Kalshi wins temporary pause in Arizona criminal case |

In Brief Posted: 2:20 PM PDT · April 11, 2026 Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ case against prediction market Kalshi appears to have hit a…

is heading to Tokyo — and bringing the Startup Battlefield with it |

TechCrunch is partnering with SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, Asia’s largest global innovation conference, taking place April 27–29 at Tokyo Big Sight. And we’re not just…

Final 24 hours: Save up to $500 on your Disrupt 2026 pass |

7:00 AM PDT · April 10, 2026 This is it. The clock is running out.Tonight is yourlast chanceto lock insavings of up to $500 for…

What founders can learn from Anjuna’s layoffs and recovery |

In 2021, Anjuna Security was growing fast, hiring aggressively, and chasing a market that seemed limitless. By the end of that year, the venture-backed cybersecurity…

After data breach, $10B-valued startup Mercor is having a month |

Six months ago, Mercor was flying high after raising a massive $350 million Series C that valued the AI data training startup at $10 billion.…

How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless |

Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Six minutes to pitch and demo live, in front of…

Sierra’s Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over |

10:20 AM PDT · April 9, 2026 Bret Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Sierra, a startup that builds customer service AI agents for enterprises, is…

Collide Capital raises $95M fund to back fintech, future-of-work startups |

6:00 AM PDT · April 9, 2026 Collide Capital, founded by Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, announced Thursday the close of a $95 million Fund…

This founder helped build SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now he’s building a ‘fighter jet for orbit.’ |

Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup…

Exclusive: Mariana Minerals taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine |

There is a lot of attention on domestic manufacturing in the United States these days. But for Turner Caldwell, who spent nearly a decade at…