Startup Industry News

Idealab's Bill Gross is building infrastructure for AI-assisted startups

For decades, the entrepreneur and investor Bill Gross has been celebrated for shaping the way tech businesses get off the ground. Idealab, which he founded in 1996, is considered the industry's longest-running tech incubator; the directory of…

LatAm Startup Funding Jumps 26% In Q3 As VCs Begin 'Rediscovering' The Region

A continued boom in late-stage and growth funding combined with a surge in seed-stage funding helped buoy venture investment in Latin America for the third quarter of 2026, Crunchbase data shows. All told, startups in Latin America raised a…

The new 'mommy track': Working moms are founding startups to solve problems the government and Corporate America won't

When Stephanie Fornaro was 5 and her younger brother was 6 months old, her mother left and did not come back. When Fornaro had her own children, she vowed she would do better. She left her sales job in preparation for the birth of her second child…

Bill Gross bets AI can help mass-produce 1 million new startups and 100 million new jobs

In today's CEO Daily: Bill Gross is trying to scale himself with AI. The big leadership story: France on fire The markets: U.S. investors are buying the AI dip. Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune Good morning. Bill Gross has spent…

Sam Altman's biometric startup to help banks verify AI agents: How will it work?

It has also partnered with Bain Capital, OpenExchange, Outtake, Pantera Capital and VanEck Funds to roll out World ID for Agents, a service that will allow banks and other financial institutions to identify AI agents based on Proofs from the users…

From Russia to Cyprus: the football club with an approach of a startup

Building a football club from scratch is a long game, but Krasava ENY Ypsonas chairman Yevgeny Savin is approaching it with the mindset of an entrepreneur. Indeed, the club's aspirations extend beyond the pitch. An ambitious five-year plan links…

Israeli startups star in 'TIME' list of 2026's 100 best inventions

Three Israeli startups have been featured in 'TIME' magazine's list of the 100 Best Inventions of the Year. These include: SpotitEarly, which trains dogs to detect cancerous tumors using their sense of smell; Beewise, which operates beehives using…

The GPU never reads the same text twice': Belgian startup Corbenic wants to turn your server's SSD into AI memory, but its 14x speedup owes more to reading less

Corbenic AI's Galahad beta saves a model's KV cache to encrypted local NVMe so servers can skip rereading text after GPU memory is cleared or after a restart Founder Sietse Schelpe tells TechRadar Pro no special hardware is needed, but the paper…

AI's future is brighter than its headlines

AI has a public relations problem. A technology that could do more to improve our lives than anything invented in decades is being demonized to the public as something that might wipe us out, taking our jobs and even ending humanity. Researchers…

TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian's next act

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! As I wrapped my…

Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk

The latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0818 GMT – Shares of European semiconductor companies are mixed after a tumultuous week in which…

H.B. Fuller Rejects Ancora's Latest Acquisition Bid, Plans to Consider Selling Noncore Businesses

Khosla Ventures doubles down on Even Healthcare to challenge India's hospital economics

Even Healthcare has raised $50 million in a funding round led by Khosla Ventures, as the Indian startup seeks to change how hospitals in the world's most populous country make money and how doctors are rewarded. The all-equity Series B round also…

Aerospace industry calls for faster shift to software-defined defense

JINJU, South Gyeongsang Province — Korea's aerospace and defense industry must move faster to develop software-driven technologies and strengthen ties between major manufacturers and smaller suppliers to compete in a market increasingly…

Smithfield Foods: Holding On As Pork Industry Goes Through A Challenging Cycle (SFD)

Albert Anthony is the pen name of a business author on Amazon and his newest book is 'How To Pick Stocks: 8 Steps For Long-Term Investing with Fundamental & Technical Analysis,' now available as a 2026 edition paperback and Kindle ebook in several…