TechCrunch Startups

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.

While VCs have long used big investments to spur category winners, they are taking this strategy to new extremes.

Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.

Tech is racing ahead while society struggles to keep up. Masha Bucher, founder and GP of Day One Ventures, built her firm around closing that gap by combining venture capital with hands-on PR to help portfolio companies not just raise money, but actually break through the noise.   Day One’s been an early backer of companies […]

On Wednesday evening at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don't understand yet will explain what's coming. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and truly, the lineup is ridiculous.

The latest funding comes less than two months after Kalshi announced that it raised $300 million at a $5 billion valuation.

Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has solved the AI hallucination problem in a compelling way.

Gradium, a startup spawned out of French AI lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched out of stealth on Tuesday.

Adam Joseph was shocked when Mark Cuban replied to his email with an inquisition full of questions.

Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year.

It’s no hyperbole to suggest that ChatGPT subsequently transformed the worlds of business and tech.

TechCrunch went behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, DoorDash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and food startup Huuva.

Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it’s not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too.  Supabase, the open source database platform that’s become the back end of choice for the vibe-coding world, raised $100 million at […]

Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it’s not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too.  Supabase, the open source database platform that’s become the back end of choice for the vibe-coding world, raised $100 million at a $5 billion valuation just months after […]

Meesho, an Indian e-commerce rival to Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, is set to launch a roughly $606 million IPO marked by token sell-downs from early backers and no sales from big names such as SoftBank and Prosus, signaling investor conviction in India's booming online retail market at a time when tech shareholders globally have been cashing out at listings.

AI is changing how investors and startups bring their products to market. Three experts offered their insights at TechCrunch Disrupt.

We're excited to interview the winner of Startup Battlefield 2025, and Glid co-founder Kevin Damoa, on this week's Build Mode!

Glīd CEO and founder Kevin Damoa shares what it takes to win Startup Battlefield 2025 and build a company solving real infrastructure problems. Fresh off his victory, De reveals how a veteran’s perspective on logistics led to an autonomous solution bridging congested roads and underutilized rail. Plus, he shares how mindfulness, mission-driven culture, and $70M in early customer commitments positioned Glīd for success.  New episodes of Build […]

Ten years ago, raising €1 million in Copenhagen was enough to make waves in the region’s tech scene. Today, the Nordics are turning out billion-dollar companies like Lovable — which hit $200 million in revenue just 12 months after launching.  Dennis Green-Lieber, founder of AI-powered customer intelligence platform Propane, has had a front-row seat to that shift […]

Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. How will 2025 compare?