Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft |

Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it had raised $465 million in a new funding round that values the…

A startup, Everand, is now bundling e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon |

Audiobook, e-book, or both? Now, you won’t have to choose. The Scribd-owned reading subscription service Everand wants to make the choice unnecessary. On Tuesday, the…

Board, the new game startup from Mirror founder Brynn Putnam, raises $20M, has already sold thousands |

Board, the three-year-old, New York-based startup building what it calls “together tech” — tech designed to bring people physically into the same room — has…

Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI |

Impulse Space, a startup founded by SpaceX engine guru Tom Mueller to build highly maneuverable spacecraft, announced a $500 million Series D this week that…

‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan |

In Brief Posted: 11:28 AM PDT · May 31, 2026 After criticizing a startup called Artisan for misusing his work, artist KC Green — creator…

Unastella, a South Korean rocket startup that launched from home, raises $24M |

As SpaceX counts down to what could be the largest IPO in history, the race to build the next generation of launch vehicles is heating…

After Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M |

In Brief Posted: 10:27 AM PDT · May 29, 2026 Groq is looking to raise $650 million in new funding from existing investors, sources tell…

This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory |

Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, your request triggers a data relay race. Information leaves memory, passes through a CPU for preprocessing, travels to…

How to apply to Startup Battlefield 2026, what you need ahead of the June 8 deadline |

Every year I read through thousands of Startup Battlefield applications. And every year, I see the same pattern: The founders who belong on this stage…

Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline extended to June 8 |

Founders, the battlefield is still open, but not for muchlonger. After overwhelming demand from founders around the world, TechCrunch has extended theStartup Battlefield 200application deadline…