Shortly after Google announced its new Universal Commerce Protocol for AI-powered shopping agents, a consumer economics watchdog sounded the alarm. In a now viral post…
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OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M |
OpenAI announced it has acquired a tiny startup called Torch for an undisclosed sum. An unnamed sourced told the Information that OpenAI paid $100 million…
Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting 'extortion' |
A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination suit last month filled with such scandalous allegations against the company’s famed CEO, Jack Hidary, that the…
Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting ‘extortion’ |
A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination suit last month filled with such scandalous allegations against the company’s famed CEO, Jack Hidary, that plaintiff…
Data security startup Cyera hits $9B valuation six months after being valued at $6B |
In Brief Posted: 3:59 PM pst · January 8, Data security startup Cyera continues on a growth tear. On Thursday, it announced a $400 million…
Yes, LinkedIn banned AI agent startup Artisan, but now it's back |
Over the past few days, several posts on LinkedIn and Twitter/X went viral after one of the most talked about AI companies in San Francisco…
Yes, LinkedIn banned AI agent startup Artisan, but now it’s back |
Over the past few days, several posts on LinkedIn and Twitter/X went viral after one of the most talked about AI companies in San Francisco…
Discord's IPO could happen in March |
In Brief Posted: 11:18 AM PST · January 7, 2026 Wall Street is once again whispering about a potential Discord IPO. Discord, the popular chat…
LMArena lands $1.7B valuation four months after launching its product |
11:35 AM Pst · January 6, LMArena, a startup that originally launched as a UC Berkeley research project in 2023, announced on Tuesday that it…
The 16 top logistics, manufacturing, materials 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…