Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow to fix cross-border B2B payments |

Xflow, an Indian fintech startup, has secured backing from both Stripe and PayPal Ventures in a $16.6 million funding round. The investment comes as the…

Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don’t have to |

An AI news app called Particle, from former Twitter engineers, can now keep up with news breaking on podcasts as well as news published on…

5 days left to lock in the lowest Disrupt 2026 rates |

7:00 AM PST · February 23, 2026 We are officially down to the final 5 days to save up to $680 on yourTechCrunch Disrupt 2026ticket.…

China’s brain-computer interface industry is racing ahead |

While Elon Musk’s Neuralink likes to say it’s “pioneering” brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), China’s BCI industry is already quietly moving from research to scale. A new…

6 days left to lock in the lowest Disrupt 2026 rates |

7:00 AM PST · February 22, 2026 Super Early Bird pricing forTechCrunch Disrupt 2026ends February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. That means you have just…

Google VP warns that two types of AI startups may not survive |

The generative AI boom minted a startup a minute. But as the dust starts to settle, two once-hot business models are looking more like cautionary…

7 days until ticket prices rise for Disrupt 2026 |

7:00 AM PST · February 21, 2026 Super Early Bird pricing forTechCrunch Disrupt 2026ends February 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT. That gives you one week…

Why creators are ditching ad revenue for chocolate bars and fintech acquisitions 

The creator economy is evolving fast, and ad revenue alone isn’t cutting it anymore. YouTubers are launching product lines, acquiring startups, and building actual business…

InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting |

Even without a background in accounting, anyone who has ever glanced at a 10-K or 10-Q can tell that preparing financial statements is a complex,…

The OpenAI mafia: 18 startups founded by alumni |

Move over, PayPal mafia:There’sa new tech mafia in Silicon Valley. OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, isarguably thebiggest AI player in town. The company isreportedly nowin…