Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27 |

Startup Battlefield 200applicationsare open, but only for three more weeks. Apply by May 27 for your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, $100,000…

Insurance startup Corgi hits $1.3B valuation 4 months after its Series A |

In Brief Posted: 1:39 PM PDT · May 6, 2026 Business insurance startup Corgi announced on Wednesday a $160 million Series B, led by TCV,…

A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom |

Lachy Groom, one of Silicon Valley’s most closely watched solo investors, decided to back Indian startup Pronto just 20 minutes into his first meeting with…

Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack, demo shows |

Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, and it…

‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole his art |

1:16 PM PDT · May 3, 2026 You’ve seen this comic before: An anthropomorphic dog sits smiling, surrounded by flames, and says, “This is fine.”…

Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions |

3:13 PM PDT · May 1, 2026 Meta has acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) for an undisclosed sum, the social media giant…

Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter |

Nvidia has laid a new brick in its AI empire. NVentures, its corporate VC fund, has backed Legora, reportedly its first legal AI investment. Leveraging…

EV startup Faraday Future paid $7.5M to company tied to founder Jia Yueting |

Faraday Future paid around $7.5 million to a company controlled by its founder Jia Yueting in 2025, according to a new regulatory filing. The long-struggling…

Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government |

Mike Vichich grew up in Michigan. His family, he recalls, dedicated their lives to public service. His parents were teachers, his uncle a fighter pilot,…

BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables |

BCI (brain-computer interface) technology — in which neural signals are routed from a person’s head to a computer — was once the stuff of science…