Ukraine’s startups keep building | TechCrunch
When edtech company Preply became a unicorn earlier this year, employees in its Kyiv office celebrated with cake — because…
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Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow to fix cross-border B2B payments | TechCrunch
Xflow, an Indian fintech startup, has secured backing from both Stripe and PayPal Ventures in a $16.6 million funding round.…
With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: At least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic | TechCrunch
With OpenAI on the verge of finalizing a new $100 billion round, and Anthropic just closing its own monster $30…
Can the creator economy stay afloat in a flood of AI slop? | TechCrunch
Online creators and their business models were on our mind this week after mega-popular YouTuber MrBeast announced that his company…
Google VP warns that two types of AI startups may not survive | TechCrunch
The generative AI boom minted a startup a minute. But as the dust starts to settle, two once-hot business models…
Peak XV raises $1.3B, doubles down on AI as global VC rivalry in India heats up | TechCrunch
Peak XV announced on Friday that it has raised $1.3 billion across new India and Asia-focused funds. The firm, which…
The OpenAI mafia: 18 startups founded by alumni | TechCrunch
Move over, PayPal mafia: There’s a new tech mafia in Silicon Valley. OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, is arguably the biggest AI player in…
Nvidia deepens early-stage push into India’s AI startup ecosystem | TechCrunch
Nvidia is stepping up efforts to court India’s artificial intelligence startups earlier in their lifecycle, unveiling a string of partnerships…
Why these startup CEOs don’t think AI will replace human roles | TechCrunch
As AI companies get bigger in valuation and usage, there is a constant debate about how AI is replacing humans…
Freeform raises $67M Series B to scale up laser AI manufacturing | TechCrunch
Tech investors haven’t given up on the dream of making physical products with the same speed and ease as coding…
OpenAI deepens India push with Pine Labs fintech partnership | TechCrunch
As India pitches itself as a global hub for applied artificial intelligence, OpenAI has partnered with Pine Labs to integrate…
Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers | TechCrunch
Marketing is one of the few operations no industry can afford to ignore, which is why we have a veritable…
Here are the 17 US-based AI companies that have raised $100M or more in 2026 | TechCrunch
Nearly 20 U.S.-based AI startups have raised mega-rounds of $100 million or more in 2026 — and it’s been less than two months. If the first…
SpendRule raises $2M, emerges from stealth to help hospitals track spending | TechCrunch
Last year, Chris Heckler was coming to the end of a five-year non-compete after selling his last company, a health…
All the important news from the ongoing India AI Impact Summit | TechCrunch
With an eye towards luring more AI investment to the country, India is hosting a four-day AI Impact Summit this…
As AI data centers hit power limits, Peak XV backs Indian startup C2i to fix the bottleneck | TechCrunch
Power, rather than compute, is fast becoming the limiting factor in scaling AI data centers. That shift has prompted Peak…
India doubles down on state-backed venture capital, approving $1.1B fund | TechCrunch
India has cleared a $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital program that will channel government money into startups through private investors,…
A Stanford grad student created an algorithm to help his classmates find love; now, Date Drop is the basis of his new startup | TechCrunch
As Valentine’s Day approaches at Stanford, some students may be gearing up for first dates — not with people they…