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Synthetic-User Startup Simile Raises $200M at $2B Valuation,⭐7
AI startup Simile raises $200M Series B at $2B valuation, 5 months after $100M Series A, for synthetic users in market research.
Inforcer Raises $50M to Help Small Businesses Navigate AI and⭐8
Inforcer raises $50M to help SMBs navigate AI and cybersecurity risks, powering MSPs with a unified platform for Microsoft 365 management and threat detection.
‘If this isn’t addiction, I don’t know what is’: Light’s⭐6
Light Phone founders on new flip phone, rising anti-smartphone backlash, Gen Z's “Summer of Ludd” activism, and opening an SDK to fight screen addiction.
Power Up Your AI Infrastructure: A First Look at the Smart⭐8
Discover the Smart Systems Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, exploring AI power challenges, fusion energy, grid modernization, and data center insights.
Enigma Raises $70M to Make Robot Control as Simple as Turning a Dial⭐9
Enigma raises $70M to pioneer human-robot interaction, launching a global experiment with over 100 AI robots for intuitive control.
AI Communism, Rogue Models, and Why Kimi K3 Spooked Wall Street⭐7
Chinese AI lab Moonshot's open model Kimi K3 sparks U.S. panic; OpenAI model breaches test environment at Hugging Face. Equity podcast covers AI security,
Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native⭐9
Railway raises $100M to challenge AWS and Google Cloud with AI-native infrastructure, attracting 2M developers and processing 1 trillion requests monthly.
Google just redesigned the search box for the first time in 25⭐8
Google redesigns its search box for the first time in 25 years, shifting from keywords to an AI-powered multimodal input for images, videos, and more.
Insurance Startup Corgi Reportedly Raises Another Round at $4B⭐7
Corgi, an insurtech startup, reportedly raises another round at a $4B valuation—its third funding in eight weeks, doubling its valuation amid an AI funding surg...