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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.

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The firm takes a generalist approach, backing companies across categories such as AI applications, fintech, healthcare, and security. The average check size for this fund will be between $3 million and $5 million, with the aim to back at least 30 startups.

Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth and early-stage startups.

Instead of building robots themselves, the team is focused on a simpler goal — providing data that robots need to learn and operate. They believe that better data will be key to making robots more useful.

How will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers?

Wispr Flow says growth accelerated in India after its Hinglish rollout, even as voice AI products continue to face challenges.

Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services, has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down.

Nvidia continues to be a big investor in the AI ecosystem.

Everyone wants a piece of the enterprise AI pie, and this week, we saw a string of companies making their moves. From Anthropic and OpenAI announcing new joint ventures targeting enterprise AI deployment to SAP dropping $1B on German AI startup Prior Labs, it’s becoming clear that if you’re a startup building enterprise tools, you’re likely an acquisition target.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony […]

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The company is reportedly in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion. It last raised in November at $32 billion.

The company made a series of other announcements during earnings, including a new commercial contract, a pilot program in Canada, and a collaboration.

AI startup Pit is led by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading the startup’s $16 million seed round.

Gusto has shared an impressive milestone on its actual revenue, not an ARR number that estimates future income.

Stockholm-based vibe-coding platform Lovable is offering employees an automatic 10% raise as a way to sidestep classic corporate politics.

Prediction market startup Kalshi has raised a $1 billion Series F round led by Coatue.