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Startups

Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’

Steve Ballmer wrote a fiery letter in the sentencing of disgraced founder Joseph Sanberg documenting all the harm that's befalling him as an investor.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 24, 2026, 11:32 PM

ComfyUI hits $500M valuation as creators seek more control over AI-generated media

ComfyUI, whose tools give creators more control over AI image, video, and audio generation, just raised $30 million.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 24, 2026, 7:49 PM

8 big data analytics software solutions transforming businesses in 2026

8 big data analytics software solutions transforming businesses in 2026

Every two days, the world generates roughly as much data as was created in the entirety of human…

Tech Funding News logoTech Funding NewsApr 24, 2026, 6:05 PM

X-energy raises $1B in the largest nuclear public equity offering of all time

X-energy raises $1B in the largest nuclear public equity offering of all time

X-energy started trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker XE, marking the most significant nuclear energy IPO to…

Tech Funding News logoTech Funding NewsApr 24, 2026, 4:22 PM

Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event

Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked lineup of speaker

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 24, 2026, 2:00 PM

Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now?

Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus. Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also stepping into a very differe

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 24, 2026, 2:00 PM

How European VCs adopting the PE playbook

How European VCs adopting the PE playbook

For decades, venture capital and private equity have played different roles in the risk capital stack. VCs backed…

Tech Funding News logoTech Funding NewsApr 24, 2026, 1:55 PM

Cohere merges with Aleph Alpha at $20B valuation to create transatlantic sovereign AI challenger

Cohere merges with Aleph Alpha at $20B valuation to create transatlantic sovereign AI challenger

Cohere and Aleph Alpha announced they will merge to create a transatlantic AI company valued at around $20…

Tech Funding News logoTech Funding NewsApr 24, 2026, 1:55 PM

Era raises $11M from Abstract Ventures and BoxGroup to bring AI to smart gadgets

Era raises $11M from Abstract Ventures and BoxGroup to bring AI to smart gadgets

Era, a company has raised $11 million to develop the intelligence infrastructure for future AI gadgets, reports Tech…

Tech Funding News logoTech Funding NewsApr 24, 2026, 1:39 PM

Scotland Yard to team up with Palantir to reshape criminal investigations with AI

Scotland Yard to team up with Palantir to reshape criminal investigations with AI

The Metropolitan Police is in talks with Palantir Technologies over software that could automate intelligence analysis in criminal…

Tech Funding News logoTech Funding NewsApr 24, 2026, 1:06 PM

Lyft to acquire Gett UK for approximately $55M to strengthen London presence

Lyft to acquire Gett UK for approximately $55M to strengthen London presence

Lyft has agreed to buy Gett’s UK business, marking its third international acquisition in the past year as…

Tech Funding News logoTech Funding NewsApr 24, 2026, 12:50 PM

Italy’s Bending Spoons aims for a $20B valuation in a possible US IPO: reports

Italy’s Bending Spoons aims for a $20B valuation in a possible US IPO: reports

Bending Spoons has chosen Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Allen & Co, and Jefferies to…

Tech Funding News logoTech Funding NewsApr 24, 2026, 11:48 AM

After a $10B raise, Project Prometheus becomes one of the most valuable five-month-old startups ever funded

After a $10B raise, Project Prometheus becomes one of the most valuable five-month-old startups ever funded

Project Prometheus has closed a $10 billion funding round at a $38 billion valuation, with participation from major…

Tech Funding News logoTech Funding NewsApr 24, 2026, 11:33 AM

After eyeing $20B in valuation, DeepSeek launches its long-awaited model: What we know so far

After eyeing $20B in valuation, DeepSeek launches its long-awaited model: What we know so far

Chinese startup DeepSeek launched its fourth-generation model, DeepSeek V4. The new model arrives in two versions, such as…

Tech Funding News logoTech Funding NewsApr 24, 2026, 9:27 AM

Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital as advisor after Disney exit

The former Disney CEO hold a stake in Thrive and has previously held the role of the venture partner at the firm.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 24, 2026, 12:11 AM

Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment

Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 23, 2026, 9:00 PM

Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco

StrictlyVC San Francisco is in just a week. Now’s the time to grab yourself a ticket. Join VCs and founders at Sentro Filipino Cultural Center on April 30.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 23, 2026, 2:00 PM

Fusion doesn’t have a normal startup timeline, and investors are fine with that

Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but has the science finally caught up? Private investment in fusion companies surged from $10 billion to $15 billion in just months, and the money is coming from places

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 22, 2026, 9:07 PM

Esther and Anne Wojcicki back new healthcare accelerator, fund

Mary Minno launches early-stage startup accelerator program, Treehub, and an early-stage firm, AI Health Fund, aimed at backing startups working at the intersection of healthcare and AI.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 22, 2026, 2:00 PM

