Vega raises $120M Series B to rethink how enterprises detect cyber threats |

Modern enterprises generate enormous amounts of security data, but legacy tools like Splunk still require companies to store all of it in one place before…

Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia's AI chips |

Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The outfit plans to use the capital to speed up…

Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips |

Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The outfit plans to use the capital to speed up…

SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime |

SpaceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a potential 2026 IPO — a move that could signal the long-awaited reopening of…

Humans& thinks coordination is the next frontier for AI, and they’re building a model to prove it |

AI chatbots are getting better at answering questions, summarizing documents, and solving mathematical equations, but they still largely behave like helpful assistants for one user…

Rogue agents and shadow AI: Why VCs are betting big on AI security |

What happens when an AI agent decides the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you? That’s not a hypothetical. According to Barmak…

X is down for the second time this week |

In Brief Posted: 8:29 AM PST · January 16, 2026 Elon Musk’s X is experiencing its second large-scale outage this week. The site and app,…

OpenAI to acquire the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo |

10:11 am ps · January 8, OpenAI is kicking off the new year with yet another acqui-hire. The AI giant is acquiring the team behind…

Why this VC thinks 2026 will be ‘the year of the consumer’ |

Investment in consumer tech startups has been in a downturn since 2022, as a turbulent macroeconomic climate and rising inflation have made VCs skittish about…

Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 10:36 AM PST · January 7, 2026 Anthropic is gearing up to raise a fresh $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation,…