Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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Endurance Energy raises $54M to harness a massive untapped energy source; Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their businessplus,
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2026-06-12
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Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in; plus, Zest launches a restaurant discovery app
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2026-06-11
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Evotrex raises $30M to build the RV that doesn’t need a charging station; plus, so long FAANG and hello to MANGOS
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2026-06-10
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Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft
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2026-06-08
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Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.
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2026-06-05
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Brynn Putnam's Board raised $20M; plus, ZeroDrift raises $10M to protect AI models from themselves
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2026-06-04
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Pacific Fusion’s latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst; plus, Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI
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2026-06-03
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Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund; Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation
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2026-06-02
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This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory; plus, Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point
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2026-06-01
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Corgi doubled in value in 3 weeks; plus, Anthropic raises $65 Billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO
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2026-05-29
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SOND, a sleep tech startup, exits stealth with $7M; plus, Airbnb-backed WeRoad raises $58M
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2026-05-28
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Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation; OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year
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2026-05-27
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Maka Kids is redefining kids’ screen time with a streaming app; also, Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled ARR
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2026-05-26
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This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in almost half a century
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2026-05-25
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Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering; plus, Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1 billion valuation
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2026-05-22
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Quartermaster is building a maritime hive mind; plus, NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer
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2026-05-21
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Status AI raises $17M to turn social media into interactive entertainment; plus, Stilta helps companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had
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2026-05-20
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South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses; plus, Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo
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2026-05-19
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Lovable just backed a company that’s looking to bring vibe coding to hardware; plus, Meridian Ventures launched $35M fund to back MBA-deferred founders
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2026-05-18
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Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby; plus, Cerebras raises $5.5B, then stock pops $108%
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2026-05-15
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