Gumloop lands $50M from Benchmark to turn every employee into an AI agent builder |

When Max Brodeur-Urbas co-founded Gumloop in mid-2023, his vision was to help non-technical employees automate repetitive tasks using AI. At that time, the concept of…

Humanoid robotics maker Sunday reaches $1.15B valuation to build household robots |

In Brief Posted: 10:04 AM PDT · March 12, 2026 Robotics company Sunday has raised a new funding round that has valued the company at…

Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch |

Elon Musk’s Neuralink and OpenAI-backed Merge Labs are pushing forward with brain-computer interface (BCI) technology in the U.S. Meanwhile, Chinese serial entrepreneur Phoenix Peng is…

Former Apple engineer raises $5M for a note-taking pendant that only records your voice |

Transcription and note-taking has emerged as one of the prime use cases for wearable gadgets as AI models advance voice-to-text tech. We’re even seeing some…

Ride-hailing inDrive acquires Pakistan’s Krave Mart to bolster grocery delivery |

Global ride-hailing company inDrive, known for its bid-based pricing model, has acquired Pakistan-based quick-commerce startup Krave Mart, TechCrunch has learned, as it pushes further into…

Zendesk acquires agentic customer service startup Forethought |

Zendesk is acquiring Forethought, a company that builds software to automate customer service interactions, the companies announced on Wednesday. The deal is expected to close…

India neobank Fi winds down banking services on its platform |

3:17 PM PDT · March 11, 2026 India’s neobank Fi is discontinuing banking services on its platform more than four years after launching them in…

Lovable says it added $100M in revenue last month alone, with just 146 employees |

Lovable crossed $400 million in annual recurring revenue in February, the Stockholm company confirmed to TechCrunch. But it declined to say whether it is still…

Quince hits $10B valuation with giant $500M round led by Iconiq |

1:50 PM PDT · March 11, 2026 In a sea of massive valuations for early-stage AI startups, today we have a bit of rare news:…

Almost 40 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are |

With AI igniting an investor frenzy, more startups are achieving unicorn status every month. Using data from Crunchbase andPitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups…