Startups

AI cloud startup Lambda has raised $1 billion in private debt to buy more graphics processors that power modern AI,...

Instinct, an AI startup that didn't exist two years ago, has closed a $350 million round at a $2.5 billion...

Runable raised $21 million on the argument that AI agents can do more than spin up a business from a...

Indian voice-AI company Ringg raised $10 million from Peak XV as a Series A extension, betting synthetic voice has outgrown...

On August 25, 2026, AI presentation startup Gamma announced it had acquired Accel-backed design startup Lica, a deal centered on...

Pinecone's Nexus topped Sierra's open enterprise-knowledge benchmark, beating agents built on frontier models at 74% lower cost per task.

Claude is forbidden from producing sexually explicit content, yet in tests by TechCrunch's reporters, getting the model to break that...

Starcloud has raised $250 million to build data centers that don't sit on Earth at all.

Micro1, which supplies the training data that teaches AI models how to behave, has reached a $500 million gross run...

According to a TechCrunch report, Stripe will acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter in a deal worth more than $7 billion.