Indian vibe-coding startup Emergent triples valuation to $300M with $70M fundraise |

In a sign of the demand, or hype, for AI startups, Emergent, an Indian startup building an AI “vibe-coding” platform, has raised $70 million less…

Eat App wants a bite of India’s restaurant reservation business with an acquisition and Swiggy partnership |

Dubai-based restaurant reservation startup Eat App aims to make India a focal point of its business with new fundraising, an acquisition, and partnering with Swiggy…

BioticsAI, which won Disrupt’s Battlefield competition in 2023, gains FDA approval for its AI-powered fetal ultrasound product  |

TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2023 winner, BioticsAI, announced on Monday that it has received FDA clearance for its AI software that helps detect fetal abnormalities in…

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…

Looking ahead to 2026: What’s next for Startup Battlefield 200 |

7:00 AM pst · January 19, TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200is the flagship early-stage startup competition held atTechCrunch Disruptin San Francisco, spotlighting the world’s most promising…

How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CES |

The weather in Las Vegas wasn’t looking good. The planhad beenthateach employee of YC-backedBucket Roboticswouldcarry parts of their boothin their luggagetothe 2026Consumer Electronics Show. But…

AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post   |

Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep…

Snowflake, Databricks challenger ClickHouse hits $15B valuation |

In Brief Posted: 2:05 pm ps · January 16, Database provider ClickHouse secured $400 million at a $15 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported, representing about a…

The AI healthcare gold rush is here |

10:57 AM pst · January 16, AI companies are clustering around healthcare and fast. In just the past week, OpenAIbought health startup Torch, Anthropic launchedClaude…

The rise of ‘micro’ apps: non-developers are writing apps instead of buying them |

It took Rebecca Yu seven days to vibe code her dining app. She was tired of the decision fatigue that comes from people in a…