TechCrunch Startup News
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 3555
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Anthropic raises an additional $4B from Amazon, makes AWS is ‘primary’ cloud partner
Anthropic, OpenAI’s close rival, has raised an additional $4 billion from Amazon, and has agreed to make Amazon Web Services — Amazon’s cloud computing division — the sole place it’ll train its flags…
00:06:39 |
Mon 25 Nov 2024
Lighthouse, an analytics provider for the hospitality sector, lights up with $370M at a $1B valuation
Here is yet one more sign of the travel industry’s noticeable boom: a major growth round for one of the B2B startups servicing it. Lighthouse, a data analytics platform for hotels and others in the h…
00:03:40 |
Fri 22 Nov 2024
Raven Space Systems opens up a whole new category of industrial 3D printing
Manufacturing has been one of the hottest categories in venture this year, but there are still many innovative materials and processes yet to scale.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch…
00:04:50 |
Fri 22 Nov 2024
Ben Ling’s Bling Capital has already nabbed another $270M for fourth fund
Bling Capital, one of the more prolific and well-connected seed VC firms, has nabbed another $270 million for a new flagship, fourth fund.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a…
00:02:23 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
Portugal’s Tekever raises $74M for dual-use drone platform deployed to Ukraine
Dual-use drone startup Tekever has raised €70 million ($74 million) to develop its product and expand into new markets, specifically the U.S.. The news is part of a trend of smaller tech-driven start…
00:03:43 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
Ex-Duolingo execs raise $13M for startup making it easier to access a college education
As college tuition increases and the student loan debt crisis continues, three former executives from language learning app Duolingo are building a new startup aimed at making college education more …
00:04:21 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Selector automatically spots IT issues and recommends fixes
AIOps, short for artificial intelligence in operations, is a process that uses AI to automate IT tasks. More organizations are embracing it as AI commodifies, yet adoption is still lagging.
Learn mor…
00:04:03 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Norwegian startup Factiverse wants to fight disinformation with AI
In the wake of the U.S. 2024 presidential election, one fact became clear: Disinformation proliferated online at a startling rate, shaping Americans’ views about each candidate as well as a diverse s…
00:04:07 |
Tue 19 Nov 2024
Moonvalley wants to build more ethical video models
Moonvalley, a new generative video startup, claims it's building models using more ethical and transparent approaches.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
00:08:37 |
Tue 19 Nov 2024
Influur wants to standout from other influencer marketplaces by promising timely payout
As the influencer economy grows, startups like PassionFroot, Agentio, and One Impression, along with social platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok are trying to build marketplaces to connect b…
00:06:24 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
Mission Space launches next quarter to provide real-time space weather forecasts
When you board a plane, the pilot already knows the weather on the flight path and can steer clear, or at least warn you it’s coming. The same can’t be said of “space weather” from solar events, whic…
00:06:12 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
ePlane looks to ride the Indian government’s interest in air taxis with new $14M round
India's ePlane Company has raised $14 million in a Series B round as it plans to commercialize its air taxi in 2026.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
00:04:55 |
Fri 15 Nov 2024
Atlas.co wants its web-based mapping tool to be the Figma of geospatial data
Startup inspiration can strike anywhere. But for Atlas.co*, a freemium browser-based, real-time mapping tool that’s being built by an Oslo, Norway-based team of (initially student) engineers, the rea…
00:06:22 |
Fri 15 Nov 2024
Just Eat Takeaway sells Grubhub to Wonder for $650 million
Netherlands-based Just Eat Takeaway announced today that it is selling Grubhub to Wonder in a deal valued at $650 million. The company said that it expects the deal to be completed by Q1 2025. “The s…
00:03:33 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Swiggy market debut fuels India’s food, quick commerce wars
Shares of Swiggy dropped 4% to 401 rupees on Wednesday as the food delivery and quick commerce startup concluded India’s second-largest IPO this year, in a closely watched debut that puts it in direc…
00:04:29 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Bounce bags $19M to expand its traveler convenience network
Luggage storage as a vector for piling into convenience-based revenue opportunities in the business of global travel continues to put a spring in San Francisco-based Bounce‘s step. The startup has ju…
00:07:05 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
SmartBank secures $26M for its personal finance management app
The majority of the aging population in Japan still prefers using cash for transactions, according to a recent report citing government data. In 2023, cashless transactions in Japan totaled 126.7 tri…
00:05:37 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
Equal has a plan to fight India’s growing cyber fraud problem
Equal, an Indian startup founded by Keshav Reddy, has raised $10M in its maiden funding round led by Prosus Ventures to scale identity verification and financial data sharing.
Learn more about your a…
00:04:02 |
Tue 12 Nov 2024
Brazilian fintech Tako emerges from stealth with sizable seed round led by a16z and Ribbit Capital
Running payroll is hard in any country, but perhaps especially so in Brazil thanks to consistently changing laws and extremely influential unions that make it significantly harder to get it right. Fe…
00:04:29 |
Tue 12 Nov 2024
Yelp just spent $80M on a site for car repair estimates
Yelp, which made a name for itself giving restaurant recs, just bought an auto services website. In the company’s earnings report on Thursday, Yelp revealed that it agreed to buy RepairPal, a site fo…
00:03:19 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of SpokenLayer. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.