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Hamza and Khaled Derbas, co-founders of Maven Robotics
Robotics

Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal | TechCrunch

In 2024, Maven Robotics was brand new, and they had nothing — “a cartoon of a robot and...

DeepSpace-2, a spacecraft built by AstroForge.
Space

AstroForge is putting AI in command of its next spacecraft | TechCrunch

Fly to an asteroid, land on it, make no mistakes: If only it were that easy. When NASA...

Natural Team Photo
Fintech

Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe | TechCrunch

AI agents are starting to execute more sophisticated tasks, such as identifying vendors that can deliver freight, comparing...

India flag with 'AI' displayed on smartphone screen in foreground
Venture

Lightspeed targets $250M for new India fund, focusing on early-stage AI | TechCrunch

Lightspeed is sharpening its India strategy around AI, targeting $250 million for a new early-stage fund as the...

The sun rises behind a nuclear power plant cooling tower.
Climate

Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years’ worth of nuclear fuel | TechCrunch

The U.S. has ambitious plans to triple the capacity of its nuclear power plants by 2050, but that...

Robot hand holding money
Fundraising

Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics | TechCrunch

New York-based General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents to move through...

Vishal Sikka
AI

Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M | TechCrunch

Hang Ten Systems, an AI startup founded by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka just four months ago, has...

Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
Security

Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking tools | TechCrunch

Democratic senator Ron Wyden is asking the U.S. government to review how federal law enforcement agencies use hacking...

a16z partner Gabriel Vasquez
Venture

For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage | TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz has made headlines for its American dynamism thesis, but a U.S. passport is no requirement. According...

Co-founders of Reach Capital From left: Wayee Chu, Jennifer Carolan, Esteban Sosnik.
Venture

Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’ | TechCrunch

Reach Capital announced Tuesday the close of a $265 million Fund V. The thesis of the 11-year-old San...