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…

Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say |

In Brief Posted: 8:30 PM PDT · April 24, 2026 Pronto, an Indian instant house-help startup, is finalizing a funding round led by tech investor…

Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to create a 'transatlantic AI powerhouse' |

In Brief Posted: 2:35 PM PDT · April 24, 2026 Cohere,the Canada-based enterprise AI unicorn,announced Friday that it would merge with the Germany-based enterprise AI…

Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’ |

In Brief Posted: 2:35 PM PDT · April 24, 2026 Cohere,the Canada-based enterprise AI unicorn,announced Friday that it would merge with the Germany-based enterprise AI…

Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment |

In Brief Posted: 2:00 PM PDT · April 23, 2026 Sierra, the customer service agent startup founded by Bret Taylor, announced on Thursday that it…

Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident |

The story of embattled compliance startup Delve keeps hitting twists and turns. TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security…

Fusion doesn’t have a normal startup timeline, and investors are fine with that

Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but hasthe sciencefinallycaughtup? Private investment in fusion companiessurged from$10 billionto$15billionin just months, and the money is…

From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now? |

Some of the most consequential companies in tech history didn’t launch with a splashy fundraising announcement. They started with a pitch. Dropbox demoed to a…

AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. This startup wants to figure out which ones matter. |

AI’s biggest impact in science is Google DeepMind’s use of a deep learning model to predict the complex structures of proteins — the molecules that…

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…