Venture Capital
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AI in Finance
Baselayer Bets $35 Million on Trustworthy AI Agents
AI finance funding is getting harder to ignore. Baselayer has raised $35 million to expand its identity technology to AI…
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AI in Media & Entertainment
Unit1’s Digital Concerts Could Send Live Music Anywhere
What if a concert could bring a living artist who no longer tours back to the stage—or recreate a performance…
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AI Ethics & Policy
The New AI Trust Race Is Built on Better Benchmarks
AI companies are racing to build more capable models, but a harder question is taking center stage: how do we…
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Artificial Intelligence
AI Startups Face a Choice Between Openness and Control
AI startups face a strategic fork. TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will examine whether companies should build around open models, proprietary systems,…
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Startups & Venture Capital
The Startup Deals Redefining Energy, Robots, Chips, and Space
Y Combinator’s September 2026 Demo Day put a spotlight on startups working in areas that once sounded like science fiction:…
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Startups & Venture Capital
syte Secures €9 Million to Bring AI Property Analysis Across Europe
German PropTech company syte has raised €9 million in Series A funding as it prepares to expand its AI-based real…
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Hardware & Semiconductors
Dutch AI Chip Startup Euclyd Raises $231 Million for Inference Systems
Dutch semiconductor and AI infrastructure startup Euclyd has raised more than €200 million to build a new kind of AI…
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Startups & Venture Capital
Five Venture Capital Leaders Set the Stage for Startup Battlefield 200
Five venture capital leaders are stepping into the judging lineup for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Aditi Maliwal,…
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Startups & Venture Capital
AI Startup Wealth Is Arriving Before Founders Can Prepare
AI startups are reaching enormous valuations before their founders and employees have time to adjust to what that wealth means.…
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Software Development
Temporal’s $550 Million Round Puts Durable Execution Under Pressure
Temporal has raised $550 million. The Series E round values the company at approximately $12.55 billion, giving its open-source application…
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