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The 9 top cybersecurity startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield
Every year, TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup…
What's ahead for startups and VCs in 2026? Investors weigh in
Each year, we ask some top investors what they think the next year will bring. Last year, some investors thought the IPO market would be back up and running by now (which didn't quite happen), while others thought the momentum behind AI was poised…
How reality crushed Ÿnsect, the French startup that had raised over $600M for insect farming
French startup Ÿnsect shot into the spotlight when “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr. touted its merits on the Late Show during Super Bowl weekend 2021. Now, nearly four years later, the insect farming company has been placed…
These 13 creator economy startups pulled in about $2 billion in funding this year
The creator economy is riding an AI-fueled high. In 2025, eight startups building artificial intelligence tools to automate the content creation process each announced at least $50 million in funding — a combined $1.2 billion — from…
Nvidia reaches technology licensing deal with startup Groq
(Bloomberg/Ian King) — Nvidia Corp. agreed to a licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq, furthering its investments in companies connected to the AI boom and gaining the right to add a new type of technology to its products.
What We Learned This Year From 6 Active AI Investors Backing Startups Across The Stack
AI investment accelerated in 2025, as startups and investors alike angled for market share in this tech wave. By Q3, nearly half of all startup funding globally went to AI companies, according to Crunchbase data. Global venture funding overall was…
Pivot Teams Up With Mpost To Spotlight Web3 And AI Startups At Second Open Demo Day
Pivot has partnered with Mpost for its second Open Demo Day on January 15th, providing early-stage Web3 and AI startups an online platform to showcase their products, gain visibility, and pitch to investors and ecosystem leaders. Global venture…
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5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens
Stock futures were trending lower in early trading Friday following a fifth straight session of major market index gains in holiday-shortened trading Wednesday; gold and silver continued their record streak to hit new all-time highs; Nvidia agreed…
How I Built an Autonomous AI Startup System with 37 Agents Using Claude Code
Last month I asked myself a question that wouldn't leave me alone: what if I could mass hire 37 specialists for my side projects without spending anything? I work full-time as a technology lead. Like many of you, I have a graveyard of side projects…
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The Rumor Mill and the Propaganda Machine [Renée DiResta/Agents of Influence] – I never pass up an IRL opportunity with Renee, and we grabbed coffee this past summer after finding ourselves in the same city during family travel.
Naware's chemical-free weed killer tech could change how we treat lawns
Naware founder Mark Boysen first tried killing weeds with drones and a 200-watt laser. He'd been noodling on ideas for a startup with some friends, and thinking about how his family in North Dakota had lost three members to cancer, something they…
Y Combinator founders used these pitch decks to raise millions
Y Combinator founders seized the AI boom in 2025, with increasingly younger teams securing millions in seed funding. Founders launched companies ranging from military night vision goggles to US work visa automation and AI-native video meeting…
The rise of the AI wingman
When Rebecca Koltun met a man in the VIP section of a club in Tampa, she didn't ask her friends for advice. She asked ChatGPT. 'Chat told me no,' said Koltun, a 26-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida, who works for a ballet nonprofit. 'It said…
Starlink Rival Launches Its Largest Satellite Yet for Space-Based Cellular Network
Texas startup AST SpaceMobile launched BlueBird 6, the first of its next-generation satellites, this week—and boy was it a big one. BlueBird 6 is roughly three times larger than its predecessors and the biggest commercial satellite in Earth…
Stock Movers: Warner Bros, Sable, Nvidia
Bloomberg journalists discuss today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market. Listen for analysis on the companies making news on Wall Street. Bloomberg journalists discuss today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market. Listen for…
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