Defense Tech Startup Mach Industries Hits $1.8B Valuation After $300M Series C — a 4x Jump in Just 12 Months In a fundraising environment where many tech startups are struggling to hold their valuations, Mach Industries just nearly quadrupled its. The three-year-old defense technology company announced a $30... Autonomous Systems Defense Tech Funding Startups Venture Capital Jun 2, 2026
DeepSeek Eyes $45 Billion Valuation in First-Ever Funding Round DeepSeek, the Chinese AI research lab that sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley in early 2025, is now preparing for its first-ever venture capital round—and the numbers are staggering. In a matter o... AI China DeepSeek Semiconductors Venture Capital May 6, 2026
Anthropic and OpenAI Turn to Wall Street to Scale Enterprise AI Services Two of the most watched AI labs are moving beyond the usual software-sales playbook. According to TechCrunch, Anthropic announced a new enterprise AI services joint venture with Blackstone, Hellman & ... AI Anthropic Enterprise AI OpenAI Venture Capital May 5, 2026
European Startup Watchlist Shows AI Momentum Is Spreading Beyond the Obvious Names Published May 2, 2026, 8:52 PM CDT. TechCrunch’s new roundup of 21 European startups to watch argues that the region’s momentum is broader than the headline names most people already know, such as Lov... AI Startups European Tech Startups Venture Capital May 2, 2026
Coatue’s Data Center Land Push Shows AI Infrastructure Is Becoming a Real-Estate Race Coatue is reportedly moving deeper into the physical side of artificial intelligence. TechCrunch reports that the investment firm has a new venture focused on buying land near large power sources, wit... AI Infrastructure Cloud Data Centers Venture Capital May 2, 2026
Anthropic’s Reported $50B Funding Interest Shows AI Capital Is Still Concentrating Published April 30, 2026 at 11:39 AM CDT. The market for frontier AI companies is still moving at a scale that looks more like infrastructure finance than traditional venture capital. TechCrunch repor... AI Funding AI Infrastructure Anthropic Venture Capital Apr 30, 2026
Cursor’s Reported $2B Fundraise Signals a New Scale for AI Developer Platforms AI coding startup Cursor is reportedly in talks to raise a $2 billion round at a valuation above $50 billion , according to CNBC. If the deal closes anywhere near those figures, it would mark one of t... AI Startups Developer Tools Generative AI Venture Capital Apr 20, 2026
The ‘12-Month Window’ for AI Startups Is Closing as Foundation Models Expand Across the Stack One of the most useful ideas in today’s AI startup debate is blunt and time-based: the “12-month window.” In TechCrunch’s latest discussion , the argument is that many startups can exist only temporar... AI Economics Foundation Models Product Strategy Startups Venture Capital Apr 19, 2026
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder. Published: April 18, 2026 09:05 AM CT (America/Chicago) TechCrunch reports that Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder. . While the headline is con... AI Startups Developer Tools Enterprise Software Market Trends Venture Capital Apr 18, 2026