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The Four AI Narratives Splitting Venture Capital Right Now
TOPSHOT - He Xiaopeng, cofounder and chairman of Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng, launches Xpeng's next-gen Iron humanoid robot during AI Day press conference at its headquarter in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province on November…
The Only Startup Moats Left In The AI Era Are Data And Distribution
TOPSHOT - A robot using artificial intelligence is displayed at a stand during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, on May 30, 2024. Humanity is in a race against time to harness the colossal emerging…
Inside the Army's breakneck rush to get tech to the frontlines
Now, defense companies looking to use a U.S. military range for testing can go to testrange.army.mil, and there will be a team of concierges ready to help them get scheduled. Notably, companies do not have a military contract to request time.
Today's the last day to get up to $400 off your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket
Let's cut to the chase: Starting today, you can take an additional $100 off of our current $300 discount for your founder, investor, or attendee TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass, which is a nice bonus on top of our current discounted pricing. This…
Backed by DeepSeek, Unitree seeks US$9b valuation in landmark robotics IPO
The long-awaited initial public offering of Unitree Robotics, which values the Hangzhou-based firm at 60.99 billion yuan (US$9 billion), is set to serve as a valuation benchmark for China's booming embodied-AI sector, buoyed by retail investor…
UK IPO Slump Hurting Private Equity and Venture, PitchBook Says
The UK's sluggish market for initial public offering is leaving private equity and venture capital firms with fewer exit routes, increasing their reliance on sales to other buyout shops or large corporates for returns, PitchBook data show. An IPO…
I'm a VC who'd rather spend $120 on AI subscriptions than hire an intern. This is my tech stack.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marc Palet, 26, a Singapore-based venture capitalist at OMVC. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I was first exposed to venture capital while running an e-commerce fashion…
Free Virtual Event | September 15: How to Raise Capital in 2026: Best Fundraising Strategies for Entrepreneurs
Raising capital in 2026 is more competitive than ever, but there are also more ways for entrepreneurs to fund their businesses — if they understand how to validate demand, prove traction, and choose the right funding strategy. On September…
Facing AI 'Apocalypse,' Once-Hot Software Companies Race to Reinvent Themselves
Sahil Aggarwal's timing appeared to be perfect for launching his software company in 2021. He raised nearly $30 million from investors, and by the following year, his startup, Rattle, was valued at more than $100 million. Then along came generative…
China is dominating the EV market. Now it wants to do the same with robots
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. On the fifth floor of an office building in the outer suburbs of Shenzhen, a high-tech megacity on China's southern coast, humanoid robots are being…
California tech company sees Manitoba as strategic gateway to dairy market
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Orbit: Hadrian's big deal
💰 Hadrian, which recently opened its ' Factory of the Future ' to support Navy submarines in Cherokee, raised $1.37 billion in venture capital and is now valued just shy of $8 billion. (Axios) ⚡️ The Tennessee Valley Authority…
The Venture Cycle Picked Its Winner: Payments Plumbing
Fintech focused venture capital has varied in focus over the years, but payments infrastructure is clearly in focus now. The half-year funding data is out, and it describes a venture market that has made up its mind. Global fintech funding reached…
How Beijing innovates: Lessons from China's market-state hybrid model
If the conventional wisdom about innovation is that it is best left to individuals and private enterprise — and the best thing a government can do is get out of the way — that is certainly not the thinking in Beijing. How innovation…
In AI-obsessed Silicon Valley, live commerce platform Whatnot just notched a new funding round valuing it at $20 billion
Whatnot, started in a Funko Pop-flooded rental house, is now a $20 billion company. The live commerce platform exclusively told Fortune it recently raised its $545 million Series G, almost doubling Whatnot's valuation from $11.5 billion in its…
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