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Parker Conrad, CEO at Rippling talks with Mary Ann Azevedo talk about "Going Global" at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on October 20, 2022. Image Credit: Haje Kamps / TechCrunch
Startups

Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits — but the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders | TechCrunch

On Wednesday night, Runlayer and Rippling dropped their respective lawsuits against each other. No settlement was made. No...

Castelion
In Brief

Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles | TechCrunch

Castelion, a missile startup founded by former SpaceX executives, has raised a $1 billion Series C at a...

Hohlraum contains the fuel pellet for inertial confinement fusion
AI

Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast | TechCrunch

Fusion startup Inertia Enterprises said it has found a way to cut the time it takes to make...

Startups

Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute | TechCrunch

Loading the player…The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a...

Sachin Bansal, (R) co-founder & Executive Chairman, Flipkart
Fintech

Sachin Bansal’s fintech Navi raises first outside capital with $100M Prosus investment | TechCrunch

Indian fintech Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus, marking the first institutional funding for the eight-year-old startup...

Vivodyne CEO Andre Georgescu and the one of the company's Hive labs.
AI

AI isn’t close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take. | TechCrunch

A biotech startup called Vivodyne says the AI drug-discovery industry has a data problem, and that it has...

Etched co-founder COO Robert Wachen
Startups

Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month | TechCrunch

Etched on Tuesday announced that it has raised another $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by...

A can of electrolyte sits on a factory floor.
Climate

Anthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteries | TechCrunch

Anthro Energy broke ground on Tuesday on a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, that can make enough battery materials...

Grounded Detroit facility
Transportation

Detroit startup Grounded raises $5M to customize electric and gas-powered vans | TechCrunch

Detroit-based Grounded has had to be flexible since it was founded in 2022. The startup was initially built...

In Brief

Higgsfield raises $400M Series B, quadrupling its valuation in 8 months to $5.4B | TechCrunch

Higgsfield announced Monday that it has raised a $400 million Series B at a $5.4 billion valuation. This...