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AI startups boost Hong Kong IPOs
Listings on Hong Kong's stock exchange reached a five-year high in the first quarter of 2026, driven by investor appetite for AI and chips. The two best-performing IPOs this year, Zhipu and MiniMax, are among China's “AI tigers,” a…
Belgian Crypto Startup Keyrock Sees Valuation Top $1 Billion
The company announced that valuation last week after securing “significant” Series C funding, and says it will use the financing to bolster its balance sheet, look for new acquisitions, and fund new innovations. “Our latest…
Startups lead AI adoption, enterprises catching up: Microsoft's Jason Graefe
Jason R Graefe, Corporate Vice President, AI Partner Catalyst Team, Microsoft, discusses how the company is identifying and supporting the next wave of AI-native startups, the pace of AI adoption across startups and enterprises, and why India is…
I'm Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published an article about AI entrepreneurs dropping out of college and being supported by venture capitalists. I'm a little worried about them: “While young founders have long dropped out of college to…
In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants
Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan's push driven more by necessity than anything else. With workforces shrinking and pressure mounting to sustain productivity, companies are increasingly deploying…
Silent killers': How AI start-ups are trying to solve one of the retail industry's biggest problems
A growing number of AI start-ups have emerged to provide virtual try-on technology, allowing potential customers to visualize fit and style before they buy. Online returns are a multibillion-dollar problem for the industry that's eating directly…
TechCrunch Mobility: 'A stunning lack of transparency'
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! You might recall the congressional…
How filming your chores could train the android butlers of the future
The dream of deploying humanoid robots in every home has created a new type of job. The only requirements are a head strap, a smartphone and a list of chores. With the evolution of artificial intelligence, humanoid robots have become the latest…
Pronto, InstaHelp: You can hire house help in 15 minutes. But how fair is the system behind it?
On a Tuesday afternoon in Noida, near the Indian capital Delhi, Seema Kumari* arrives in a purple T-shirt and gets straight to work. Kitchen counters are wiped, the balcony scrubbed, bedsheets straightened and the floor mopped. Within 55 minutes…
Meet a former VC who has a plan to prepare American students for an AI-disrupted future
American schools are at a crossroads. Artificial intelligence companies say their technology will completely reshape the workforce, and no one knows how, as the definition of career readiness is being rewritten. Education advocate Ted Dintersmith…
Can orbital data centers help justify a massive valuation for SpaceX?
SpaceX has reportedly filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering in which the company would raise $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation. And according to CEO Elon Musk, orbital data centers will be a big part of SpaceX's…
Trump Is Reportedly Going Full Steam Ahead with the Golden Dome
The Pentagon has picked two companies to build prototypes for the key technology in Trump's controversial Golden Dome plan, a report says. Satellite startup Impulse Space and defense tech company Anduril were tapped to develop prototypes for the…
Shah reaches out to Kerala Christian community on Easter
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reached out to the Christian community on the occasion of Easter, requesting them to stand with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and help it form a government in Kerala where…
LinkedIn just handed B2B marketers a cheat sheet - and nobody's talking about it
Tension: B2B marketers chase vanity metrics and broad reach while the platform quietly reveals exactly who matters most. Noise: The obsession with AI-generated content at scale drowns out the strategic intelligence hiding in plain sight. Direct…
I quit my corporate job at 25 to sell pizza with a friend. Now we have 9 locations.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chris Brady, founder and president of Timber Pizza Co. It has been edited for length and clarity. By the time I started my second job in tech sales in my early 20s, I knew I had no desire to…
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