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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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6:24

Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/25

Harper is an AI-native insurance brokerage that just raised a $45 million combined Series A and seed, after a member of YC's Winter 2025 cohort.Also, MatX, a chip startup founded by two former Google hardware engineers, has raised a $500 million Series B led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, an investment fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:33

Canva acquires startups working on animation and...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/25

With the new acquisitions, the company wants to bolster its position as a marketing solution by potentially adding video creation and more granular measurement.Also, Stripe and PayPal Ventures have participated in Xflow's $16.6 million round that gives it a post-money valuation of $85 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:29

Ukraine’s startups keep building

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/24

In the four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country, Ukrainian startups have done more than survive: they are still building and growing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:30

Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts for...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/24

AI news app Particle can now pull in key moments from podcasts, letting readers instantly play short, relevant clips alongside related stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:28

Quantonation’s double-sized second fund shows quantum...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/23

Quantonation Ventures, a venture firm investing in quantum and physics-based startups, has closed its oversubscribed second fund at €220 million, or approximately $260 million. That’s more than twice the size of its inaugural fund, and comes in addition to other signals that the quantum winter isn’t coming yet. Also, Neo's new Residency program invests $750,000 in an uncapped SAFE for startups and provides a $40,000 no-strings-attached grant for college students. Learn more about your ad choices

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8:43

Nvidia deepens early-stage push into India’s AI...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/20

Nvidia is working with investors, nonprofits, and venture firms to build earlier ties with India's fast-growing AI founder ecosystem.Also, General Catalyst's pledge marks a sharp jump from the company's earlier $500 million–$1 billion India earmark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:54

A startup called Germ becomes the first private...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/20

Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:49

Reload wants to give your AI agents a shared memory;...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/19

Reload announces a $2.275 million raise in a round led by Anthemis and the launch of its first AI employee, Epic.Also, Mirai raised a $10 million seed to improve how AI models run on devices like smartphones and laptops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:54

Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/18

Kana, a new AI marketing startup from the founders of Rapt and Krux, has raised $15 million to build customizable, agent-based marketing tools.The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:32

SpendRule raises $2M, emerges from stealth to help...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/18

SpendRule, launched last summer, is an AI-powered platform that helps healthcare systems track their spending.Mistral AI has agreed to buy Koyeb, a Paris-based startup that simplifies AI app deployment at scale and manages the infrastructure behind it. Thrive Capital just raised $10 billion for its new fund-- nearly double the size of its last fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:26

African defensetech Terra Industries, founded by two...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/17

Terra Industries, the African defense company, announced Monday that it had secured an additional $22 million in funding to further expand the business.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:21

Fusion startup Helion hits blistering temps as it...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/16

Helion's Polaris device hit 150 million degrees C recently, a milestone that nudges the company toward its commercial power plant that will sell electricity to Microsoft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:35

Eclipse backs all-EV marketplace Ever in $31M funding...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/16

The San Francisco-based startup says its AI-first approach has allowed it to scale faster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:32

Score, the dating app for people with good credit, is...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/13

Two years ago, a controversial dating app was launched and quickly shuttered: for people with good-to-excellent credit. Now, the founder is relaunching it, open to anyone.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:37

Didero lands $30M to put manufacturing procurement on...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/13

Didero functions as an agentic AI layer that sits on top of a company’s existing ERP, acting as a coordinator that reads incoming communications and automatically executes the necessary updates and tasks. Also, General Catalyst is in talks to lead Modal Labs' next round for the four-year-old startup, according to our sources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:52

Complyance raises $20M to help companies manage risk...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/12

Complyance raised a $20 million Series A led by GV for its AI-native compliance platform.Also, Integrate's round was led by FPV Ventures co-founder and managing partner Wesley Chan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:16

Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/11

Apptronik has sold another $520 million in a Series A extension to existing and new investors like Google and Mercedes-Benz.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:20

Proptech startup Smart Bricks raises $5 million...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/11

Smart Bricks is an AI-powered proptech that helps investors find high-quality real estate investmentsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:38

Hauler Hero collects $16M for its AI waste management...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/10

Hauler Hero has seen its customer base, revenue, and head count double since the company raised its seed round in 2024.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:55

Anthropic closes in on $20B round; plus, Harvey...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2026/02/10

Anthropic raised $13 billion in equity funding just five months ago, but intense competition between frontier labs and the ongoing cost of compute have made them eager to raise as quickly as possible. Also, after announcing $190 million in ARR in December, Harvey may be raising again a big leap in valuation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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