Luma launches creative AI agents powered by its new ‘Unified Intelligence’ models |

AI video-generation startup Luma on Thursday launched Luma Agents, designed to handle end-to-end creative work across text, image, video, and audio. Luma Agents are powered…

Science Corp. raises $230M as it races to bring its brain implant to market |

While most of the venture world has been chasing AI deals, Max Hodak — the co-founder and former president of Neuralink — has been working…

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year |

The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely co-founder and CEO Roy Lee shared with TechCrunch last summer was a lie, Lee admitted on…

DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable |

A typical merger-and-acquisition process is time-consuming and expensive, even for the largest, well-staffed private equity firms. In addition to spending countless hours meeting with senior…

Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months |

In Brief Posted: 10:59 AM PST · March 5, 2026 Nominal on Thursday announced a fresh $80 million Series B extension round at a $1…

Zeno raises $25M to speed up production of its battery-swap motorbikes |

The EV transition might have hit a hurdle in the U.S., but it’s not slowing down in East Africa, where several startups are vying for…

How 1,000+ customer calls shaped a breakout enterprise AI startup |

Thisisn’tDavid Park’s first rodeo. Theveteranfounder and TechCrunch Startup Battlefield alumnus has certainly been battle-tested in the enterprise arena.On thisepisode of Build Mode,ParkjoinsIsabelle Johannessen to discuss…

Lio raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz and others to automate enterprise procurement |

Lio’s co-founders know firsthand that procurement — the process enterprises use to purchase services from vendors — is often a bottleneck. Vladimir Keil, the company’s…

How PopSockets broke the VC-backed consumer hardware mold

Doesaconsumer hardwarecompany need to get on theVC treadmill tosucceed?Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later,PopSocketshas proven thatthe bootstrapped, low-dilution path moreviablethan…

Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation |

10:32 AM PST · March 4, 2026 Decagon, an AI-powered customer support startup, is set to announce the completion of its first tender offer, allowing…