In Brief Posted: 12:48 PM PDT · April 28, 2026 Almost as soon as OpenAI announced that its major investor and cloud partner, Microsoft, no…
Author: Julie Bort
Red Hat's OpenClaw maintainer just made enterprise Claw deployments a lot safer |
On Tuesday, Red Hat principal software engineer Sally O’Malley released a new open source tool called Tank OS to make it easier to deploy and…
Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: 'I was duped and feel silly' |
Silicon Valley tends to tolerate a certain amount of founder exaggeration when pitching investors, often dismissing it as part of selling a vision. But some…
Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident |
The story of embattled compliance startup Delve keeps hitting twists and turns. TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security…
Cathie Wood’s ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI |
ARK Invest Venture Fund has made its first-ever lead investment in an early-stage startup called Lucra, firm founder Cathie Wood told TechCrunch. “We feel pretty…
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026 |
Google Cloud Next is taking place this week in Las Vegas, and one clear message has emerged: Google wants AI startups on its cloud. To…
Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation |
In Brief Posted: 12:20 PM PDT · April 16, 2026 Slash Financial, which offers business banking accounts, corporate credit cards, transfers, and crypto, has raised…
Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now |
In Brief Posted: 9:21 AM PDT · April 15, 2026 VCs love to chase after the hottest startups, but startups aren’t always interested in selling…
AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report |
2:33 PM PDT · April 14, 2026 Fluidstack, a startup that builds specialized data centers for AI companies, is in talks to raise a $1…