Onton, the AI-powered shopping platform formerly known as Deft, just closed a $7.5 million funding round led by Footwork. The startup has exploded from 50,000 to over 2 million monthly users by using what it calls "neuro-symbolic architecture" to...
Figure AI just got slammed with a federal whistleblower lawsuit that's sending shockwaves through the robotics world. The company's former head of product safety claims he was fired for warning executives their humanoid robots were "powerful enough to fracture...
FlatPay just burst into unicorn territory with a €145 million funding round, valuing the Danish payment processor at €1.5 billion ($1.75 billion). The three-year-old startup is betting its flat-rate pricing model can steal market share from giants like PayPal...
Mirova, the climate investment arm backed by luxury giant Kering, just dropped $30.5 million into Indian agtech startup Varaha in a deal that could reshape how carbon credits work in agriculture. The investment - structured as a revenue-share on...
The old playbooks for finding product-market fit are useless in AI, according to top-tier investors speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt. With AI's breakneck pace making traditional metrics obsolete, venture partners from NEA and Iconiq are teaching founders an entirely different...
The Buzz■Singapore's Grab commits $60M upfront to German remote-driving startup Vay, with potential for $350M more based on US expansion milestones■Vay operates remote-controlled rental cars in Las Vegas, delivering vehicles to customers who then drive them normally - costing...
The Silicon Valley etiquette crisis just got real. Slow Ventures hosted a three-hour 'Finishing School' this week at San Francisco's Four Seasons, teaching 50 tech founders everything from proper handshakes to caviar protocol. The twist? Hundreds applied for what...
Beta Technologies just made history as the first major electric aircraft company to go public, debuting on the NYSE at $34 per share and raising over $1 billion. The Amazon-backed startup's IPO represents a crucial test for the emerging...
Andreessen Horowitz is shutting down its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund for underserved founders and laying off its entire staff, according to four sources familiar with the decision. The move marks another major retreat from diversity programs as Silicon...
While most startups pitched investors from their booths at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Tattd took a more permanent approach to making an impression. The AI-powered tattoo marketplace set up an actual tattoo parlor on the Moscone Center floor, inking around...
