Anthropic's Pentagon deal is a cautionary tale for startups chasing federal contracts |

10:09 AM PST · March 6, 2026 33 min The Pentagon has officiallydesignatedAnthropica supply-chain riskafter the two failed to agree on how much control the…

A married founder duo's company, 14.ai, is replacing customer support teams at startups |

The customer service industry is in a bit of flux, thanks to AI. Investors and corporate leaders have rung alarm bells for the BPO (Business…

Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices |

As competition among AI startups heats up, founders and VCs are turning to novel valuation mechanisms to manufacture a perception of market dominance. Until recently,…

A married founder duo’s company, 14.ai, is replacing customer support teams at startups |

The customer service industry is in a bit of flux, thanks to AI. Investors and corporate leaders have rung alarm bells for the BPO (Business…

How to avoid bad hires in early-stage startups |

5:02 AM PST · February 26, 2026 This week on TechCrunch’s founder-focused podcast, Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen isjoinedby SarahLucena,the CEO and co-founder ofMappa,abehavioralintelligence platform that…

More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever before |

11:39 AM PST · February 24, 2026 AI has brought the startup world the rise of a new phenomenon: startups that almost instantly hit multimillion-dollar…

Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing |

On Monday, creative suite maker Canva announced the dual acquisition of startups Cavalry, which works on animation, and MangoAI, which works on improving ad performance.…

Ukraine's startups keep building |

When edtech company Preply became a unicorn earlier this year, employees in its Kyiv office celebrated with cake — because that’s what you do, even…

Google VP warns that two types of AI startups may not survive |

The generative AI boom minted a startup a minute. But as the dust starts to settle, two once-hot business models are looking more like cautionary…

The OpenAI mafia: 18 startups founded by alumni |

Move over, PayPal mafia:There’sa new tech mafia in Silicon Valley. OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, isarguably thebiggest AI player in town. The company isreportedly nowin…