In Brief Posted: 11:23 AM PDT · May 1, 2026 Coatue, one of the biggest names in venture capital and hedge funds, has a new…
Author: Julie Bort
Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says |
Skio, a 2020 Y Combinator alum that was founded by self-described college dropout Kennan Frost, has been acquired by competitor Recharge, the companies announced on…
Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise |
In Brief Posted: 11:33 AM PDT · April 29, 2026 Parallel Web Systems, the AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has…
Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS |
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…
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…