AI may be built in software, but scaling it is becoming a physical-world problem. Every new model, agent, and AI application needs somewhere to run,…
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5 days to Disrupt 2026: Don’t pay more at the door for your pass |
Five days from now, the global tech ecosystem gathers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. If Disrupt is already on your calendar,…
Vesta raises $30M to bring swarms of agents to mortgage lenders |
Vesta, an AI-native software startup that helps lenders originate mortgages, announced on Thursday that it raised a $30 million round led by Conversion Capital. The…
Last call to volunteer at Founder Summit 2026 |
6:00 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 TechCrunch Founder Summit is gearing up to return to Boston on November 4! We’re doing a last call…
Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia |
In Brief Posted: 4:36 PM PDT · October 7, 2026 Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots…
Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users |
In Brief Posted: 1:48 PM PDT · October 7, 2026 Nous Research, the startup developing the open source Hermes Agent, has raised a $90 million…
Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look |
Healthleap, a startup building an AI platform that reads patient records to identify patients at risk of undiagnosed illnesses, has raised $38 million in seed…
Greenairy is building smart plant towers to clean the air in your office |
How clean is the air in your workplace? That’s the question Tanvi Thombre and Lakshya Saraf began investigating when they were engineering students who worked…
SpaceX alumni nab $100M to rethink shipping with autonomous freight trains |
The railroad industry was one of the first to disrupt how the world worked with technology, but lately, innovation in freight railroading has amounted to…