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Asking venture capitalists for investment is a rite of passage for tech founders. This has led to another universal experience: the VC pitching horror story. A...

A former IBM cybersecurity executive accused the company of getting hacked three times in the previous decade by foreign governments and then covering up the br...

Founders, your window to enter Startup Battlefield 200https://techcrunch.com/startup-battlefield/ closes in just three short days. Applications for Startup Batt...

SpaceX has lined up another compute deal ahead of its historic IPO, this time with Google. The company announced the deal in a regulatory filing on Fridayhttps:...

Hidden among the architectural landmarks of General Motors’ sprawling Warren Tech Center outside Detroit is a new cornerstone of the automaker’s $900 million be...

Hidden among the architectural landmarks of General Motors’ sprawling Warren Tech Center outside Detroit is a new cornerstone of the automaker’s $900 million be...

Lectric eBikeshttps://lectricebikes.com/, a Phoenix, Arizona-based company known for its practical and affordable XP series electric bikes, has launched three n...

Loading the player… While the AI fundraising machine keeps breaking its own recordshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/06/03/alphabets-record-breaking-85b-raise-for-goo...

Supabase, the open source database of choice for the vibe-coding world, has raisedhttps://supabase.com/blog/supabase-series-f a $500 million Series F at a $10 b...

A ransomware gang has escalated its attacks on law firms by sometimes sending fake IT workers in person to the victims’ offices, where the imposters steal data...

Across the industry, companies are starting to balk at the price of AI. Uber blew throughhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/uber-caps-employee-ai-spending-after-...

NASA briefly had five astronauts aboard the International Space Station shelter in a docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Friday, while their Russian counter...

In Brief Posted: 7:32 AM PDT · June 5, 2026 !An aerial view of the National Security Agency NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland outside Washington, DC. The...

Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk said on Thursday it would invest $30 billion in India by 2030, adding to a wave of commitments from technology a...

Mira Murati isn’t a natural creature of the conference stage. As the CTO of OpenAI, she was present but rarely the public face of the company. As CEO of her own...

Have you ever had the desire to see Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey square off over a moderately suspenseful card game? If so, you are in luck. Silicon Valley’s le...

Private investors have been falling over themselves to get a piece of Anthropic, given the AI model maker is growing at a dizzying pace. Multiple investors told...

In Brief Posted: 3:29 PM PDT · June 4, 2026 !Brian Chesky, chief executive officer and co-founder of Airbnb Inc., speaks during an Economic Club of New York lun...

Using an ad blocker is good for your securityhttps://techcrunch.com/2024/04/13/government-spyware-use-ad-blocker/, privacyhttps://techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/thes...

With just two weeks to go, StrictlyVC Los Angeleshttps://techcrunch.com/events/strictlyvc-los-angeles-2026/?utm_source=tc&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=svcla2026...

In November 2017, TechCrunch brought Startup Battlefield to Australia for the first time. Fifteen startups from across Australia and New Zealand took the stage...

Meta has built six “rapid deployment structures” – essentially weather‑proof tents – outside New Albany, Ohio, as part of its effort to halve the time required...

Poke poke.comhttps://poke.com/, a startup that makes using AI agents as simple as sending a text message, has become the first AI agent approved to run on Apple...

Funding round Helionhttps://www.helionenergy.com/, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it had raised $465 million in a new Seri...

Meta Oversight Board Highlights Issues with Account Deactivations Meta’s independent Oversight Board — the body that makes policy recommendations to the compan...

Meta announced on Thursday that it’s introducing a new AI creator assistant on Facebook that will give creators personalized recommendations based on their cont...

As Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2026, approaches, excitement is building around what Apple has in store this year. From Siri’s overhaul to new...

In Brief Posted: 9:16 AM PDT · June 4, 2026 !A Waymo autonomous taxi outside the Google headquartershttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImag...

Digital wallet app Cash App is launching a new gadget on Thursday, seemingly inspired by the social media trendhttps://www.tiktok.com/discover/magic-wand-credit...

Deal Overview Waymo has announced a deal with energy storage company B2Uhttps://www.b2uco.com/ to repurpose retired robotaxi batteries for electricity grids in...

Funding round Ramp announced a $750 million raise at a $44 billion valuation, nearly tripling its valuation within a year. The round was led by ICONIQ, GIC, an...

Martinez, California – The Edge of the Bay Martinez sits on the northeast edge of the San Francisco Bay and is about as far from Silicon Valley as you can get...

Spies working for Chinese intelligence are using job‑search and recruitment websites, including LinkedIn, to lure Western workers into sharing sensitive informa...

App Store Billings Overview Apple announced that its App Store facilitated over $1.4 trillion in developer billings and sales in 2025, up from the $1.3 trillio...

When I first opened the box the Oura Ring 5https://ouraring.com/store/rings/oura-ring-5?srsltid=AfmBOoqEtOq7F_Jwlgypwuw1O1VT0KZLm4kUNoOPJtOc0Q9-gVukbVyL came in...

Benchmark Capital, the storied Silicon Valley VC firm known for early investments in eBay, Snap, Uber, and Twitter, is breaking with one of its signature tradit...

Funding round Indian quick‑commerce startup FirstClubhttps://www.firstclub.site/ has raised $55 million in a Series B round co‑led by Peak XV Partners and Sofi...

!Anton Osika, co‑founder & CEO at Lovablehttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2245627953.jpg?w=1024 Image Credits: Bruno de Carvalho /...

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion – Summary Date: Thursday, May 28 2026 Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida launch site What Happened During a static‑fire test of...

Growth Milestone Glean, often described as the “Google for enterprise,” has reached $300 million in annual recurring revenue ARR—a three‑fold increase from the...

Overview Waymo has nearly 600 autonomous vehicles registered in Texas, a figure that far outpaces emerging competitors Avride, Nuro, Tesla, and Zoox, according...

Overview Waymo has nearly 600 autonomous vehicles registered in Texas, far outpacing emerging competitors Avride, Nuro, Tesla, and Zoox, according to data from...

Apply to Startup Battlefield 2026 Every year I read through thousands of Startup Battlefield applications. Time and again, the founders who belong on this stag...

Cloud infrastructure has long been designed around humans who search, click, scroll, and stream in a steady and predictable fashion. AI agents behave differentl...

Slate Auto, the electric‑vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos and LA Dodgers owner Mark Walter, will announce pricing and start taking non‑refundable pre‑orders...

Acquisition Details Asana has acquired the workflow automation company Stack AI for $75 million, part of a larger effort to position itself as an AI‑native wor...

Acquisition Details Asana has acquired the workflow‑automation company StackAI for $75 million. The acquisition was announced on Thursday afternoon to coincide...

Elon Musk’s X lets you write long‑form content on the platform through its Articles feature, but only if you’re a paid subscriber or businesshttps://help.x.com/...