Exclusive: How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world |

The world today is riven by cultural differences, political divisions, and geopolitical disputes — a challenging environment for any investor hunting for startups that can…

Exclusive: Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring |

3:44 PM PDT · April 23, 2026 Redwood Materials chief operating officer Chris Lister is leaving the battery recycling company to retire, TechCrunch has learned…

Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multibillion-dollar deal |

Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, has signed a new multibillion-dollar agreement to expand its use of Google Cloud’s AI infrastructure, including…

Exclusive: Redwood Materials lays off 10% in restructuring to chase energy storage business |

Redwood Materials has laid off around 135 employees, or roughly 10% of its workforce, as it restructures to better accommodate its growing energy storage business,…

Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropic's exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims |

4:26 PM PDT · April 21, 2026 A group of unauthorized users has reportedly gained access to Mythos, the cybersecurity tool recently announced by Anthropic.…

Exclusive: Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions |

Supply chains are messy. San Francisco-based startup Loop isn’t content helping companies merely clean up their supply chains. Instead, the startup is using AI to…

Exclusive: You’ve heard of hybrid cars. Now meet a hybrid cement plant. |

You’ve doubtless heard of hybrid cars, but what about a hybrid cement or glass plant? Likely not, since nearly all of them today run on…

Exclusive: Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers

After helping lead the lawsuit that bankrupted media firm Gawker, Aron D’Souza says he saw something broken in the American media system: People who felt…

Exclusive: This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off |

Demand for electrical transformers, fueled in part by AI data centers, has grown so high that one prominent investor is backing a new startup that…

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…