In Brief Posted: 2:48 PM PDT · June 23, 2026 GPTZero, the three-year-old AI detection startup that Princeton grad Edward Tian first built as a…
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4 days left to save up to $190 on Founder Summit 2026 |
Founders don’t grow alone. The best founders learn from peers facing similar challenges, gain insights from operators who have already scaled, and build relationships with…
HaloBraid raises $7M from Seven Seven Six to end the six-hour hair salon appointment |
Box. Boho. Knotless. Most Black women understand exactly what those words refer to: braided hairstyles. The thousand-year-old ritual is practically a rite of passage, and…
Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates |
The hiring process has long been criticized for its inefficiency and opacity. Candidates spend hours writing applications and submitting cover letters, only to disappear into…
AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal |
What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals, where a rival pays investors a hefty IP “licensing” fee while poaching its…
Founder Summit pass rates increase June 26 |
Foundersdon’tgrow alone. They learn from peers tackling similar challenges, connect with those who have already navigated the road ahead, and build relationships with investors aligned…
Ethan Thornton is trying to do everything all at once |
Ethan Thornton dropped out of MIT at 19 to build weapons. The first one, a hydrogen-powered system he prototyped with parts from Home Depot and…
Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish |
Earlier this week, at TechCrunch’s newest StrictlyVC event in El Segundo, Shinkei Systems founder Saif Khawaja and Founders Fund partner Delian Asparouhov sat down for…
He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots. |
You’ve probably used VLC Media Player, the free video player with the orange traffic-cone icon — it’s been downloaded more than 6 billion times. But…