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Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures is raising $100M for a new fund
Ballistic Ventures, the VC firm co-founded by Ted Schlein (known for his years at Kleiner Perkins), is raising $100 million…
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Thatch raises $40M to give employees more control of their health care choices
Thatch, a startup that aims to transform the health insurance experience for employers and employees alike, has raised $40 million…
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Redwood Materials preps for expansion spree with new R&D center in San Francisco
Redwood Materials has been on an expansion tear in recent years — growth that has extended the lithium-ion battery recycling…
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Khosla’s Keith Rabois leads $11.5M Series A for startup Roam, calls it ‘the future of the housing market’
During the COVID-19 pandemic, mortgage interest rates dropped to historic lows — as low as 2.5%. Fast-forward a few years…
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Actively AI raises $22.5M to offer sales ‘superintelligence,’ says AI SDRs failed
AI sales rep startups are a very crowded market these days. If you’re driving into San Francisco from the airport,…
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Fourier is making hydrogen electrolyzers inspired by data centers
Despite being the most abundant element in the universe, making cheap, clean hydrogen here on Earth has been a surprisingly…
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Who are climate conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate
Sometimes, surprises are lurking in everyday data. Take a category of consumers that Doug Rubin’s startup, Northwind Climate, calls “climate…
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API testing firm APIsec exposed customer data during security lapse
API testing firm APIsec has confirmed it secured an exposed internal database containing customer data, which was connected to the…
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Temporal lands $146 million at a flat valuation, eyes agentic AI expansion
Seattle-based Temporal has made its name over the last several years in the world of microservices — specifically providing a…
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YC-backed Taxo raises $5M to slash healthcare admin with its AI ‘reasoning engine’
When British doctor Ahmed Kerwan began working as a physician, the paperwork burden shocked him. On some days, he would…
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YC alum Mendel, a ‘Ramp for LatAm enterprises,’ raises $35M Series B
Mexico City-based Mendel has raised $35 million in a Series B round of funding, it tells TechCrunch exclusively. Corporate spend…
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Times Internet spin-out Abound raises $14M to let more Indian Americans send money home
Abound, a remittance app that was spun off by Times Internet in 2023, has raised $14 million in its first…
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Leaked data exposes a Chinese AI censorship machine
A complaint about poverty in rural China. A news report about a corrupt Communist Party member. A cry for help…
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Read the email Jack Dorsey sent when he cut 931 of Block’s staff
Fintech Block laid off 931 people today, according to a leaked message from the company seen by TechCrunch. The news…
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We read the email Jack Dorsey sent when he cut 931 of Block’s staff
Fintech Block laid off 931 people Tuesday, according to a leaked message from the company seen by TechCrunch. The news…
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