Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments | TechCrunch
No company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed…
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Tristan Thompson on AI, Sports & Startups at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Former NBA champion, fintech entrepreneur, and AI founder Tristan Thompson is bringing a different kind of game to TechCrunch Disrupt…
BlackRock-Backed Minute Media Buys $250M Indian AI Startup That Turns Sports Into Instant Viral Content
Media startup Minute Media, backed by BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is betting big on that trend with its…
After selling to Spotify, Anchor’s co-founders are back with Oboe, an AI-powered app for learning | TechCrunch
The co-founders who sold their last startup Anchor to Spotify are launching their next project: Oboe, an AI-powered educational app…
BlackRock-backed Minute Media acquires Indian AI startup that extracts sports highlights | TechCrunch
BlackRock- and Goldman Sachs-backed media startup Minute Media, which owns properties like Sports Illustrated, The Players’ Tribune, and 90 Minutes,…
Ultrahuman acquires viO HealthTech to launch enhanced cycle and ovulation tracking | TechCrunch
Smart ring maker Ultrahuman is acquiring women’s health technology company viO HealthTech to launch advanced cycle and ovulation tracking, the…
AI-powered fintech Alaan raises $48M, one of the largest Series A rounds in MENA | TechCrunch
When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey’s Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied…
EV startup Slate Auto teases prototype on L.A. streets
A new electric vehicle startup, Slate Auto, teased its first model by parking a prototype on the streets of popular…
19 US fintech startups have raised over $50M in 2025 so far | TechCrunch
After a sluggish couple of years, fintech appears to be making a comeback. In the first quarter of 2025, fintech…
AI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $15M after a quick start in school | TechCrunch
It’s virtually impossible today to determine when a student’s writing has been composed using ChatGPT or another generative AI tool,…
Revyze, a ‘TikTok for education’ startup, draws on Duolingo to add bite-sized learning, too | TechCrunch
Middle and high schoolers are both the easiest and most difficult audience. If you’re developing a neat little video game,…
After Tesla and OpenAI, Andrej Karpathy’s startup aims to apply AI assistants to education | TechCrunch
Andrej Karpathy, former head of AI at Tesla and researcher at OpenAI, is launching Eureka Labs, an “AI native” education…
Tech startup Odyssey goes on journey to help states implement school choice programs | TechCrunch
In the quest to provide the best education for students across the country, legislation is constantly being reformed. All of…
It’s a good time to invest in early-stage edtech, investors say | TechCrunch
Edtech is nowhere near as popular as it was when schools were closed during the pandemic. Still, it would be…
Indian electronics and lifestyle startup Boat files for an IPO | TechCrunch
Imagine Marketing, the holding company of electronics and lifestyle brand Boat, one of the rare hardware startups from India, has…
Lifestyle benefits startup Fringe gets a pandemic boost, raises seed round | TechCrunch
Employers today often use perks to attract new talent in the form of discounts and deals, commuter funds, gym memberships,…
Women’s lifestyle startup Tara&Co brings on board advisory council | TechCrunch
Despite a belief that women don’t support each other, Tara&Co is bringing on three female leaders in the tech industry…
Virtual science lab startup Labster bags $10M to accelerate its ed tech play | TechCrunch
Ed tech startup Labster whose software platform enables virtual simulations of laboratories for teaching life science to students, has closed a…