VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power |

Even three years after the generative AI boom started, most AI startups are still making money by selling to businesses, not individual consumers. Although consumers…

Lightspeed raises record $9B in fresh capital |

In Brief Posted: 12:32 PM PST · December 15, 2025 After a surge of VC investments from the 2021 bubble failed to yield strong returns…

SoftBank and Nvidia reportedly in talks to fund Skild AI at $14B, nearly tripling its value |

In Brief Posted: 2:30 PM PST · December 8, 2025 SoftBank Group and Nvidia are in talks to lead an investment of over $1 billion…

Sources: AI synthetic research startup Aaru raised a Series A at a $1B 'headline' valuation |

3:38 PM PST · December 5, 2025 Aaru, a startup that provides near-instant customer research by using AI to simulate user behavior, has raised a…

Bret Taylor's Sierra reaches $100M ARR in under two years |

Sierra, a 21-month-old, San Francisco-based startup that builds customer service AI agents for enterprises, announced on Friday that it reached $100 million in annual revenue…

Source: Kalshi's valuation jumps to $11B after raising massive $1B round |

Kalshi, a prediction market that allows people to bet on future events, has raised a massive $1 billion round at a $11 billion valuation, according…

Immortality startup Eternos nabs $10.3M, pivots to personal AI that sounds like you |

In 2023, after nearly three decades as CEO of the company he founded, Robert LoCascio stepped down as CEO of LivePerson, the public firm credited…

Armis raises $435M pre-IPO round at $6.1B valuation after refusing M&A offers |

4:43 AM PST · November 5, 2025 Cybersecurity is a massive sector, but startups in the category are more likely to be acquired than go…

Biotech Nephrogen combines AI and gene therapy to reverse kidney disease — check it out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch

When Demetri Maxim was seven years old, his mother’s kidneys stopped working. She was put on dialysis, which meant that she had to go to…

VC legend Ron Conway quits Salesforce Foundation after Benioff's National Guard comments |

Funds Xenter Building for the College of Health and Public Service; Names Orrin Hatch Center for National Security Studies , /PRNewswire/ — Utah Valley University…