Jul 20, 2026 · not_requested
Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant, plus, AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status
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Podcast
TechCrunch Startup News
- Author
- SpokenLayer
- Feed episode count
- 3849
- Official site
- https://techcrunch.com
Summary
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
Episodes
Jul 17, 2026 · not_requested
Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’; plus, Lululemon backs nylon recycling startup Syntetica
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- 707
Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested
Rime picks up $24M Series A to help enterprises field customer calls; plus, the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not models
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- 685
Jul 15, 2026 · not_requested
Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation; plus, Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids
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- 407
Jul 13, 2026 · not_requested
Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ an AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise, plus, Oratomic to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits
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- 451
Jul 10, 2026 · not_requested
AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round; plus, popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M
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- 637
Jul 9, 2026 · not_requested
Venus Aerospace raises $90M Series B to build a new kind of rocket engine; plus, Blue Origin reportedly raising $10B at $130B valuation
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- 387
Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested
Bidbus pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car; Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom
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- 726
Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested
Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups; plus, Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation
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- 591
Jul 6, 2026 · not_requested
Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage; plus, Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups
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- 380
Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested
Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip; plus, Indian tech tycoon bets $30M of his own money to build AI alternative to Microsoft Office
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- 464
Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested
Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
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- 279
Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested
Corgi says it didn’t steal an open source product; plus, Omen AI’s plan to optimize data centers is all wet
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- 614
Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested
Robotaxis drive miles just to get cleaned and charged; Aseon Labs wants to fix that; plus, General Intuition bets that video games can train AI agents for the real world
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- 972
Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested
Slate Auto’s radically simple electric truck starts at $24,950; also, Valor Equity Partners looks to raise a $2.5B Fund VII
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- 366
Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested
Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates
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- 334
Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested
Seedcamp raises $320M for its new fund to expand its US footprint
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- 227
Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested
He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots.
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- 317
Jun 19, 2026 · not_requested
World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names; plus, General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation
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- 309
Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested
SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants
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- 297
Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested
Startup Foundation Alloy developed a new alloying technique; plus, Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI
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- 493
Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested
Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world; plus, Theker building a factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything
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- 414
Jun 12, 2026 · not_requested
Endurance Energy raises $54M to harness a massive untapped energy source; Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their businessplus,
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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested
Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in; plus, Zest launches a restaurant discovery app
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- 640
Jun 10, 2026 · not_requested
Evotrex raises $30M to build the RV that doesn’t need a charging station; plus, so long FAANG and hello to MANGOS
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- 403
Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested
Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft
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- 275
Jun 5, 2026 · not_requested
Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.
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- 544
Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested
Brynn Putnam's Board raised $20M; plus, ZeroDrift raises $10M to protect AI models from themselves
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- 398
Jun 3, 2026 · not_requested
Pacific Fusion’s latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst; plus, Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI
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- 514
Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested
Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund; Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation
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- 524
Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested
This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory; plus, Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point
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- 566
May 29, 2026 · not_requested
Corgi doubled in value in 3 weeks; plus, Anthropic raises $65 Billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
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- 480
May 28, 2026 · not_requested
SOND, a sleep tech startup, exits stealth with $7M; plus, Airbnb-backed WeRoad raises $58M
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- 691
May 27, 2026 · not_requested
Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation; OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year
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- 274
May 26, 2026 · not_requested
Maka Kids is redefining kids’ screen time with a streaming app; also, Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled ARR
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- 592
May 25, 2026 · not_requested
This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in almost half a century
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- 382
May 22, 2026 · not_requested
Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering; plus, Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1 billion valuation
- Duration seconds
- 367
May 21, 2026 · not_requested
Quartermaster is building a maritime hive mind; plus, NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer
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- 621
May 20, 2026 · not_requested
Status AI raises $17M to turn social media into interactive entertainment; plus, Stilta helps companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had
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- 531
May 19, 2026 · not_requested
South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses; plus, Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo
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- 487
May 18, 2026 · not_requested
Lovable just backed a company that’s looking to bring vibe coding to hardware; plus, Meridian Ventures launched $35M fund to back MBA-deferred founders
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- 306
May 15, 2026 · not_requested
Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby; plus, Cerebras raises $5.5B, then stock pops $108%
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- 433
May 14, 2026 · not_requested
Clio’s $500M milestone arrives just as Anthropic ups the ante; plus, Anduril raises $5B, doubles valuation to $61B
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- 423
May 13, 2026 · not_requested
Exaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for catching and stopping cyberattacks as they happen
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- 259
May 12, 2026 · not_requested
Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO; plus, Korea’s biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data
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- 482
May 11, 2026 · not_requested
Cowboy Space raised $275 million to build rockets for space data centers; plus what will the whisper-filled office of the future sound like
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- 449
May 8, 2026 · not_requested
A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom; plus, Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack
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- 620
May 7, 2026 · not_requested
Ethos raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network with voice onboarding; plus, Altara secures $7M to bridge the data gap that’s slowing down physical sciences
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- 567
May 6, 2026 · not_requested
OpenAI’s cozy partner Cerebras is on track for a blockbuster IPO; plus, Katie Haun raises $1 billion for new venture funds
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- 397
May 4, 2026 · not_requested
Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without giving up equity; Meta buys robotics startup
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- 401
May 1, 2026 · not_requested
Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter; also, Shapes brings humans and AI into the same group chats
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- 487
Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field; plus, BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund
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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested
BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables
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- 308
Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested
Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessage
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- 373
Apr 24, 2026 · not_requested
Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools; Also, another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident
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- 458
Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested
Cathie Woods’ ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI; Esther and Anne Wojcicki join new healthcare accelerator
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- 656
Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested
SusHi Tech Tokyo isn’t a conference — it’s a deal room with 60,000 people; AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed
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- 496
Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested
SaySo is a new short-form video app that aims to restore users’ trust in news; plus, Loop wants to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions
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- 608
Apr 17, 2026 · not_requested
Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO; plus, a simulation startup wants to be the Cursor for physical AI
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- 520
Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested
Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers
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- 591
Apr 15, 2026 · not_requested
AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation
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- 200
Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested
OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro
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- 237
Apr 13, 2026 · not_requested
Slate Auto raises $650M to fund its affordable EV truck plans
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- 234
Apr 10, 2026 · not_requested
Ex-Tesla engineer’s startup taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine; plus, Collide Capital raises $95M fund to back fintech
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- 494
Apr 9, 2026 · not_requested
TC's Julie Bort can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee; plus, Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award
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- 436
Apr 8, 2026 · not_requested
AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost; plus, Hermeus raises $350M to build unmanned hypersonic fighters
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- 543
Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested
Spain’s Xoople raises $130 million Series B to map the Earth for AI
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- 288
Apr 6, 2026 · failed
Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars; plus, Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M dea
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- 523
Apr 3, 2026 · failed
Beehiiv expands into podcasting; also, Gateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund II
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- 439
Apr 2, 2026 · failed
Commonwealth Fusion Systems leans on magnets for near-term revenue; plus the company behind ClassPass and Mindbody just got a lot bigger with a $7.5B merger
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- 496
Apr 1, 2026 · failed
Exclusive: Runway launches $10M funExclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early-stage AI startupsd, Builders program to support early-stage AI startups
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- 420