Google DeepMind is hiring the CEO and several top engineers from Hume AI, a startup working on emotionally intelligent voice interfaces, as part of a…
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Indian vibe-coding startup Emergent triples valuation to $300M with $70M fundraise |
In a sign of the demand, or hype, for AI startups, Emergent, an Indian startup building an AI “vibe-coding” platform, has raised $70 million less…
Looking ahead to 2026: What’s next for Startup Battlefield 200 |
7:00 AM pst · January 19, TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200is the flagship early-stage startup competition held atTechCrunch Disruptin San Francisco, spotlighting the world’s most promising…
AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post |
Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep…
AI journalism startup Symbolic.ai signs deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp |
In Brief Posted: 4:49 pm ps · January 15, Newsrooms have been experimenting with AI for several years now but, for the most part, those…
AI video startup, Higgsfield, founded by ex-Snap exec, lands $1.3B valuation |
11:28 AM pst · January 15, Through an extension to its previous $50 million Series A round that closed in September, AI video generation startup…
OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain-Tech Startup Merge Labs
On Thursday, OpenAI announced its investment in neurotech startup Merge Labs, cofounded by its CEO, billionaire Sam Altman. OpenAI will collaborate with the new venture…
ElevenLabs CEO says the voice AI startup crossed $330M ARR last year |
In Brief Posted: 8:15 AM PST · January 13, 2026 ElevenLabs, the AI voice-generation startup, crossed $330 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), CEO Mati…
Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup |
Usage of voice AI in sales, marketing, customer support, and consumer applications has shot up in the last few years. As a result, model providers…
OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M |
OpenAI announced it has acquired a tiny startup called Torch for an undisclosed sum. An unnamed sourced told the Information that OpenAI paid $100 million…