How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power |

10:46 AM PST · February 6, 2026 Elon MuskhasmergedSpaceX and xAI,creatingwhat might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his$800 billionnet…

How far will Elon Musk take the ‘everything’ business as SpaceX and xAI merge?

Elon MuskhasmergedSpaceX and xAI,creatingwhat might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his$800 billionnet worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak…

a16z VC wants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers  |

The AI investing boom (or perhaps bubble) is something Silicon Valley has seen many times before: a gold rush of VC money thrown at the…

Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis |

7:00 AM PST · February 5, 2026 An AI lab called Fundamental emerged from stealth on Thursday, offering a new foundation model to solve an…

Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs |

Anthropic and OpenAI may be rivals, but their presidents Daniela Amodei and Gregory Brockman have one thing in common: they are both Stripe alumni. With…

Meet Gizmo: A TikTok for interactive, vibe-coded mini apps |

Gizmo, a TikTok-like app for vibe-coded mini applications, is offering a new way to create interactive media. The relatively new mobile app from the startup…

AI SRE Resolve AI confirms $125M raise, unicorn valuation |

In Brief Posted: 1:39 PM PST · February 4, 2026 Resolve AI, a startup automating the work of system reliability engineering (SRE), aka troubleshooting systemfailures,…

Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips |

Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The outfit plans to use the capital to speed up…

Accel doubles down on Fibr AI as agents turn static websites into one-to-one experiences |

While advertising and targeting have become increasingly personalized, the website — the final destination for that traffic — has remained largely static. Fibr AI aims…

ElevenLabs raises $500M from Sequoia at an $11 billion valuation |

7:33 AM PST · February 4, 2026 Voice AI company ElevenLabs said today it raised $500 million in a new funding round led by Sequoia…