Pocket raises $11M in bet on rising demand for AI note-taking devices
Y Combinator-backed Pocket has raised $11 million from Accel, Y Combinator, and ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski, betting that dedicated hardware…
Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
The AI model leaderboard platform Arena, which began as a research project at UC Berkeley in 2023, has hit $100…
Indian payments chief thinks AI will be heavily involved in next era of digital payment growth
India's digital payments ecosystem is gearing up for its next leap, and artificial intelligence will be at the center of…
Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
Wall Street has found a new darling in the semiconductor world. Micron Technology, the Boise-based memory chip maker, briefly surpassed…
Anthropic’s Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time
Anthropic launches Claude Tag, an always-on AI teammate that lives inside Slack with persistent context, memory, and proactive ambient mode…
AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia deal
AI chipmaker Groq has confirmed a new $650 million funding round, just months after Nvidia signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement…
Meta debuts new, cheaper smart glasses under its own brand
Meta has officially launched a new lineup of smart glasses, simply called Meta Glasses, starting at $299. Unlike previous Ray-Ban…
Google Builds Alumni-Focused AI Incubator to Reconnect With Former DeepMind and Xoogler Founders
Google is reportedly developing an AI startup incubator aimed at its former employees, offering funding, model access, and technical collaboration…
YC Spring 2026 Demo Day startups are hitting 8-figure valuations before graduation
Y Combinator’s Spring 2026 Demo Day just wrapped, and the batch is setting new records. TechCrunch spoke with eight investors…
Founders Fund backs Shinkei’s robot that humanely kills fish at scale
Founders Fund is betting on an unlikely category: robots that kill fish. The firm has backed Shinkei Systems, a startup…
