Some of the most consequential companies in tech history didn’t launch with a splashy fundraising announcement. They started with a pitch. Dropbox demoed to a…
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AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This startup wants to figure out which ones matter. |
AI’s biggest impact in science is Google DeepMind’s use of a deep learning model to predict the complex structures of proteins — the molecules that…
Cathie Wood’s ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI |
ARK Invest Venture Fund has made its first-ever lead investment in an early-stage startup called Lucra, firm founder Cathie Wood told TechCrunch. “We feel pretty…
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026 |
Google Cloud Next is taking place this week in Las Vegas, and one clear message has emerged: Google wants AI startups on its cloud. To…
AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humans |
Investors are aggressively courting AI researchers to build startups that can make AI more reliable and efficient. Yu Su, an Ohio State professor leading an…
SusHi Tech Tokyo isn’t a conference — it’s a deal room with 60,000 people |
There’s a version of a tech conference where you fly somewhere expensive, sit through panels, collect business cards you’ll never follow up on, and fly…
Former Pinterest team redesigns email with Extra — and it’s actually good |
When was the last time you were actually excited about email? If you’re older, probably back in 2004, when Gmail was rolling out its first…
AI Dungeon maker Latitude unveils Voyage, a platform for creating AI-powered RPGs |
If you’ve ever played a role-playing game (RPG), you know how fun it is to create your character in any way you choose and embark…
The 12-month window |
In Brief Posted: 12:30 PM PDT · April 19, 2026 In a recent episode of “No Priors” — the excellent podcast co-hosted by AI investors…