50 fintech startups driving financial inclusion and resilience | TechCrunch
For the 3 billion financially underserved people globally — and particularly for low-income households and businesses — a lack of…
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Humans& thinks coordination is the next frontier for AI, and they’re building a model to prove it | TechCrunch
AI chatbots are getting better at answering questions, summarizing documents, and solving mathematical equations, but they still largely behave like…
Former Googlers seek to captivate kids with an AI-powered learning app | TechCrunch
Big Tech companies and upcoming startups want to use generative AI to build software and hardware for kids. A lot…
AI scheduling startup Blockit AI raises $5 million in round led by Sequoia – The Economic Times
Blockit AI, a startup founded by Kais Khimji, a former partner at US-based venture capital (VC) firm Sequoia, has raised…
Former Googlers seek to captivate kids with an AI-powered learning app | TechCrunch
Big Tech companies and upcoming startups want to use generative AI to build software and hardware for kids. A lot…
Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech | TechCrunch
Harvey, the high-flying legal AI startup, has acquired Hexus — a two-year-old startup that builds tools for creating product demos,…
Who’s behind AMI Labs, Yann LeCun’s ‘world model’ startup | TechCrunch
Yann LeCun’s new venture, AMI Labs, has drawn intense attention since the AI scientist left Meta to found it. This…
Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you | TechCrunch
Kais Khimji has spent most of his professional career as a venture investor, including six years as a partner at…
Google reportedly snags team behind AI voice startup Hume AI | TechCrunch
The top talent behind yet another promising AI startup has been gobbled up by an incumbent. As part of a…
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…
OpenEvidence hits $12B valuation, with new round led by Thrive, DST | TechCrunch
VCs who have backed OpenEvidence are apparently not worried about new health information products from OpenAI and Anthropic. On Wednesday,…
YouTube will soon let creators make Shorts with their own AI likeness | TechCrunch
YouTube Shorts viewers might soon see AI versions of their favorite creators when scrolling through their feeds. YouTube CEO Neal…
PraxisPro raises $6M seed from AlleyCorp to coach medical sales reps | TechCrunch
It all began in sales. That’s where Cam Badger got his start, at a pharmaceutical company. He expected to find…
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…