Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t. |

For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or he fails and ends…

VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why   |

A new report from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School has mapped out the ways Silicon Valley’s VC-backed founders commit fraud —…

Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers |

5:00 AM PDT · July 31, 2026 Ellis AI announced Thursday its emergence from stealth with $10 million in seed funding from investors including First…

Inforcer raises $50M to help prepare smaller businesses for a new world of AI and security risks |

London-based Inforcer announced Thursday a $50 million Series C round led by Insight Partners — the latest sign of investor interest in a category of…

Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone’s angling for a guest spot |

The European answer to TBPN is here and ready to go live five days a week, starting June 27. Luke Knight and Ronan Chambers first…

Build in public, fail in public: what it’s like to be a founder under 20 right now  |

For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or he fails and ends…

Edtech platform raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code |

Dora Palfi comes from a family of teachers. Naturally, then, “it was instilled in me that education is something that can completely alter the trajectory…

Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects |

Cascade, a startup building a platform to help architecture, engineering, and construction firms find and win projects, has raised a $3.5 million seed round from…

Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges |

6:20 AM PDT · July 21, 2026 Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy on Tuesday said it had raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding…

Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Anthropic researchers |

AIinfrastructure company Infinityannounced a $15 million raise at a $100 million valuation on Monday from investors including Touring Capital, Principal VC, andresearchersfrom companiessuch as OpenAI…