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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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8:51

Status AI raises $17M to turn social media into...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/20

Interactive social media site Status announced Tuesday $17 million in combined seed and Series A funding, with investors including General Catalyst, YC, LightShed Ventures, and Abstract.Also, Stilta announced Tuesday a $10 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors in the round include YC and operators from companies like OpenAI, Legora, and Lovable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:07

South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/19

A lens the size of a thumbnail — and the South Korean startup that makes it could become the optical backbone of the AI glasses era. Also, AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:06

Lovable just backed a company that’s looking to bring...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/18

Hardware company Atech raised $800,000 in pre-seed funding, including from a16z’s scout fund, Sequoia Scout Fund, and Nordic Makers. Plus, Meridian Ventures, the venture firm founded by Devon Gethers and Karlton Haney, announced on Friday the raise of a $35 million second fund to back pre-seed and seed-stage companies founded by those who have deferred MBAs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:13

Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby; plus,...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/15

Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.Also, a year ago, it looked like this day would never happen for Cerebras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:03

Clio’s $500M milestone arrives just as Anthropic ups...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/14

Legal tech startups, including Clio, which just hit $500 million in ARR, are seeing massive customer adoption.After achieving $2.2 billion in revenue in 2025, the defense tech startup has raised another massive round, led by Thrive and a16z, it says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:19

Exaforce raises $125M Series B to build AI for...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/13

The round valued the three-year-old startup at $725 million.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:02

Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/12

Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth as well as early-stage startups.Also, Samsung, Hyundai and LG just bet on the startup that wants to be robotics' data backbone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:29

Cowboy Space raised $275 million to build rockets for...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/11

Cowboy Space Corporation wants to put data centers in orbit. First, it has to build the rockets to get them there. Also, how will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:20

A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/08

The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size.Also, Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, but also a demo showcasing a set of robotic hands performing complex tasks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:27

Ethos raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/07

Ethos says it is onboarding 35,000 experts per weekAlso, Altara’s AI aims to diagnose failures and help speed up R&D by unifying data siloed across spreadsheets and legacy systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:37

OpenAI’s cozy partner Cerebras is on track for a...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/06

AI chip maker Cerebras is heading for a blockbuster IPO that could value it at $26.6 billion or more. It's relationship with OpenAI is deep and rich.Also, Katie Haun announced on Monday that $1 billion has been raised across new funds to continue the firm’s thesis of backing crypto and blockchain startups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:41

Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/04

The direct-to-consumer skin, hair, and and menopause care brand Musely will use the non-dilutive capital to super-charge customer acquisition. Also, Meta bought humanoid startup Assured Robot Intelligence to beef up its AI models for robots, the company said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:07

Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/05/01

The two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf and now have dueling ad campaigns. Plus, Shapes, an app where humans and AI characters chat together in shared group conversations, is emerging from stealth with $8 million in seed funding. Think Discord, but with AI characters alongside humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:59

Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/04/30

Ships and planes carrying parts to the front lines would be vulnerable to attack. Defense startup Firestorm Labs thinks the answer is a drone factory that fits inside a shipping container.Also, BMW i Ventures has launched a new $300 million fund and will invest in early-stage through Series B startups in North America and Europe that are working on agentic AI and physical AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:08

BCI startup Neurable looks to license its...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/04/29

The startup specializes in "non-invasive" "mind-reading" tech — a kind of neural data collection that, its CEO hopes, will have all sorts of consumer applications.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:13

Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/04/27

Series, a social networking app that's grown popular on college campuses, announced a $5.1 million pre-seed round from some big names in tech. Plus, Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:38

Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools; Also, another...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/04/24

Beehiiv is clearly done being just a newsletter platform based on today's launch of a new webinar feature, customizable paywalls, and more. Plus, TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:56

Cathie Woods’ ARK makes its first lead investment in...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/04/23

Lucra offers corporate loyalty programs reimagined as interactive eSports. But winning ARK as a lead wasn't easy.Also, Mary Minno launches early-stage startup accelerator program, Treehub, and an early-stage firm, AI Health Fund, aimed at backing startups working at the intersection of healthcare and AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:16

SusHi Tech Tokyo isn’t a conference — it’s a deal...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/04/22

When 60,000 attendees descend on Tokyo Big Sight April 27–29, the headline numbers are hard to ignore: 750 startup exhibitors, 151 sessions, city leaders from 49 countries. But the stat that tells you what kind of event this actually is? It's 10,000 facilitated business meetings — brokered, booked, and tracked before most attendees even land.Here's the link to the article. Also, founded by an OSU researcher, NeoCognition is developing AI agents that can become experts in any domain. Learn more

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10:08

SaySo is a new short-form video app that aims to...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/04/20

Users are fed up with misinformation and AI slop cluttering their feeds. SaySo is a new short-form video app that delivers news from vetted creators and journalists.Also, Loop, the San Francisco startup, closed a Series C funding round led by Antonio Gracias' firm Valor, which is a major backer of xAI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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