With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status. Using data from Crunchbase andPitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that…
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OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M |
OpenAI announced it has acquired a tiny startup called Torch for an undisclosed sum. An unnamed sourced told the Information that OpenAI paid $100 million…
These Gen Zers just raised $11.75M to put Africa’s defense back in the hands of Africans |
After five years of building an edtech company, Nathan Nwachuku, 22, realized that Africa was at a crossroads. The continent is undergoing rapid industrialization, he…
Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges |
The nuclear industry is in the mist of a renaissance. Old plants are being refurbished, and investors are showering startups with cash. In the last…
Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting ‘extortion’ |
A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination suit last month filled with such scandalous allegations against the company’s famed CEO, Jack Hidary, that plaintiff…
CES 2026: Follow live for the best, weirdest, most interesting tech as this robot and AI-heavy event wraps up
That’s a wrap! CES 2026 is over and we’re outta here. You should still expect more articles over the coming days that relate back to…
CES 2026 was all about ‘physical AI’ and robots, robots, robots
After years of chatbots and image generators, AI is finally leaving the screen. At CES 2026, that shift became impossible to ignore. The annual tech…
Data security startup Cyera hits $9B valuation six months after being valued at $6B |
In Brief Posted: 3:59 PM pst · January 8, Data security startup Cyera continues on a growth tear. On Thursday, it announced a $400 million…
It’s time to throw away the old go-to-market playbook
In theseason finale of Build Mode,Isabelle Johannessensitsdown with Paul Irving,partnerand COO ofGTMfund, to discuss go-to-market strategies for the AI era.Irving shares specific, actionable advice on…