Spain's Xoople just secured $130 million to build a live, searchable map of the physical world designed specifically for artificial intelligence.
Early tickets for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 are on sale, but the real value lies in the networking arbitrage, not just the $500 savings.
Applying for a major startup competition is more than a bid for cash; it's a strategic move for visibility and venture capital access.
A $12 million bet on AI content moderation promises to fix the inconsistency of human oversight, but the math behind 'predictable behavior' remains unproven.
Anthropic is shifting its monetization strategy by adding extra costs for OpenClaw users, signaling a new era of margin protection in AI coding.
Y Combinator has officially removed dig from its portfolio following a series of reputational hits, marking a rare public divorce for the accelerator.
Venture capital hit record highs in Q1, but a few massive AI deals are skewing the numbers for the rest of the ecosystem.
The latest scandal involving dig and Sim.ai highlights a growing rot in the Y Combinator ecosystem where ethics are often traded for short-term growth.
Investors claim that diverse VCs lead to diverse startups, but the data suggests the Silicon Valley hiring pipeline is harder to break than a term sheet.
Qodo's Series A highlights a critical shift in tech: the real cost of AI isn't generation, but the verification of millions of new lines of code.
With a fresh $130 million, ScaleOps aims to automate the chaotic world of cloud resource management as AI demand pushes hardware to its limits.
A deep look at the intensifying dispute at dig, where new accusations suggest that corporate safety measures were more about appearances than actual protection.
