We’re ‘dangerously close’ to dead internet theory, says Pangram’s CEO

The internet has a trust problem, andit’snot just because social media feeds are filling up with AIslop. AI-generated text and images are now making their…

Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months |

9:04 AM PDT · September 2, 2026 Israeli-Dutch AI startup Wonderful has raised $550 million in a Series C funding round that gives it a…

Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo |

7:03 AM PDT · September 2, 2026 Adobe has acquired India-based marketing intelligence startup Rilo in a deal involving licensing and team acquisition, TechCrunch learned…

Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen |

Before joining Sequoia Capital in 2020 as chief digital and information officer, Avon Puri spent over a decade running infrastructure at Rubrik and VMware. Three…

AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use |

As companies start giving AI agents access to an increasing portion of their systems, a nascent software supply chain seems to be forming around the…

India’s Unacademy sells to rival upGrad for $206M, about 94% less than its peak valuation |

Unacademy, once one of India’s most valuable edtech startups, has been acquired by rival upGrad at a valuation of just over $200 million, about 94%…

This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient |

It’s one of the most iconic scenes in the Fast & Furious film franchise: Paul Walker’s thumb comes off the steering wheel and smashes a…

Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families |

AI agents that perform tasks on your behalf to help solve your daily problems are all the rage in Silicon Valley. But the startup Fambot…

Help build the future of startups: Volunteer at Disrupt 2026  |

7:03 AM PDT · September 1, 2026 Every breakthrough company starts somewhere. Every founder who changed the world had a moment where they found their…

Magna increases bet on battery swapping in India with $35M for Yuma |

While battery swapping has struggled to take off in much of the world, Canadian auto parts giant Magna International believes the model could work at…