Tiger Global, Microsoft to fully exit Walmart-backed PhonePe via its IPO | TechCrunch
Tiger Global and Microsoft are primed to fully exit PhonePe, the Walmart-backed Indian payments startup which has updated its IPO…
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Language learning marketplace Preply’s unicorn status embodies Ukrainian resilience | TechCrunch
Language learning marketplace Preply is now valued at $1.2 billion after raising a $150 million Series D round that marks…
Humans&, a ‘human-centric’ AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, Google alums, raised $480M seed round | TechCrunch
Humans&, a startup with a philosophy that AI should empower people rather than replace them, has raised $480 million in…
Indian vibe-coding startup Emergent triples valuation to $300M with $70M fundraise | TechCrunch
In a sign of the demand, or hype, for AI startups, Emergent, an Indian startup building an AI “vibe-coding” platform,…
Here are the 55 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025 | TechCrunch
The AI industry entered 2025 with strong momentum. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in…
Rogue agents and shadow AI: Why VCs are betting big on AI security | TechCrunch
What happens when an AI agent decides the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you? That’s not…
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AI Cloud Startup Runpod Surges to $120M ARR, Fueled by Reddit Origins
From Hobby Project to $120M ARR Powerhouse AI cloud hosting startup Runpod announced it has reached an annual revenue run…
AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post | TechCrunch
Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate,…
From OpenAI’s offices to a deal with Eli Lilly — how Chai Discovery became one of the flashiest names in AI drug development | TechCrunch
Drug discovery, the art of identifying new molecules to develop pharmaceuticals, is a notoriously time-consuming and difficult process. Traditional techniques,…
The AI healthcare gold rush is here | TechCrunch
AI companies are clustering around healthcare and fast. In just the past week, OpenAI bought health startup Torch, Anthropic launched Claude for…
AI video startup, Higgsfield, founded by ex-Snap exec, lands $1.3B valuation | TechCrunch
Through an extension to its previous $50 million Series A round that closed in September, AI video generation startup Higgsfield…
OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs | TechCrunch
Just when you thought the circular deals couldn’t get any more circular, OpenAI has invested in CEO Sam Altman’s brain…
Parloa triples its valuation in 8 months to $3B with $350M raise | TechCrunch
Berlin-based Parloa has raised $350 million in Series D funding from existing investors, valuing the six-year-old customer service AI startup…
Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI | TechCrunch
Former OpenAI exec Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is saying goodbye to two of its co-founders, both of whom…
India’s Emversity doubles valuation as it scales workers AI can’t replace | TechCrunch
As AI automates parts of the workforce, Emversity, an Indian workforce-training startup, is building talent pipelines for roles it sees…
Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup | TechCrunch
Usage of voice AI in sales, marketing, customer support, and consumer applications has shot up in the last few years.…
Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz | TechCrunch
Artificial intelligence is moving quickly into drug discovery as pharmaceutical and biotech companies look for ways to cut years off…