After a small startup exit and being turned down by every VC firm he applied to, Tim Chen began angel investing and eventually stumbled into raising his own fund. Now, as the solo investor behind Essence VC, he just closed his fourth fund at $41...
A new benchmark measures how well AI agents can automate economically valuable chores. Human-level AI is still some ways off....
As temperatures increase, trains and subways are becoming unendurable. Potential solutions include everything from cooling tunnels with water to painting rolling stock—but there’s no magic fix....
A startup hopes to challenge Nvidia, AMD, and Intel with a chip that wrangles probabilities rather than ones and zeros....
ElevenLabs' founder Mati Staniszewski said that, in the short term, AI audio models were still the "biggest advantage and the biggest step change you can have today."...
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody has built a $10 billion empire freeing up valuable data from legacy industries, and making it available to AI labs....
With a market cap of $5 trillion, Nvidia is now worth more than the aggregated stock markets of all countries, apart from the United States, China and Japan....
This is the third and final day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Register here to get a 50% discount and don't miss out on innovation and scaling....
After facing lawsuits and public outcry following the suicides of two teenagers, Character.AI says it's making changes to its platform to protect children, changes that could affect the startup’s bottom line....
Grammarly is renaming itself as Superhuman, after acquiring Superhuman email client in July...
Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save....
After two days full of live demos and pitches, it's time to announce the five finalists at this year's Startup Battlefield....
Actor Thomas Middleditch had a planned takeover of Australian startup Othelia’s presentation at the pitch showcase stage. ...
Unthread builds Slack-native, AI-powered support bots for high-profile customers like Intuit, Lemonade, and Automattic....
Mappa's AI hiring platform can assess a candidate's behavior based on voice patterns, and aims to take some of the guesswork out of hiring....
Super Teacher’s app features animated tutors with AI-generated voices that guide students through interactive lessons. Students talk to the app using voice, like a conversation with a teacher....
CampusAI is like “Coursera meets GitHub meets Tinder in the metaverse” — an educational platform focused on making learning accessible to everyday people who want to bring AI into their everyday workflows, and a virtual ecosystem to connect like-minded people....
Unlisted is like Zillow but for homes that are not yet on the market. The company is now launching an iOS app....
Geothermal startup Mazama Energy said it drilled a borehole that set a temperature record. Such superhot rocks could make geothermal a key player in data center power....
Mirror's founder is back with a connected gaming startup called Board that combines board games and video games....
As crypto-based prediction services attract a flood of attention and capital, the US president’s social media platform has announced plans to muscle in....
OpenAI says its deep learning systems are rapidly advancing, with models increasingly able to solve complex tasks faster. So fast, in fact, that internally, OpenAI is tracking towards achieving an intern-level research assistant by September 2026, and a fully automated “legitimate AI researcher” by 2028,...
The startup’s platform is built on several modular systems that clients can purchase individually or as a complete suite....
Cyphr is a Kansas-city based company focused on making the lending process easier for lenders and small businesses....
Elloe AI promises a system capable of fact-checking AI outputs, making sure they don’t violate laws and regulations, and that they are safe for the users....
Khosla Ventures founder, Vinod Khosla shares his ideas about sharing the abundance of AI....
AccessGrid builds APIs that companies can use to manage digital key fobs directly within Apple and Google's wallet platforms....
The idea of memory for AI isn’t new, but it’s quickly becoming a critical battleground....
This week on StrictlyVC Download, Connie Loizos sits down with Lee Roberts, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to discuss his ambitious plan to make AI the university’s North Star amid a tumultuous year. Roberts walks through his decision to merge...
OpenAI has completed its recapitalization, splitting the AI lab into a for-profit corporation nested inside a non-profit foundation....