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Agent identity startup Mintive lands Cowboy Ventures, Coatue, angels Jeff Dean, Andrej Karpathy
Mintive was founded by two engineers who have been working on AI for decades through Google Brain, Coursera. It's platform…
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Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs
Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown 14-fold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than…
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This startup’s self-driving excavators help dig up $600M in new funding
Bedrock Robotics, which is now valued at $4.1 billion, is particularly focused on autonomous excavators, in part because of a…
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Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels
Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of…
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Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions
Third Dimension's technology uses AI to match the physical world, which when combined with Rivian's reams of data could turn…
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The secret to fast startup growth isn’t early sales, top names in tech say
At this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polska’s Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some…
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements
Among the Startup Battlefield 200 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage. Here are the standouts.
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Fusion startup Helion is developing new semiconductors that could double output of its power plants
Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft…
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Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation
Legal AI startup Legora announced Wednesday that it raised a $550 million Series E round, valuing it at $8.8 billion.
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OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio to beef up its biotech business
OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and…