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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Smart Money Stage explores fintech, payments, AI, and everything between
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‘AI communism’, rogue models, and the why Kimi K3 spooked Wall Street
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Meet the judges who will crown Australia’s next breakout startup
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Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks
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AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing
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AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors
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Edtech platform raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code
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ServiceNow bets $40 million on Indian banking software specialist to expand its financial services push
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Arcee, a US open source AI lab, says Chinese models are not inherently dangerous
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Cascade raises $3.5M to help construction firms find and win projects
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The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari
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Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era
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Synthesia’s AI training platform is moving beyond videos into live coaching
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Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges
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Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation
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Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe
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Inference startup Infinity raises $15M from Touring Capital, OpenAI and Anthropic researchers
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Watch Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley discuss the future of surveillance at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
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StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to celebrate a huge year for the city’s startup community
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Applications close in 48 hours — here’s everything Australian founders need to know about Stripe x Startup Battlefield
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Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
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Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation
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No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling
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AI-powered travel agency Fora hits unicorn status, raises $60M
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Sheryl Sandberg leads $10 million investment in AI-powered vehicle inspection service
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Why AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun won’t call his AI ‘AGI’ or ‘superintelligence’
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Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you
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Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant
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Lululemon backs nylon-recycling startup Syntetica in $30M Series A
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Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M
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Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations
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Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise
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Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not models
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Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media
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Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C
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Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse
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DeepSeek reportedly in talks to raise $1.5B, then IPO
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Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids
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Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation
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Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn
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Open source AI matters more than ever, according to Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue
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Oratomic raises $300M to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits
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Hugging Face’s CEO on why companies are done renting their AI
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An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise
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Charles Hudson shares the common mistakes he’s seen after investing in 500+ startups
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Mercor is in talks for a $20B valuation
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Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users
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Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund
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Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B
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With EU backing, QuantumDiamonds aims to speed up chip manufacturing
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Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet
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Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents
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These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates
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Your gaming data could be the secret to AGI, according to this Bezos-backed startup
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Former OpenAI exec Kevin Weil is now on the board of Stoke Space
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Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips
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Final extension: Startup Battlefield Australia applications now close July 20
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AI law startup Norm raises $120M, hits unicorn valuation
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This startup pits dealerships against each other to bid on your used car
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Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom
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Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups
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Smart glasses maker Even Realities hits $1B valuation with $150M funding led by Meituan, Tencent
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Uber’s European expansion plans may have hit a speed bump
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Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are
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What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor
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The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari
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Last chance to apply — Startup Battlefield Australia applications close July 6
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IQM, Europe’s first public quantum company, admits the future of the tech is uncertain
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Indian tech tycoon bets $30M of his own money to build AI alternative to Microsoft Office
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Bending Spoons defies SaaS slump, surges 40% on first day of trading
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Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freights
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Humble Robotics’ CEO says the tech finally caught up to the vision for autonomous vehicles
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Builders Stage agenda revealed: Practical strategies for scaling startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
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Startup Battlefield Australia application closes in days: Apply before July 6
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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds
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Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video
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Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip
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Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard
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Arcturus could halve the grid’s electrical losses using its nano-infused copper
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Your brand deserves its own stage — Side Events at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
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Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role
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Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
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Omen AI’s plan to optimize data centers is all wet
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Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on
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Corgi, the buzzy Y Combinator-backed insurance tech startup, says it didn’t steal an open source product
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OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US
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Robotaxis drive miles just to get cleaned and charged; this new startup wants to fix that
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Early Bird pricing ends tonight for TechCrunch Founder Summit
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a16z-backed Base Power is offering cheaper electricity to the power grid that needs it most
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General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
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