First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion that helps you build habits |

In a world that’s rapidly filling up with AI-generated content, a startup called First Voyage wants to help people avoid all the AI slop blasted…

Runware raises $50M Series A to help make image, video generation easier for developers |

FlaviuRadulescu started Runware in 2023 when he was testing a text-to-image company and realized that, though generative AI tech was powerful, it was slow in…

Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage |

Spotify may be synonymous with music streaming, but it’s also got a wildly popular developer-tool side hustle called Backstage. Backstage is an open source project…

On Me raises $6M to shake up the gift card industry |

7:08 AM PST · December 11, 2025 On Me, a digital gift card startup founded by former Google employees, is aiming to redefine the gift…

AI-for-Science Startup ChemLex Raises USD 45M, Launching Self-Driving Lab for Drug Discovery in Singapore

/PRNewswire/ — ChemLex, a next-generation AI-for-science company, today announced the establishment of its global headquarters and self-driving laboratory in Singapore, alongside the close of a…

Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales |

In Brief Posted: 8:52 AM PST · December 8, 2025 Quilt, the startup based in Redwood City, California, that’s created sleek, customizable heat pumps, has…

Find Your Grind raises $5M to grow platform empowering students to explore unique career paths |

If you’re a fan of the punk scene from the early 2000s, you may recognize Nick Gross, the drummer for the band Goldfinger. Now he’s…

X-energy rides nuclear wave, raises $700M Series D |

10:55 AM PST · November 24, 2025 Nuclear startup X-energy raised $700 million in a Series D round, the company told TechCrunch. The new fundraise…

Wispr Raises $25M To Build Its Voice Operating System

Round Led by Notable Capital With Participation From Flight Fund; Brings Total Funding to $81M /PRNewswire/ — Wispr, the voice-to-text AI that turns speech into…

AI data center provider Lambda raises whopping $1.5B after multibillion-dollar Microsoft deal  |

In Brief Posted: 11:37 AM PST · November 18, 2025 AI data center provider Lambda announced Tuesday it raised $1.5 billion in a round led…