PayPal says it's 'becoming a technology company again' — that means AI |

PayPal is looking toward the future, despite its falling stock and looming layoffs. In its first-quarter earnings call, CEO Enrique Lores told investors that PayPal…

As Tim Cook steps down, Apple hit record sales — but a chip shortage looms |

4:59 PM PDT · April 30, 2026 Apple reported a record quarter on Thursday. Yet outgoing CEO Tim Cook warned of some gathering storm clouds…

Don’t stop hiring humans — stop hiring the wrong humans, Artisan’s founder says |

Artisan may be known for their bold “Stop Hiring Humans” campaign but the reality is every founder needs to assemble the right team if they…

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…

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…

Former Pinterest team redesigns email with Extra — and it’s actually good |

When was the last time you were actually excited about email? If you’re older, probably back in 2004, when Gmail was rolling out its first…

Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world |

Airwallex, the Australian fintech that has spent a decade quietly building global payments infrastructure, is moving into in-person payments. The move deepens its rivalry with…

This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M — now it's aiming for more |

In Brief Posted: 10:46 AM PDT · April 15, 2026 Glydways, a San Francisco-based startup developing personal autonomous pods designed to operate on dedicated 2-meter-wide…

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…

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…