TechCrunch Startup News
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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- 3548
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Natron’s liquidation shows why the US isn’t ready to make its own batteries and more tech news
Sodium-ion battery startup Natron ceased operations this week, ending the company’s 12-year quest to commercialize its technology in the U.S.
The company had $25 million worth of orders lined up for …
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Fri 05 Sep 2025
AI logistics startup Augment raised massive $85M Series A; plus Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg
On Thursday, Augment announced that it raised an $85 million Series A led by Redpoint, with participation from 8VC, Autotech Ventures, and others. The massive round comes just five months after the s…
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Fri 05 Sep 2025
Atlassian to buy Arc developer The Browser Company for $610M; also, Madrid’s Orbital Paradigm aims to prove a cheaper path to orbital reentry
Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian’s CEO and co-founder, said, ‘today’s browsers weren’t built for work; they were built for browsing. This deal is a bold step forward in reimagining the browser for know…
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Thu 04 Sep 2025
Orchard Robotics raises $22M for farm vision AI; also, Mistral on the cusp of securing a $14B valuation
On Wednesday, Orchard Robotics announced that it raised a $22 million Series A funding led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital, and with participation from returning investors, including General Catal…
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Thu 04 Sep 2025
Advanced geothermal startups are getting warmed up and Fizz expands into grocery delivery
When congressional Republicans took a sledgehammer to the Inflation Reduction Act last summer, advanced geothermal startups were largely spared. Drilling for renewable energy appears to be one of the…
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Wed 03 Sep 2025
Anthropic raises $13B Series F at $183 billion valuation, also OpenAI acquires product testing startup Statsig
AI firm Anthropic has raised a $13 billion Series F round that brings its post-money valuation up to $183 billion — funds the company says will be used to grow its enterprise adoption, deepen safety …
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Wed 03 Sep 2025
Klarna revives IPO plans, aims to raise $1.27B, also India’s Offgrid raises $15M to make lithium optional for battery storage
Swedish buy-now, pay-later startup Klarna and its shareholders are reviving its initial public offering, hoping to raise as much as $1.27 billion in a listing that would value the company at up to $1…
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Tue 02 Sep 2025
Billionaire Ambani taps Google, Meta to build India’s AI backbone
Reliance is launching a new subsidiary to drive India's AI ambitions, including a pending partnership with OpenAI.
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Tue 02 Sep 2025
Microsoft and Uber alum raises $3M for YC-backed Munify, a neobank for the Egyptian diaspora
Khalid Ashmawy found it hard to send money home while studying in Europe. Now, he’s launched a startup to help other Egyptians with the same problem.
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Mon 01 Sep 2025
Maisa AI gets $25M to fix enterprise AI’s 95% failure rate
Maisa AI is built on the premise that enterprise automation requires accountable AI agents, not opaque black boxes.
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Mon 01 Sep 2025
No-code website builder Framer reaches $2B valuation, also US manufacturing investment stumbles as clean tech cancellations pile up
Framer, a no-code website builder that claims over half a million monthly active users,has reached a $2 billion valuation after raising a $100 million Series D funding round led by existing investors…
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Fri 29 Aug 2025
How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change, also, Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls
Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate-friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions. In other ne…
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Fri 29 Aug 2025
Terraton wants to be the McDonald’s of biochar, also Hyundai is working with a startup on plant-based leather that smells like the real thing
Terraton sees promise in biochar, but the technology has struggled to scale. The startup thinks a franchise model could be what unlocks biochar's potential. Also, Uncaged Innovations is working with …
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Thu 28 Aug 2025
Robomart unveils new delivery robot to challenge DoorDash, Uber Eats, also
Robomart's RM5 autonomous delivery robot can carry up to 50 pounds and deliver multiple customer orders at once.
Also, OpenAI has started hiring in India as it looks to expand its presence in the fa…
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Thu 28 Aug 2025
Eyebot gets $20M Series A to boost to expand eye care access and more tech news
Eyebot secured $20M Series A for 90-second prescription kiosk.
Also, Pintarnya raised $16.7M to power jobs and financial services in Indonesia. The Indonesian startup, now backed by $16.7M in Series…
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Wed 27 Aug 2025
FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains and Y Combinator says Apple’s App Store has hindered startup growth
FieldAI builds foundational AI models that help all kinds of robots learn and adapt to new environments using physics. Also, Y Combinator is asking the court to deny Apple’s appeal.
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Wed 27 Aug 2025
As India bans real-money games, Dream Sports, MPL start pulling the plug
Several Indian startups, including Dream Sports, MPL, and Zupee, are shutting down their real-money games after parliament passed a bill banning such games.
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Tue 26 Aug 2025
YC-backed Oway raises $4M to build a decentralized ‘Uber for freight’
The thousands of trucks zipping along U.S. highways are often only about half full -- something Oway wants to change with its 'ride-share for freight' software.
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Tue 26 Aug 2025
Ecosia has offered to take ‘stewardship’ of Chrome. And it’s not a bad idea.
Berlin-based non-profit search engine Ecosia has asked a U.S. judge to turn Chrome into a foundation it controls, funding billions in climate projects.
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Mon 25 Aug 2025
Group14 lands $463M to make silicon anodes for EVs, also, SRE.ai raises $7.2M for DevOps AI agents
The battery materials startup raised significant Series D funding to expand its manufacturing capability. At the same time, it bought out partner SK's stake in a joint venture.
The company helps aut…
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Mon 25 Aug 2025
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