Scoop: Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup

Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has quietly founded a heat pump startup, TechCrunch has learned. This is the second company founded by Baglino in the…

Fintech startup Parker files for bankruptcy |

1:32 PM PDT · May 9, 2026 Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services for e-commerce businesses, has filed for bankruptcy…

Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm |

Swedish startup Pit may have gained notice for some rage-bait social media posts, but it has also become another Stockholm AI startup to watch. Pit…

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27 |

Startup Battlefield 200applicationsare open, but only for three more weeks. Apply by May 27 for your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, $100,000…

Insurance startup Corgi hits $1.3B valuation 4 months after its Series A |

In Brief Posted: 1:39 PM PDT · May 6, 2026 Business insurance startup Corgi announced on Wednesday a $160 million Series B, led by TCV,…

A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom |

Lachy Groom, one of Silicon Valley’s most closely watched solo investors, decided to back Indian startup Pronto just 20 minutes into his first meeting with…

Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack, demo shows |

Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, and it…

‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole his art |

1:16 PM PDT · May 3, 2026 You’ve seen this comic before: An anthropomorphic dog sits smiling, surrounded by flames, and says, “This is fine.”…

Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions |

3:13 PM PDT · May 1, 2026 Meta has acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) for an undisclosed sum, the social media giant…

Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter |

Nvidia has laid a new brick in its AI empire. NVentures, its corporate VC fund, has backed Legora, reportedly its first legal AI investment. Leveraging…