SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60B |

3:58 PM PDT · April 21, 2026 SpaceX said it has struck a deal with Cursor to develop a next-generation “coding and knowledge work AI,”…

AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO |

In Brief Posted: 12:19 PM PDT · April 18, 2026 Cerebras Systems, a startup building what CEO Andrew Feldman describes as “the fastest AI hardware…

From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product |

12:50 PM PDT · April 16, 2026 For a successful deep tech startup, the laboratory breakthrough is only the first step. To spin out an…

VTT-originated startup Proteins.1 launches to bring PCR-like amplification and simplicity to omics

/PRNewswire/ — New Finnish deep-tech company aims to make ultra-early disease detection possible through single-molecule protein amplification, enabling the identification of molecular warning signals long…

Exclusive: Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers

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…

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…