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TechCrunch Startup News

Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who"s raising, who"s exiting, who"s changing the world.

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5:04

How Mill closed the deal with Amazon and Whole Foods

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/29

Matt Rogers's food waste startup will soon deploy its commercial food waste bins in grocery stores throughout the U.S. Here's how Rogers thinks about preparing a startup for success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:28

The tooth fairy just got reimagined for the...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/23

Move over, Santa. Now there’s another magical character for kids to track: the Tooth Fairy. After making a personalized Tooth Fairy video for his nephew, Oliver Finel noticed a gap. While there are plenty of Santa trackers, nothing similar existed for the Tooth Fairy.Also, digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to AI chatbots with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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5:50

As EU waters down 2035 EV goals, electric startups...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/22

The future may be electric, but that future is being postponed. The European Commission, citing the need for flexibility, has softened its ambitious plan to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:25

Yann LeCun confirms his new ‘world model’ startup,...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/22

Renowned AI scientist Yann LeCun confirmed on Thursday the worst-kept secret in the tech world: that he had indeed launched a new startup. Although he did say he will not be running the new company as its CEO.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:50

OpenAI is reportedly trying to raise $100B at an...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/19

The ChatGPT maker is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the first quarter in 2026, and the company may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest in the round. Also, called the Unicorn Growth Fund, the investment vehicle is a collaboration between Krafton and South Korean internet conglomerate Naver, and investor Mirae Asset. It aims to deploy around $669.3 million over four years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:00

Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/18

Lovable has seen its valuation more than triple just five months after the company's last funding round in July.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:31

Weeks after raising $100M, investors pump another...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/18

The deal valued MoEngage at "well over" $900 million post-money.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:47

Radiant Nuclear raises $300M for its semi-sized 1 MW...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/17

Radiant Nuclear is developing a small modular reactor to replace diesel generators. The startup previously raised $165 million in May.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:51

Nuclear startup Last Energy raises $100M for its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/17

Last Energy will use the funds to build its 5 megawatt pilot reactor in Texas, which it hopes to turn on next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:09

VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/16

The next consumer tech revolution may require an introduction of a new personal device.Plus, the food waste startup founded by Nest alumnus Matt Rogers also received an investment from Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:23

Mirelo raises $41M from Index and a16z to solve AI...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/16

Mirelo, a German startup that is building AI to add synced sound effects to videos, has raised a $41 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. Also, First Voyage has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round from a16z speedrun, SignalFire, True Global, and other investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:24

Thea Energy previews Helios, its pixel-inspired...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/15

Thea Energy says that its planar-coil fusion power plant could be cheaper and easier to build thanks to AI-powered control software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:36

Eclipse Energy’s microbes can turn idle oil wells...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/15

The biotech startup is betting that owners of abandoned oil wells will use the tech to squeeze energy out of their wells. Also, Spinny is set to be valued at about $1.8 billion post-money in its latest funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:20

Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/12

Goldman Sachs has led Harness's Series E round, with participation from IVP, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures. The new valuation is a 49% jump from its $3.7 billion valuation in a $230 million round in April 2022. With this funding, the startup has raised $570 million of equity to date.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:51

Interest in Spoor’s bird-monitoring AI software is...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/12

Spoor's computer vision software can help wind farms, and other industries, track bird populations and migration patterns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:29

On Me raises $6M to shake up the gift card industry;...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/11

On Me raises $6 million for its digital gift card platform that lets users purchase cards categorized by interests rather than being restricted to specific retailers.Also, Port offers a proprietary alternative to Spotify's popular devtool catalog Backstage, but with a valuable addition: it can be used to manage AI agents, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:28

AI startup Tavus founder says users talk to its AI...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/11

Tavus has launched a new experience where you can chat with an AI Santa that asks personal questions and remembers your interests.Oboe has raised $16 million in funding for its learning app. The company now lets users generate unlimited courses for free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:47

Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/10

Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:58

Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/09

Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform's AI chatbot what they want — like a new HTML or JavaScript app — and the AI will go ahead and build it. Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company's device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:05

Tiger Global plans cautious venture future with a...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/09

Tiger's last fund did well with investments in OpenAI, Waymo and Databricks. But it warns investors that AI valuations are already 'elevated.' Skild AI is developing a hardware-agnostic foundation model for robots that can be customized for various uses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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