John Conafay, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, has spent most of his career leading business development at public and private aerospace companies, including…
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Build a pipeline and close deals with an exhibit table at Disrupt 2026 |
7:00 AM PST · February 11, 2026 From October 13–15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and decision-makers will converge atTechCrunch Disrupt…
Upside Robotics is reducing fertilizer use and waste in corn crops |
The founders of Upside Robotics met in 2023 because they were both looking to build an impact-driven company that touched climate and agriculture. Less than…
Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce |
When Sam Blond left his job as a VC for Founders Fund a year ago — just 18 months after he started — he told…
This Sequoia-backed lab thinks the brain is ‘the floor, not the ceiling’ for AI
AI labFlapping Airplanesjust landed $180 million in seed funding from the likes of Google Ventures, Sequoia, and Index to do something most labs have quietly…
Former GitHub CEO raises record $60M dev tool seed round at $300M valuation |
6:30 AM PST · February 10, 2026 Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has raised the largest-ever seed round for a dev tool startup, according to…
Proptech startup Smart Bricks raises $5M pre-seed led by a16z |
For much of his career, Mohamed Mohamed worked at institutions — BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey — all of whom, he said, “treated real estate…
Primary Ventures raises healthy $625M Fund V to focus on seed investing |
6:00 AM PST · February 10, 2026 Primary Ventures has closed a $625 million Fund V focused on seed investing nationwide, which is a sizable…
Hauler Hero collects $16M for its AI waste management software |
Hauler Hero has picked up fresh funds as demand for its AI-powered waste management software continues to pile up. The New York-based startup raised $16…
Vega raises $120M Series B to rethink how enterprises detect cyber threats |
Modern enterprises generate enormous amounts of security data, but legacy tools like Splunk still require companies to store all of it in one place before…