunch
For a year now, the AI safety testing firm Andon Labs has given frontier models various real-world tasks...
Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight | TechCrunch
Spur Intelligence, a cybersecurity startup based in Lake Mary, Florida, has raised a $200 million round led by...
The high-risk, high-reward model of backing immigrant founders | TechCrunch
Loading the player…Immigrant founders have built some of the world’s most valuable companies, but many still face barriers...
Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice | TechCrunch
Loading the player…AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants,...
Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M | TechCrunch
Europe’s favorite vibe-coding startup Lovable has confirmed previously reported whispers that it was raising another mega round at...
How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures | TechCrunch
When VideoVerse announced its acquisition in September 2025, it felt like a victory for startups across India. VideoVerse...
