Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up |

In Brief Posted: 10:58 AM Pst · January 29, Apple, Meta, and Google are locked in a fierce battle to lead the next wave of…

Upwind raises $250M at $1.5B valuation to continue building ‘runtime’ cloud security |

From the outside, Upwind Security looks like it’s had a smooth journey so far. Just four years in, the cloud security startup is now worth…

AI security startup Outtake raises $40M from Iconiq, Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman, and other big names |

Outtake, which makes an agentic cybersecurity platform to help enterprises detect, investigate, and take down identity fraud, has raised a $40 million Series B round…

SpaceX is coming to the public markets, and secondaries are already on fire |

1:35 pm ps · January 28, 27 min paceX isreportedly liningupfour major Wall Street banksfor a2026 IPOthat could provide theresetthe market needs. The company just…

Redwood attracts Google for its $425M Series E as AI power needs rise |

6:00 AM pst · January 28, Google is the latest investor to back Redwood Materials as the battery recycling and cathode production startup scales a…

Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm resumes IPO plans |

In Brief Posted: 11:09 AM pst · January 28, Organic food company Once Upon a Farm, known for its baby food and kids’ snacks, is…

The SpaceX IPO could finally happen (and it’s a big deal) 

SpaceX isreportedly liningupfour major Wall Street banksfor a2026 IPOthat could provide theresetthe market needs. The company just completed a tender offer at an$800 billionvaluation, and…

Tiny startup Arcee AI built a 400B-parameter open source LLM from scratch to best Meta’s Llama |

Many in the industry think the winners of the AI model market have already been decided: Big Tech will own it (Google, Meta, Microsoft, a…

Disrupt 2026: +1 passes are almost gone and only 3 days remain |

The plus-one passes at50% off are almost sold out.Now the clock is really ticking. In just3 days, the best deal at thelowest ticket prices forTechCrunch…

TC Founder Summit 2026 tickets are now live at the lowest prices |

Foundersdon’tscale alone. They scale by learning from peers, building at the same pace, connecting with those who have already been there, and meeting investors aligned…