The 12-month window

A lot of AI startups exist partly because the foundation models haven't expanded into their category yet. As many jokingly acknowledge, that won't last forever.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 19, 2026, 7:30 PM

VC Ron Conway says he has a ‘rare form of cancer’

Conway wrote that he “will be stepping back from some of my usual activities,” but he will “continue to support” founders backed by his firm SV Angel.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 18, 2026, 8:00 PM

New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets

The fundraise is the first major capital raise under Sequoia's new leadership, with Alfred Lin and Pat Grady now serving as co-stewards of the 54-year-old firm.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 17, 2026, 2:55 AM

Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report

AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven months ago.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 16, 2026, 8:41 PM

Accel raises $5B to back late-stage bets

Accel announced on Tuesday that it raised $5 billion in fresh capital to back late-stage companies building AI.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 15, 2026, 5:37 PM

Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now

VCs are frothing at the mouth to write more checks to Anthropic at a valuation that matches or beats OpenAI's.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 15, 2026, 4:21 PM

Financial risk management platform Pillar raises $20M seed in round led by a16z

Pillar hopes to offer sophisticated, institutional-grade tools to small and medium-sized enterprises. "Our goal is to make hedging as accessible and ubiquitous as payments or accounting software," he said.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 14, 2026, 4:05 PM

In just a couple weeks, StrictlyVC San Francisco brings leaders from TDK Ventures, Replit, and more together

The first StrictlyVC of the year will be coming to San Francisco before you know it. There are still a few tickets available to join us and our stacked speaker lineup April 30, so register today!

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 14, 2026, 3:30 PM

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge

While many startups founded prior to the emergence of ChatGPT are struggling to position themselves for the AI era, Vercel, a 10-year-old dev tool and website hosting platform, is benefiting from the explosion of AI-gene

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 13, 2026, 3:22 PM

Nvidia-backed SiFive hits $3.65B valuation for open AI chips

The deal is interesting for a number of reasons, including that SiFive's chip designs are based on RISC-V, not x86 or ARM.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 11, 2026, 2:03 PM

Last 24 hours: Save up to $500 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass

This is it. Tonight is your last chance to lock in savings of up to $500 for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass. These discounts end at 11:59 p.m. PT.

TechCrunch Venture logoTechCrunch VentureApr 10, 2026, 2:00 PM

Harshita Arora Joins YC as General Partner

Harshita Arora Joins YC as General Partner

We're thrilled to announce that Harshita Arora is joining Y Combinator as a General Partner. She brings deep fintech and infrastructure experience, a founder's instinct for product, and the perspective of someone who's b

YC Blog logoYC BlogApr 6, 2026, 4:00 PM

Adding Canada Back to Our List of Accepted Countries of Incorporation

After hearing feedback from Canadian founders in our network, we are adding Canada back to our list of accepted countries of incorporation.

YC Blog logoYC BlogFeb 5, 2026, 5:00 PM

Congratulations to EquipmentShare on Going Public

Congratulations to EquipmentShare on Going Public

Today, EquipmentShare (YC W15) goes public. From Missouri to 373 locations nationwide, they've built the operating system construction has been missing—built by contractors, for contractors. Congrats to Jabbok, Willy, an

YC Blog logoYC BlogJan 23, 2026, 3:59 PM

Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure

Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure

Railway , a San Francisco-based cloud platform that has quietly amassed two million developers without spending a dollar on marketing, announced Thursday that it raised $100 million in a Series B funding round, as surgin

VentureBeat AI logoVentureBeat AIJan 22, 2026, 2:00 PM

Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive. Claude Code , Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and deploy code autonomously, has captured the imagination of sof

VentureBeat AI logoVentureBeat AIJan 19, 2026, 2:00 PM

Announcing the YC AI Stack

Announcing the YC AI Stack

We've partnered with nearly two dozen companies to offer students who attend YC events a suite of over $25,000 in free credits for AI devtools.

YC Blog logoYC BlogJan 16, 2026, 8:40 PM

Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews

Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews

Alfred Wahlforss was running out of options. His startup, Listen Labs , needed to hire over 100 engineers, but competing against Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million offers seemed impossible. So he spent $5,000 — a fifth of hi

VentureBeat AI logoVentureBeat AIJan 16, 2026, 2:01 PM

Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI

Salesforce rolls out new Slackbot AI agent as it battles Microsoft and Google in workplace AI

Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot , the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into what executives describe as a fully powered AI agent capabl

VentureBeat AI logoVentureBeat AIJan 13, 2026, 1:00 PM

Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Desktop agent that works in your files — no coding required

Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Desktop agent that works in your files — no coding required

Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of its wildly successful Claude Code tool to non-technical users — and according to company insiders, the team built the entire featur

