How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer |

Until a few hours before SpaceX announced its deal, giving it the option to acquire Cursor — the maker of AI-powered coding software — for…

Esther and Anne Wojcicki back new healthcare accelerator, fund |

A new residency-venture program helps to tackle one of the most pressing issues in the U.S. — healthcare. Mary Minno, an investor and former product…

From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now? |

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…

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…

GRAI believes AI can make music more social, not replace artists |

Today’s AI music startups, like Suno and Udio, offer technology that leverages AI for music generation. But a new company, GRAI, believes that most people…