Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft
Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it had raised $465 million in a new…
Ramp raises $750M at $44B valuation as investors hunger for fintechs with an AI story
Corporate expense management platform Ramp on Thursday said it has raised $750 million at a valuation of $44 billion, nearly…
Benchmark raises its first-ever growth fund as part of $2B capital raise
Benchmark Capital, the storied Silicon Valley VC firm known for early investments in eBay, Snap, Uber, and Twitter, is breaking…
These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked
Customer support and service are among the hottest sectors in voice AI right now. But building a product that sounds…
Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts
Before Zack Eakin sold investors on his new startup, he practiced on Palmer Luckey. When he left Luckey’s defense startup,…
Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech
Focused Energy recently raised an oversubscribed $240 million Series A round, one of the largest early-stage rounds for a fusion…
How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless
Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Six minutes to pitch and…
Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year
Mach Industries, the three-year-old defense tech startup run by 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, has raised a $300 million…
Final 24 hours to save up to $410 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket
This is it. The countdown is almost over. You now have until tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT to lock in…
Anthropic raises $65 Billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
Anthropic has snagged $65 billion in funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation in its latest funding round, marking what…