Co-founders behind Reface and Prisma join hands to improve on-device model inference with Mirai |

Much of the conversation around AI today is focused on building cloud capacity and massive data centers to run models. Companies like Apple and Qualcomm…

Reload wants to give your AI agents a shared memory |

There came a point when Newton Asare realized AI agents weren’t just tools anymore. “They were operating more like teammates,” he told TechCrunch. The realization…

This VC’s best advice for building a founding team |

One of the most consequential decisions early-stage founders have to make is who they will bring on as their founding team. The first five to…

A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky’s app |

Here’s something that you’ve never seen on Big Tech social platforms: The decentralized open social network Bluesky has integrated new technology from a startup called…

Google Cloud’s VP for startups on reading your ‘check engine light’ before it’s too late

Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facing tighter funding, rising infrastructure costs, and more pressure to show real…

Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers |

Marketing is one of the few operations no industry can afford to ignore, which is why we have a veritable host of AI-powered marketing tools…

SpaceX vets raise $50M Series A for data center links |

Travis Brashears, Cameron Ramos, and Serena Grown-Haeberli began collaborating at SpaceX, developing optical communications links that keep thousands of Starlink internet satellites in constant contact.…

SpendRule raises $2M, emerges from stealth to help hospitals track spending |

Last year, Chris Heckler was coming to the end of a five-year non-compete after selling his last company, a healthcare startup. “I was sitting on…

Mistral AI buys Koyeb in first acquisition to back its cloud ambitions |

Mistral AI, the French company last valued at $13.8 billion, has made its first acquisition. The OpenAI competitor has agreed to buy Koyeb, a Paris-based…

Just 8 months in, India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent claims ARR of over $100M |

Indian vibe-coding platform Emergent was launched just eight months ago, and it now says it’s generating annual run-rate revenue of more than $100 million, thanks…