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Why Venture Capital Money Isn't Right For Every Founder
Joash Lee is the Founder and CEO of Sedifly, a global EdTech firm democratizing access to education. With AI companies on a run, raising a venture round feels like the holy grail for many founders. Startups are closing rounds at billion-dollar…
Venture capital firm tied to Donald Trump Jr weighs legal action against ABC News over botched report
ABC News could face significant consequences as the venture capital firm at the center of a botched report about the Trump family ponders legal action. 'We still have our attorneys completely plugged into this, and we're not taking options off the…
Labour pledges up to $50m a year for venture capital fund
Labour has released its economic plan, outlining a number of previous commitments and announcing that it will redirect up to $50 million a year into the state-backed Elevate venture capital fund. Labour's finance and economy spokesperson Barbara…
Steel ships, railroads, and data centers: A VC takes the Industrial Revolution analogy seriously
In 2026, Hans Tung and I are talking about 19th-century ships. “The Dutch, the Spanish, the Portuguese—they sailed around the world with beautiful large ships, but they were wooden wind ships,” said Tung, Notable Capital…
AI agent company Decagon held early M&A talks with ServiceNow, others
Buzzy AI agent startup Decagon could be the latest company swept up in a growing wave of AI dealmaking. The company, which was last valued at $4.5 billion earlier this year, has hired a bank to evaluate acquisition interest, according to people…
AI's growing influence goes beyond standalone investment deals
Stephen Lamprecht, founder of South African management consultancy VS Nova and a research partner on the survey. While ICT accounted for 62.7% of all southern African venture capital deals in 2025, AI and machine learning represented just 1.6% as a…
IATI Holds Annual Managing Partners Conference
Initiated and Led by the Israel Advanced Technology Industries Association (IATI), the Annual Conference of Managing Partners from Israel's Leading Venture Capital Funds and Investment Firms Was Held. The conference was held as part of JOURNEY…
Avigdor Liberman warns US could recognize Palestinian state, sanction Israel
Yisrael Beytenu, chairman Avigdor Liberman, warned Tuesday that the United States could recognize a Palestinian state and impose sanctions on Israel within two years if current policies continue, a scenario he said could have devastating…
Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks
In most factories, automation is fixed: robots and machines are programmed for one specific task and product. Changing a line means reprogramming and physical retooling, or swapping out equipment, which can take weeks or months. San Francisco-based…
The full Disrupt Stage lineup
The biggest stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is where the people building the future come to talk about what happens next in the tech ecosystem. Across three days, from October 13 to 15, at Moscone West in San Francisco, the Disrupt Stage will bring…
Disrupt 2026: Day 1
Day 1 of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is officially underway, bringing together 10,000+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders under one roof at San Francisco's Moscone West. Big ideas are colliding, connections are forming at every turn, and the…
Exclusive: Giraffe Bio aims its bespoke biomolecules at the looming copper shortage
Between the AI data center boom and economywide electrification, the world will need a lot more copper. By 2040, copper supplies could fall 25% short of demand. That'll be a tall order for the mining industry, which boosts production mostly by…
Fifth Wall's Brendan Wallace On Why The Best Proptech Bets May Not Look Like Proptech
Brendan Wallace has spent much of the past decade investing in technology that impacts how real estate is bought, built and managed. Now, the Fifth Wall co-founder sees AI changing the kinds of companies worth backing and expanding the definition…
DOGE team that oversaw dismantling of government now profiting in private sector
Ex-employees of Elon Musk 's DOGE, which sought to slash waste federal expenditure in the first six months of President Donald Trump 's second term, are monetizing their experience in the private sector, a new analysis has found. According to The…
Ilhan Omar's wealth scandal takes a turn just one day after raid of her DC home
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro revealed Tuesday that her office is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar's financial disclosures, opening a new chapter in the controversy surrounding the Minnesota Democrat's previously reported multimillion-dollar assets.
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