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…
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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…
‘Queer Eye’s’ life coach Karamo Brown launches Kē, a wellness app featuring his AI digital clone |
Karamo Brown, famous for his pep talks on Netflix’s “Queer Eye,” has jumped into the wellness and AI space with his new app, Kē. After…
NEA’s Tiffany Luck on AI IPOs, personal agents, and the ROI reckoning
Tokenmaxxingwasthe hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as faras it would go.Then the bill came…