TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Smart Money Stage explores fintech, payments, AI, and everything between | TechCrunch
Money has evolved into far more than the cash in your wallet or your bank account. And at TechCrunch Disrupt…
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Sam Altman’s biometric startup World raises $52.5M via crypto sale | TechCrunch
World, the online verification startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a crypto token sale to…
Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks | TechCrunch
Insurance tech, data room software, and coffee-shop startup Corgi is reportedly raising yet another round that closely follows its last…
AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors | TechCrunch
Etched, the AI chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts in 2022, has closed a $300 million Series C funding…
Edtech platform raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code | TechCrunch
Dora Palfi comes from a family of teachers. Naturally, then, “it was instilled in me that education is something that…
The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari | TechCrunch
The browser wars have entered a new phase this year: The fight isn’t just over search results anymore — it’s…
Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era | TechCrunch
Glow, a cybersecurity startup founded by former Meta and Snowflake executives, emerged from stealth as a unicorn, betting that artificial…
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 prices, and…
Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Anthropic researchers | TechCrunch
AI infrastructure company Infinity announced a $15 million raise at a $100 million valuation on Monday from investors including Touring…
Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup | TechCrunch
In a new regulatory filing, Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by…
Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal | TechCrunch
General Compute, an AI inference cloud startup, has landed a $400 million loan from Upper90, a tech investment firm. It…
Exclusive: Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service | TechCrunch
Sheryl Sandberg has led a $10 million investment into Self Inspection, a San Diego-based startup that is also backed by…
Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M | TechCrunch
Neko Health, the body-scanning and health assessment startup founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek (pictured above, right) and his co-founder Hjalmar…
Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling | TechCrunch
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, released its first in-house AI model Wednesday…
Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C | TechCrunch
Indian AI coding startup Emergent has raised $130 million in a Series C funding round at a $1.5 billion post-money…
OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B | TechCrunch
Miles Wang, an OpenAI researcher whose work includes using AI to accelerate scientific and biological discovery, is leaving the ChatGPT…
David Beckham’s health drink startup IM8 takes $1B from General Catalyst’s unusual CVF fund | TechCrunch
David Beckham’s startup IM8 has taken on $1 billion in funding from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF), the company…
Video-generation startup PixVerse raises $439M, valuation soars past $2B | TechCrunch
Singapore-based video-generation startup PixVerse said today that it has closed its Series C extension, with a total of $439 million…