Rillet co-founder and CEO Nicolas Kopp seems justifiably confident as we talk over Zoom a day after his company announced a $100 million raise at…
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AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom |
5:13 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 The near-bottomless demand for unique AI training data from top labs and corporations is driving a massive boom…
The 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 is here — see who made the cut |
We’re thrilled to unveil the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 — TechCrunch’s annual, handpicked list of the 200 most promising early-stage startups from around the world.…
Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup |
Elon Musk’s SpaceX attempted to acquire AI coding startup Cognition as it works to catch up to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in the AI race,…
Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute |
The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. Andwithhundreds ofbillions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs,compute hasbecome the single biggest cost…
AI isn’t close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take. |
A biotech startup called Vivodyne says the AI drug-discovery industry has a data problem, and that it has built a machine to fix it. HIVE,…
Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New York |
In Brief Posted: 6:00 AM PDT · August 18, 2026 Neko Health’s promised U.S. expansion arrives on September 24, when the health-scanning startup opens its…
Detroit startup Grounded raises $5M to customize electric and gas-powered vans |
Detroit-based Grounded has had to be flexible since it was founded in 2022. The startup was initially built around the idea of customizing electric vans…
Sound-powered fire protection startup gets $15M to snuff out fires before they turn catastrophic |
For over a century, fire protection has been limited to water and chemicals. And while they can prevent catastrophic fires, the cleanup bills can be…
Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+ |
Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, according to a new report in Bloomberg. OpenRouter helps customers to select different AI models to perform…