TadeOyerindeand Teddy Solomon know a few things about building communities that last. Afterall, Oyerinde is the founder and chancellor of the online school Campus, while…
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The 10 top government, legal startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield |
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the…
Investors share what to remember while raising a Series A |
11:00 AM PST · December 27, 2025 What does it take to raise Series A in today’s market? The goalposts have moved, the stakes are…
How to make your startup stand out in a crowded market, according to investors |
At TechCrunch Disrupt, three investors took the stage to dissect what makes — and breaks — a pitch deck. Jyoti Bansal, a founder-turned-investor; Medha Agarwal…
Where are investors placing their bets next year? AI, AI, AI. |
Investors at TechCrunch Disrupt did not shy away from admitting they are interested in mainly one thing: artificial intelligence. Nina Achadjian from Index, Jerry Chen…
First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion that helps you build habits |
In a world that’s rapidly filling up with AI-generated content, a startup called First Voyage wants to help people avoid all the AI slop blasted…
Runware raises $50M Series A to help make image, video generation easier for developers |
FlaviuRadulescu started Runware in 2023 when he was testing a text-to-image company and realized that, though generative AI tech was powerful, it was slow in…
New streaming channel launches to give viewers a peek into city council meetings |
The launch of Hamlet was quite personal for Sunil Rajaraman. Back in 2022, he ran for city council in a small California town. He lost,…
a16z leads $21M Series A into AI-native tax compliance software Sphere |
As Nicholas Rudder built his last startup, aneducational marketplacecalledScholarSite, he kept running into the same problem: tax. “Marketplaces are liable for tax on their entire…