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The 9 top biotech 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…

The 14 top agtech, food tech 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 from them, the top 20 compete on the big stage for the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash…

The European startup market's data doesn't match its energy - yet

The excitement for the E uropean startup market was hard to ignore at the annual Slush conference in Helsinki last month. But the actual data on the state of the region's venture market shows a different reality. The upshot: The European market has…

Nvidia Reaches Licensing Deal With Chip Startup Groq

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. The world's largest publicly…

Work on Christmas? Startup Founders Make Different Choices

The AI startups founders and VCs say could be acquisition targets in 2026

As we wind down 2025, I'm doing what just about everyone else is doing—thinking about 2026. For the private markets, this means thinking about more AI, all the time. That said, I do think next year the rubber is going to meet the road for AI…

Exclusive: Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20 billion in its largest acquisition on record

Nvidia is making its largest purchase ever, acquiring nine-year-old chip startup Groq for about $20 billion. The company was founded by creators of Google's tensor processing unit, or TPU, which competes with Nvidia for artificial intelligence…

Snowflake eyes app monitoring startup Observe for $1B - report (SNOW:NYSE)

Follow us on Google for the latest stock news Snowflake () is in advanced talks to acquire Observe—an AI-native observability startup—for approximately $1 billion, The Information reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The…

We're cofounders who left Amazon to build our own startup. We learned the hard way why Big Tech habits don't always translate.

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Shalini Aggarwal, a 50-year-old CEO in San Jose, California, and Andy Ratsirason, a 37-year-old CTO. The two left Amazon at different times and reconnected as cofounders of Tenfali, an AI…

Snowflake reportedly seeking to acquire observability startup Observe for $1B

Snowflake Inc. is reportedly in talks to acquire Observe Inc., a startup with a cloud-based observability platform of the same name. The Information on Tuesday cited sources as saying that the acquisition will be worth about $1 billion if it…

Nvidia to buy AI chip startup Groq for $20 billion, CNBC reports

25 Dec 2025 05:06AM (Updated: 25 Dec 2025 05:28AM) Dec 24: ‌Nvidia has agreed to buy Groq, a designer of high-performance artificial intelligence accelerator chips, for $20 billion in cash, CNBC reported on Wednesday. While the acquisition…

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Startups offer hope on critical rare-earth materials

U.S. officials from across the political spectrum vow to ramp up efforts to wean the nation off rare-earth mineral imports from China. But the most promising path isn't central planning or a federal industrial policy, but a reliance on the…

Dazzle, a new AI startup led by Marissa Mayer, raises $8M

Dazzle AI Inc., a startup founded by former Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, today announced that it has raised $8 million in funding. Prominent venture capitalist Kirsten Green led the investment. She was joined by Mayer, Kleiner Perkins…

The roles startups will need to hire most in 2026

It's been a rollercoaster 12 months for talent in European tech. The year started with predictions that AI would change which roles were most valuable. Olio founder Tessa Clarke picked out customer support as potentially one of the year's most…

Kerala mental health startup Oppam raises ₹1.5 crore in seed funding

Kerala-based mental health startup Oppam has raised ₹1.5 crore in seed funding to expand access to culturally rooted mental health care. The funding round is led by Phoenix Angels, along with participation from angel investor Sandeep Balaji…