Whoop opens blood-testing service to what it says is a 350,000-person waitlist |

In Brief Posted: 5:00 AM PDT · September 30, 2025 Fitness band maker Whoop formally opened Whoop Advanced Labs for business on Tuesday. Some 350,000…

Checkout.com’s new $12B valuation is a glass half-full situation   |

12:30 PM PDT · September 26, 2025 Fintech Checkout.com announced on Friday that it reached a $12 billion valuation as part of an employee stock…

Tim Chen has quietly become of one the most sought-after solo investors  |

Tim Chen, solo VC at his firm Essence VC, said he just closed his fourth fund, a fresh $41 million, without even trying.Limited partner investors…

Jack Altman raised a new $275M early-stage fund in a mere week  |

In Brief Posted: 12:52 PM PDT · September 16, 2025 The Altman brotherssure have a knack for being venture capitalists. On Tuesday, this especially applied…

Scale AI’s former CTO launches AI agent that could solve big data’s biggest problem |

Isotopes AI came out of stealth on Thursday with a healthy $20 million seed round. It offers an AI agent to solve a problem that…

Scale AI is suing a former employee and rival Mercor, alleging they tried to steal its biggest customers   |

, /PRNewswire/ — Chainwire InvroMining, a London-based cryptocurrency mining platform founded in 2016, today announced the latest upgrade to its global operations, introducing expanded support…

Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately |

It’s hard to find programmers these days who aren’t using AI coding assistants in some capacity, especially to write the repetitive, mundane bits. But those…

Buzzy AI startup Multiverse creates two of the smallest high-performing models ever | TechCrunch

One of Europe’s most prominent AI startups has released two AI models that are so tiny, they have named them after a chicken’s brain and…

Cohere hits a $6.8B valuation as investors AMD, Nvidia, and Salesforce double down | TechCrunch

10:40 AM PDT · August 14, 2025 Cohere on Thursday announced that it had raised an oversubscribed $500 million round, bringing its valuation to $6.8…

Buzzy AI startup Multiverse creates two of the smallest high-performing models ever |

One of Europe’s most prominent AI startups has released two AI models that are so tiny, they have named them after a chicken’s brain and…