Defense tech is flooded with money, but who’s built to last?
Loading the player… Defense tech is red hot right now. Anduril and Mach Industries just doubled and quadrupled their valuations,…
How Europe’s AI strategy diverges from Silicon Valley’s
The global AI race is often framed as a battle between the United States and China. But at VivaTech, Europe…
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…
Black founders raise highest amount of quarterly funding since 2022, but there’s a catch
According to Crunchbase’s latest data around black founders, $643 million has poured into US Black-founded startups since the beginning of…
SoftBank says it will invest up to €75 billion to build French data centers
SoftBank Group announced today that it plans to spend up to €75 billion (around $87 billion) to expand data center…
Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund
A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next…
The groupthink boom: what three top VCs really think about the AI frenzy
This week at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in Athens — part of the Panathenea festival taking place in the city —…
After Nvidia’s $20B not-aqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M
Groq is looking to raise $650 million in new funding from existing investors, sources tell Axios, as it leans into…
Today is the last day to apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 returns October 13–15 to Moscone West in San Francisco — and applications to speak are open for…