Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M |

9:04 AM PDT · August 12, 2026 Europe’s favorite vibe-coding startup Lovable has confirmed previously reported whispers that it was raising another mega round at…

How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures |

When VideoVerse announced its acquisition in September 2025, it felt like a victory for startups across India. VideoVerse was a simple clipping service, but after…

Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice |

9:46 AM PDT · August 12, 2026 29 min AI notetaking hardware has taken offoverthe pastcouple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins,andeven transcribing earbuds…

Why Sandbar thinks it’s voice-enabled ring can avoid the AI hardware graveyard

AI notetaking hardware has taken offoverthe pastcouple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins,andeven transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your meetings and turn them…

Silkroad Innovation Hub’s Road to Battlefield competition continues |

The Road to Battlefield competition, organized by Silkroad Innovation Hub in partnership with TechCrunch, Freedom Holding, Astana Hub, IT Park Uzbekistan, is now in its…

AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year |

As AI makes coding dramatically faster, the next big challenge in software development is testing and validating all that code. Blacksmith has raised a new…

India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demand |

As India’s quick-commerce platforms race to deliver everything from groceries to smartphones in minutes, electric mobility startup Yulu has seized the boom, raising $93 million…

Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for months |

2:39 PM PDT · August 11, 2026 Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is once again under fire for its…

General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI |

River AI, an AI startup founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has secured $1.1 billion in funding in a seed/Series A round led by General…

Exclusive: Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device |

In the fusion power world, most of the attention gets lavished on the reactors themselves, where atoms fuse to unleash enormous amounts of energy. But…