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How to get the best hotel deals for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026  | TechCrunch

Congrats, you’re all set for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! Or, you might still be on the fence and wondering...

In Brief

Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B | TechCrunch

In its first acquisition since going public last month, Bending Spoons on Tuesday said that it has agreed...

Superblocks founder Brad Menezes
Startups

AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big | TechCrunch

Vibe-coding startup Superblocks announced a multiyear joint marketing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables its tool...

A Design Arena leaderboard, ranking image-generating models
AI

Design Arena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models | TechCrunch

As co-founder Grace Li tells it, her company started a few weeks before graduation in 2025, with a...

A Base Power battery sits next to a home.
Climate

Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries | TechCrunch

Where most energy storage companies look for big tracts of land near large connections to the grid, Base...

Startups

Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t. | TechCrunch

For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google,...

Startups

Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI | TechCrunch

After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for...

Simile founder and CEO Joon Sung Park
In Brief

Synthetic-user startup Simile raises $200M at $2B valuation 5 months after $100M Series A | TechCrunch

Add another member to the fast-and-furious AI unicorn club: Simile. Just five months after emerging from stealth and...

Alex Creely, director of Tokamak operations at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, points to a reactor schematic.
Climate

When will fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems go public? | TechCrunch

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is the best-funded fusion power startup, having raised $4 billion from investors over the...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems employees supervise the installation of the tokamak's cryostat base.
Climate

Fusion power darling Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises another $1B | TechCrunch

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has long been the best-funded fusion power startup. Now, it’s extending its lead.CFS announced...