MrBeast’s company buys Gen Z-focused fintech app Step | TechCrunch
YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app. Step, which…
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India has changed its startup rules for deep tech | TechCrunch
Deep tech startups in sectors such as space, semiconductors, and biotech take far longer to mature than conventional ventures. Because…
An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax | TechCrunch
The war on California’s proposed ‘Billionaire’s Tax’ is getting weird. This week, amid ongoing rancor from tech elites over the…
Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools | TechCrunch
People without coding backgrounds are discovering that they can build their own custom apps using vibe coding — solutions like…
Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis | TechCrunch
An AI lab called Fundamental emerged from stealth on Thursday, offering a new foundation model to solve an old problem:…
Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs | TechCrunch
Anthropic and OpenAI may be rivals, but their presidents Daniela Amodei and Gregory Brockman have one thing in common: they…
Startup Battlefield 200 2026 Early-Stage Startup Competition at TechCrunch Disrupt | Ukraine news – #Mezha
Startup Battlefield 200 – the flagship early-stage startup competition that takes place annually during TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. Each…
YC startups can now receive investment in stablecoin | TechCrunch
All startups accepted into YC will soon have the option to receive their seed checks via stablecoins, crypto YC partner…
Lotus Health nabs $35M for AI doctor that sees patients for free | TechCrunch
A growing number of people are asking OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other LLMs about their health, often discovering that the chatbots…
Fitbit founders launch AI platform to help families monitor their health | TechCrunch
Fitbit founders James Park and Eric Friedman have announced the launch of a new AI startup called Luffu that aims…
Fintech CEO and Forbes 30 Under 30 alum has been charged for alleged fraud | TechCrunch
By now, the Forbes 30 Under 30 list has become more than a little notorious for the amount of entrants…
India offers zero taxes through 2047 to lure global AI workloads | TechCrunch
As the global race to build AI infrastructure accelerates, India has offered foreign cloud providers zero taxes through 2047 on…
Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up | TechCrunch
Apple, Meta, and Google are locked in a fierce battle to lead the next wave of AI, and they’ve recently…
AI security startup Outtake raises $40M from Iconiq, Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman, and other big names | TechCrunch
Outtake, which makes an agentic cybersecurity platform to help enterprises detect, investigate, and take down identity fraud, has raised a…
Tiny startup Arcee AI built a 400B open source LLM from scratch to best Meta’s Llama | TechCrunch
Many in the industry think the winners of the AI model market have already been decided: Big Tech will own…
Anduril has invented a wild new drone flying contest where jobs are the prize | TechCrunch
Palmer Luckey’s eyes light up, and he talks a mile a minute, when discussing his company’s new recruiting event: the AI Grand…
AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation two months after launch | TechCrunch
Ricursive Intelligence, a startup building an AI system to design and automatically improve AI chips, has raised $300 million at…
AI startup CVector raises $5M for its industrial ‘nervous system’ | TechCrunch
Industrial AI startup CVector built a brain and nervous system for big industry. Now, founders Richard Zhang and Tyler Ruggles…