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The 10 top government, legal 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…
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn investors off the sidelines. The technology may be challenging…
How to Turn a Bad Market Into Your Startup's Biggest Advantage
Startups can succeed in economic downturns by solving urgent problems, as past successes like Airbnb and Uber demonstrate. Internal issues, rather than economic conditions, are often the true challenges facing startups in tough economies. Launching…
What is Manus, the Chinese-founded AI startup Meta is buying for over $2 billion?
Manus is back in the spotlight. The Chinese-founded artificial intelligence startup is being acquired by Meta in a deal reported to be worth more than $2 billion — one of the most high-profile instances of a US tech giant buying an Asian AI…
Bay Area tech startup collapses into bankruptcy, owing $29M to nonprofits
The idea for Flipcause was simple. Starting in 2012, the Oakland startup provided technical tools for thousands of nonprofit organizations, handling the work of online storefronts, donation systems and ticketing pages. Millions of donor dollars…
How a US startup is using AI to stop human trafficking
Human trafficking networks are complex. But for more than a decade, artificial intelligence has helped one Pittsburgh startup unravel the complexity to spot trends that can help rescue victims and even prosecute those responsible for their…
Tech startups hand out nicotine pouches as productivity perk - while doctors worry about addiction
Tech startups chasing a productivity edge are handing out free nicotine pouches to employees — stocking office fridges and vending machines with flavored stimulants that workers say sharpen focus, even as doctors warn the habit risks hooking…
Uber reportedly seeking to acquire parking startup SpotHero
Uber Technologies Inc. is in talks to buy parking startup SpotHero Inc., The Information reported today. It's unclear how much the ride-hailing giant might spend on the acquisition. SpotHero reportedly received a $290 million valuation after its…
OpenAI's pay tops every major tech startup as stock awards hit $1.5M per worker: report
Maybe they should call it Open-Pay-I. OpenAI is reportedly paying its employees more than any major tech startup, showering workers with an average of $1.5 million each in stock-based compensation — a staggering sum that amounts to nearly…
Chinese AI startups beat Silicon Valley to the public markets in a massive IPO wave
Nano Banana Pro prompted by THE DECODER Hong Kong's stock exchange had its busiest month since November 2019 in December, with at least 25 companies going public, roughly half of them from the technology sector. Chinese AI company Zhipu AI is…
Meta buys startup Manus in latest move to advance its artificial intelligence efforts
DETROIT -- Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues an aggressive push to amp up AI offerings across its platforms. The California tech giant declined to disclose financial details of…
How a San Diego startup's universal flu shot sold for $9 billion
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Inside a single-story brick building in Sorrento Mesa is a small lab sprinkled with beakers, test tubes and incubators that is worth billions of dollars. This is where Cidara, a small San Diego…
Meta pays $3 billion for Manus AI after startup cut all Chinese ties to clear regulatory hurdles
Meta is buying Singapore-based AI startup Manus AI for over two billion dollars, according to Bloomberg, with plans to bring the autonomous AI agent technology into Meta AI and across its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026
Concerns about how AI will affect workers continue to rise in lockstep with the pace of advancements and new products promising automation and efficiency. Evidence suggests that fear is warranted. A November MIT study found an estimated 11.7% of…
5 trends that will shape tech in 2026, according to a Khosla Ventures investor
The year is 2026. Robots enter the home, while white-collar workers pour into the streets to protest artificial intelligence. That's the near future, according to one venture capitalist who's betting heavily on how AI reshapes daily life and work.
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