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…
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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…
The US banned Anthropic’s Fable 5 release, but the numbers don’t seem to care
Just as last weekwas ending,the US governmentforced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon…
Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed DeductiveAI for up to $85M |
5:51 PM PDT · June 18, 2026 DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, has agreed to be sold…
AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega-round |
In Brief Posted: 2:20 PM PDT · June 18, 2026 AI inference company Baseten is close to finalizing a stunning $1.5 billion funding round at…
The 11 standout startups from YC’s Demo Day, according to VCs |
With each new season comes another YC Demo Day. On Tuesday, the Spring 2026 cohort was unveiled, filled with defense tech, robotics, AI infrastructure and…