StrictlyVC’s first San Francisco event of the year is nearly here, and with just a week to go, now’s the time to grab yourself a…
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Fusion doesn’t have a normal startup timeline, and investors are fine with that
Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but hasthe sciencefinallycaughtup? Private investment in fusion companiessurged from$10 billionto$15billionin just months, and the money is…
How SpaceX preempted a $2B fundraise with a $60B buyout offer |
Until a few hours before SpaceX announced its deal, giving it the option to acquire Cursor — the maker of AI-powered coding software — for…
Esther and Anne Wojcicki back new healthcare accelerator, fund |
A new residency-venture program helps to tackle one of the most pressing issues in the U.S. — healthcare. Mary Minno, an investor and former product…
From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now? |
Some of the most consequential companies in tech history didn’t launch with a splashy fundraising announcement. They started with a pitch. Dropbox demoed to a…
AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This startup wants to figure out which ones matter. |
AI’s biggest impact in science is Google DeepMind’s use of a deep learning model to predict the complex structures of proteins — the molecules that…
Cathie Wood’s ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI |
ARK Invest Venture Fund has made its first-ever lead investment in an early-stage startup called Lucra, firm founder Cathie Wood told TechCrunch. “We feel pretty…
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026 |
Google Cloud Next is taking place this week in Las Vegas, and one clear message has emerged: Google wants AI startups on its cloud. To…
AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humans |
Investors are aggressively courting AI researchers to build startups that can make AI more reliable and efficient. Yu Su, an Ohio State professor leading an…
SusHi Tech Tokyo isn’t a conference — it’s a deal room with 60,000 people |
There’s a version of a tech conference where you fly somewhere expensive, sit through panels, collect business cards you’ll never follow up on, and fly…