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Caleb Appleton, Feyza Haskaraman, Sho Sho Leigha Ho, Leah Solivan, Sayandeep Biswas, co-founder & CEO, LNK Energies, and Alexis Huynh, co-founder & CTO, LNK Energies, speak onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at Moscone Center on October 13, 2026 in San Francisco, California.
Startups

Save 50% on your Disrupt 2026 ticket | TechCrunch

The first day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 may have concluded, but there’s still plenty more Disrupt programming to...

AI

Zenzap raises $44M for its AI chat app that aims to replace WhatsApp in the workplace | TechCrunch

Many businesses around the world use consumer-facing chat apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord or iMessage to talk and...

Enterprise

Floqer’s AI agents research sales prospects so teams don’t have to | TechCrunch

Floqer is an autonomous customer knowledge platform that provides business-to-business sales and marketing teams with an AI-powered database...

Scimplify co-founder Sachin Santhosh
AI

Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China’s grip on critical materials with AI | TechCrunch

As manufacturers across industries strive to reduce their reliance on Chinese suppliers, Indian startup Scimplify has raised $25...

TOPSHOT - News coverage showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch is seen on a screen at Seoul Station in Seoul on October 12, 2026. North Korea on October 12 fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast, Seoul's military said, after weeks of mounting friction over a landmine explosion along the countries' heavily fortified border. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP via Getty Images)
Security

Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of U.S. companies | TechCrunch

The U.S. Department of Justice is warning that hackers working for the North Korean regime are increasingly relying...

Biotech & Health

Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient | TechCrunch

Science Corporation CEO Max Hodak announced that the company has implanted its vision-restoring chip, PRIMA, into its first...

AI

Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home | TechCrunch

Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman believes we’re nearing a future where everyone will have an AI...

AI

Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks | TechCrunch

In most factories, automation is fixed: robots and machines are programmed for one specific task and product. Changing...

AI

Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings | TechCrunch

Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman thinks the AI doomer narrative isn’t doing the industry any favors....

Security

FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room | TechCrunch

OpenAI said it has alerted the FBI after discovering that an employee allegedly planted a hidden recording device...