Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions | TechCrunch
Meta has acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) for an undisclosed sum, the social media giant said. “We…
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Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says | TechCrunch
Skio, a 2020 Y Combinator alum that was founded by self-described college dropout Kennan Frost, has been acquired by competitor…
Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6 valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter | TechCrunch
Nvidia has laid a new brick in its AI empire. NVentures, its corporate VC fund, has backed Legora, reportedly its…
FDA approval, fundraising, and the reality of building in healthcare according to BioticsAI founder | TechCrunch
Founders building in the healthcare space can’t just build fast and break things. Timelines stretch longer, stakes are higher, and…
Founder of Shark Tank-backed startup Scholly sues his acquirer Sallie Mae | TechCrunch
When Chris Gray sold his Shark Tank-backed scholarship search startup Scholly to Sallie Mae in 2023, he thought he had…
BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables | TechCrunch
BCI (brain-computer interface) technology — in which neural signals are routed from a person’s head to a computer — was…
Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’ | TechCrunch
Cohere, the Canada-based enterprise AI unicorn, announced Friday that it would merge with the Germany-based enterprise AI company Aleph Alpha. The deal,…
Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment | TechCrunch
Sierra, the customer service agent startup founded by Bret Taylor, announced on Thursday that it has acquired the YC-backed French…
Era raises $11M to build a software platform for AI gadgets | TechCrunch
Earlier in April, the startup Era held a gathering in New York for artists who had received its developer kit.…
Esther and Anne Wojcicki join new healthcare accelerator, fund | TechCrunch
A new residency-venture program helps to tackle one of the most pressing issues in the U.S. — healthcare. Mary Minno,…
Esther and Anne Wojcicki back new healthcare accelerator, fund | TechCrunch
A new residency-venture program helps to tackle one of the most pressing issues in the U.S. — healthcare. Mary Minno,…
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026 | TechCrunch
Google Cloud Next is taking place this week in Las Vegas, and one clear message has emerged: Google wants AI…
Cathie Wood’s ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI | TechCrunch
ARK Invest Venture Fund has made its first-ever lead investment in an early-stage startup called Lucra, firm founder Cathie Wood…
AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This startup wants to figure out which ones matter. | TechCrunch
AI’s biggest impact in science is Google DeepMind’s use of a deep learning model to predict the complex structures of…
SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60 billion | TechCrunch
SpaceX said it has struck a deal with Cursor to develop a next generation “coding and knowledge work AI,” which…
AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO | TechCrunch
Cerebras Systems, a startup building what CEO Andrew Feldman describes as “the fastest AI hardware for training and inference,” has…
Exclusive: Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions | TechCrunch
Supply chains are messy. San Francisco-based startup Loop isn’t content helping companies merely clean up their supply chains. Instead, the…
Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation | TechCrunch
Slash Financial, which offers business banking accounts, corporate credit cards, transfers and crypto, has raised a $100 million Series C…