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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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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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4:35

Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/08

Quilt has sold nearly 1,000 units in the U.S. and Canada, and the new funding should help expand sales operations to more states and provinces. Also, while OpenAI continues to insist that there are currently no ads — or tests for advertising — live in ChatGPT, the company’s chief research officer also acknowledged that the company “fell short” with recent promotional messages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:25

Meta acquires AI device startup Limitless; and Is it...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/08

Limitless said it shares Meta's vision of bringing personal superintelligence to everyone. Also, sometimes, founding a startup just once isn’t enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:27

New streaming channel launches to give viewers a peek...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/05

Hamlet TV is a way to help keep citizens informed of what's happening inside local governments.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:33

Nexus isn’t going all in on AI, keeping half of its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/04

Nexus Venture Partners manages $3.2 billion in capital across its funds and has invested in more than 130 companies over the years. Also, can Kiro win the hearts of startup founders above the many AI coding tools they already have? Amazon hopes a free year will tempt them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:52

VCs deploy ‘kingmaking’ strategy to crown AI winners...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/04

While VCs have long used big investments to spur category winners, they are taking this strategy to new extremes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:48

Microreactor startup Antares raises $96M for land,...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/03

Antares is designing and building small modular reactors that it plans to deploy for commercial, space, and defense applications.The latest funding comes less than two months after Kalshi announced that it raised $300 million at a $5 billion valuation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:52

Titan OS raises $58 million from Highland Europe for...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/02

Titan OS aims to expand its independent TV operating system in Europe and Latin America.Gradium, a startup spawned out of French AI lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched out of stealth on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:47

Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation;...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/02

The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Creandum, Earlybird VC, BroadLight Capital, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures, Air Street Capital, Visionaries Club, Canva and Figma Ventures. Also, analysts will be watching to see if Thrive-owned firms actually succeed in building long-term profitable businesses using OpenAI’s tech, or if the result is really just pumped up valuations based on speculative market

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5:15

How AI PR startup Clipbook won Mark Cuban’s...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/12/01

Adam Joseph was shocked when Mark Cuban replied to his email with an inquisition full of questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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