VentureBeat AI logoVentureBeat AIJan 12, 2026, 11:30 AM

Nous Research's NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment

Nous Research's NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment

Nous Research , the open-source artificial intelligence startup backed by crypto venture firm Paradigm , released a new competitive programming model on Monday that it says matches or exceeds several larger proprietary s

VentureBeat AI logoVentureBeat AIJan 7, 2026, 8:00 PM

The creator of Claude Code just revealed his workflow, and developers are losing their minds

The creator of Claude Code just revealed his workflow, and developers are losing their minds

When the creator of the world's most advanced coding agent speaks, Silicon Valley doesn't just listen — it takes notes. For the past week, the engineering community has been dissecting a thread on X from Boris Cherny , t

VentureBeat AI logoVentureBeat AIJan 5, 2026, 7:45 AM

2026 Demo Day Dates

2026 Demo Day Dates

We’re excited to share the Demo Day dates for 2026 so founders, investors, and our broader community can plan ahead.

YC Blog logoYC BlogDec 18, 2025, 7:44 PM

Meesho Goes Public

Meesho Goes Public

Meesho goes public today. From S16 to IPO, they’ve built one of India’s largest e-commerce platforms—empowering millions of small merchants to grow their businesses. Congrats to Vidit and Sanjeev on a decade of relentles

YC Blog logoYC BlogDec 10, 2025, 4:32 AM

Congratulations to Groww

Congratulations to Groww

Today, Groww, India's leading digital investing platform, goes public. Tens of millions use Groww to invest simply and confidently in stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs. As YC's first company to list in India, we couldn't be

YC Blog logoYC BlogNov 12, 2025, 3:47 AM

BillionToOne Goes Public — The Startup That Made Genetic Testing Universal

BillionToOne Goes Public — The Startup That Made Genetic Testing Universal

Today, BillionToOne goes public, becoming YC's fourth publicly traded biotech company. More importantly, they have built one of the most important genetic tests in the U.S. Today, 1 in 11 babies born in the US are tested

YC Blog logoYC BlogNov 6, 2025, 3:52 PM

Meet YC's Newest Visiting Partners

Meet YC's Newest Visiting Partners

We're excited to announce that nine exceptional founders are joining us as Visiting Partners at YC: Matt Riley, Harshita Arora, Grey Baker, Christopher Golda, Raphael Schaad, Christina Gilbert, Francois Chaubard, Vivian

YC Blog logoYC BlogOct 14, 2025, 5:17 PM

YC x Coinbase RFS: Build Onchain

YC x Coinbase RFS: Build Onchain

We are entering the era of Fintech 3.0. Regulatory clarity, growing consumer adoption, and low-cost chains have paved the way for a golden age of building in crypto — and at YC, Base, and Coinbase, we want to fund builde

YC Blog logoYC BlogSep 23, 2025, 3:00 PM

Ankit Gupta Joins YC as General Partner, Bringing Deep ML Expertise

Ankit Gupta Joins YC as General Partner, Bringing Deep ML Expertise

We’re thrilled to announce that Ankit Gupta is joining YC as our newest General Partner. Ankit has already worked with dozens of YC founders as a visiting partner in recent batches. He has a rare blend of deep machine le

YC Blog logoYC BlogSep 12, 2025, 4:00 PM

Dalton Caldwell’s Move to Partner Emeritus

After 12+ years, 25 batches, and working with more than a thousand startups, Dalton Caldwell is transitioning to Partner Emeritus at YC. Dalton joined YC in 2011 and has contributed in a number of roles over the years, m

YC Blog logoYC BlogJun 12, 2025, 6:36 PM

Welcoming Jon Xu and Andrew Miklas as YC’s Newest General Partners

Welcoming Jon Xu and Andrew Miklas as YC’s Newest General Partners

Over the last few batches, visiting partners Jon Xu and Andrew Miklas have become two of the most trusted voices in the YC community. They were both founders in YC’s Summer 2010 batch, and now, 15 years and two industry-

YC Blog logoYC BlogMay 21, 2025, 3:00 PM

Tyler Bosmeny built Clever into a $500M company–now he’s helping YC founders do the same as General Partner

Tyler Bosmeny built Clever into a $500M company–now he’s helping YC founders do the same as General Partner

We’re thrilled to welcome Tyler Bosmeny back to YC, this time as a General Partner.

YC Blog logoYC BlogApr 1, 2025, 4:00 PM

Michael Seibel's Legacy Continues at YC: Transition to Partner Emeritus

If you’ve been around YC, you know Michael Seibel has been a huge part of it for over a decade. He’s done it all - YC Founder (w07, w12), Group Partner, and Managing Director/CEO of the YC accelerator. Along the way, he’

YC Blog logoYC BlogMar 20, 2025, 12:00 AM