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Looking ahead to 2026: What's next for Startup Battlefield 200
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 is the flagship early-stage startup competition held at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, spotlighting the world's most promising young companies. Each year, thousands of applicants from around the globe vie…
Here are the 55 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025
The AI industry entered 2025 with strong momentum. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “mega-round,” and seven…
Startup Hit $1M in 9 Months After Posting on Reddit
Zhen Lu and Pardeep Singh spent $50,000 on GPUs in their New Jersey basements to mine Ethereum, they told TechCrunch. When that was unprofitable, they needed to justify the investment to their wives. So, they converted the mining rigs into AI…
This 'driverless car' startup is doing the one thing robotaxi companies don't want to be caught doing
In the world of robotaxis, there's a stigma around remote driving. Are you really 'driverless' if there's a person — even remotely — at the wheel? One startup is fully embracing it. Vay is a Berlin-based startup founded by two…
What Startups Need to Learn from Fortune 500 Playbooks (and What They Shouldn't)
Startups can learn valuable lessons from the disciplines that make large companies successful, from team building to financial awareness. Balancing creativity with operational discipline is key to building a company that can grow, attract…
AI Chip Startup FuriosaAI Plans $500 Million Round Before IPO
Artificial intelligence chip designer FuriosaAI is seeking to raise as much as $500 million in a funding round before an initial public offering as it gears up to challenge industry titan Nvidia Corp., according to people with knowledge of the…
Winnipeg tech startup links skateboard video streaming service, products - with eye on expansion
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From Startup to System Player: Anthropic's $350B Moment
Anthropic is preparing a multi-billion-dollar funding round that could value the Claude chatbot maker at $350 billion, according to sources cited by Reuters. If completed, the round would more than double the company's valuation in just four…
Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot AI's valuation is up $500 million, sources say, after its rivals IPO in Hong Kong
Investors are now valuing Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI at $4.8 billion, two people familiar with the matter told CNBC. It's a $500 million increase in the valuation the startup achieved last month. The investor interest comes after two rival Chinese…
IIM-Calcutta Innovation Park signs an MoU for A.P. startups with RTIH
The IIM-Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) and the Ratan Tata Innovation Hub (RTIH-Visakhapatnam) here on Monday (January 19) announced a strategic partnership to create a structured co-incubation pathway for market-ready and revenue-generating…
Meet Irina Ghose, hired by AI startup Anthropic to lead its India operations
Anthropic has tapped Irina Ghose, a former managing director at Microsoft India, to lead the AI startup's India operations as it prepares to set up its first office in the country. Ghose previously worked at Microsoft India for 24 years before…
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National Startup Day 2026: Can India's Deep-Tech Moment Become a Global Lead?
From labs to markets, India's next startup leap depends on capital patience, enterprise adoption, and policy clarity As India approaches National Startup Day 2026, the conversation around startups is shifting from scale-at-speed to…
Kochi-based Fuselage Innovations bags Startup India award
Kochi-based agri-tech start-up Fuselage Innovations has won the Aspire Award at the National Startup Awards 5.0 (NSA) in New Delhi. NSA 5.0 has been instituted by Startup India of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Trade (DPIIT). The…
Startup Funding: Q4 2025
The promise of AI dominated the last quarter of 2025. Investors were eager to claim stakes in both brand-new startups and more established companies developing AI-specific hardware, primarily for data centers, with over $1 billion alone flowing…
Bentonville Startups Reshape Addiction Therapy With Wearables and Apps
Two technology companies in northwest Arkansas are shaping the future of addiction therapy with a value-based approach to helping those with substance use disorders stay sober. Through very different mechanisms, Sober Sidekick and Huml Health are…
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