After helping lead the lawsuit that bankrupted media firm Gawker, Aron D’Souza says he saw something broken in the American media system: People who felt…
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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…
India's vibe-coding startup Emergent enters OpenClaw-like AI agent space |
Emergent, an Indian startup known for its vibe-coding platform, has launched Wingman, a messaging-first autonomous AI agent, as it expands into a growing category of…
AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report |
2:33 PM PDT · April 14, 2026 Fluidstack, a startup that builds specialized data centers for AI companies, is in talks to raise a $1…
OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro |
5:23 PM PDT · April 13, 2026 OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hiro Finance, founder Ethan Bloch announced on Monday and OpenAI confirmed to…
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…
This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
The company isn’t exactly breaking new ground. The idea of a chatbot standing in for a human is fairly common. As is the idea of…
After data breach, $10B-valued startup Mercor is having a month |
Six months ago, Mercor was flying high after raising a massive $350 million Series C that valued the AI data training startup at $10 billion.…
How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless |
Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Six minutes to pitch and demo live, in front of…