Startups

Forbes 2026 Midas List: Top Venture Capital Investors Ranked - Forbes

Forbes 2026 Midas List: Top Venture Capital Investors Ranked Forbes

Two-thirds of Austin startup investing flowing to AI companies - The Business Journals

Two-thirds of Austin startup investing flowing to AI companies The Business Journals

OpenAI’s new voice mode makes it to the ChatGPT desktop app

ChatGPT Voice on desktop can work with both ChatGPT Work and Codex to complete tasks and control agents.

Karnataka to Launch Innovation Museum, AI University, Boost Startups - Rediff MoneyWiz

From Uber to Atoms: Travis Kalanick’s $1.7 Billion Return - dot.LA

From Uber to Atoms: Travis Kalanick’s $1.7 Billion Return dot.LA

Next Generation of AI Literacy Finds Success in Hard Work - The College Today

Next Generation of AI Literacy Finds Success in Hard Work The College Today

Israeli startup Glow raises $180m for AI endpoint security platform - The Jerusalem Post

Israeli startup Glow raises $180m for AI endpoint security platform The Jerusalem Post

Google justifies its massive AI spending with a booming cloud business

Google's cloud business is thriving, as companies adopting its AI and AI infrastructure services help the tech giant to report record profits.

Monday.com lays off hundreds to focus on AI

The company said it is reducing its headcount by 20%, or about 630 staff, to "support a leaner, more focused operating model" as it focuses on its AI Work Platform.

The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 7/21/2026 - AlleyWatch

The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 7/21/2026 AlleyWatch

Traveltech Startup 30 Sundays Raises ₹61 Cr To Expand AI-Powered Holiday Planning - Inc42

Traveltech Startup 30 Sundays Raises ₹61 Cr To Expand AI-Powered Holiday Planning Inc42

OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its own pre-release models

OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry.

X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort

X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.

Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse

Co-founded by serial entrepreneur Shai Morag, Israeli identity management startup Oak is emerging out of stealth with $60 million in seed funding.

Indian startups raised over $297 million from July 13 to July 18, 2026; AI startup Emergent tops the list - Indian Startup News

Indian startups raised over $297 million from July 13 to July 18, 2026; AI startup Emergent tops the list

China's Moonshot AI Unveils 'Kimi K3,' Rattles U.S. Markets as Hong Kong IPO Plans Surface - finance.biggo.com

China's Moonshot AI Unveils 'Kimi K3,' Rattles U.S. Markets as Hong Kong IPO Plans Surface finance.biggo.com

Rippling co-founder Prasanna Sankar launches AI startup Vorflux with $15 million funding - Indian Startup News

China's DeepSeek to raise fresh capital at $74 billion valuation ahead of onshore IPO - The Economic Times

Startup funding jumps 48% in a week as Udaan, Emergent lead big-ticket deals - CNBC TV18

The startup that wants to be your AI-powered CFO - Crain's Cleveland Business

The startup that wants to be your AI-powered CFO Crain's Cleveland Business

(Weekly funding roundup July 11-17) Sharp rise in VC inflow led by AI deals - YourStory.com

(Weekly funding roundup July 11-17) Sharp rise in VC inflow led by AI deals YourStory.com

Google’s AI Mode now lets you link and interact with select apps

With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps they use regularly.

London-based Applied Computing raises €17.4 million to scale AI that works for the energy industry - EU-Startups

London-based Applied Computing raises €17.4 million to scale AI that works for the energy industry EU-Startups

Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media

The app is designed for people who want to create social content, but find traditional video editing tools too complex or time-consuming.

Saudi AI Infrastructure Startup Think Raises USD 8M to Expand Across the GCC - waya.media

Saudi AI Infrastructure Startup Think Raises USD 8M to Expand Across the GCC waya.media

Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer

Instagram head Adam Mosseri believes companies will eventually need to manage AI token spending the same way they manage payroll or other operating expenses, predicting that engineers could soon face limits on how much they spend using AI tools.

How Will Elevation Capital's Fund IX Impact AI Startups? | AIM - analyticsindiamag.com

How Will Elevation Capital's Fund IX Impact AI Startups? | AIM analyticsindiamag.com

AI startup Reflection signs over $1 billion computing deal with Nebius - The Economic Times

Elevation Capital Unveils $500 Million Fund For India's AI Startups - Siliconindia

Elevation Capital Unveils $500 Million Fund For India's AI Startups Siliconindia

Elevation Capital Closes $500 Million Fund To Back Early-Stage India AI And Deeptech Startups - CXO Digitalpulse

Elevation Capital Closes $500 Million Fund To Back Early-Stage India AI And Deeptech Startups CXO Digitalpulse

Norm AI Raises $120 Mn In Series C Round Led By Khosla Ventures, Reaches Unicorn Valuation - BWDisrupt

Norm AI Raises $120 Mn In Series C Round Led By Khosla Ventures, Reaches Unicorn Valuation BWDisrupt

Zetwerk backs AI robotics startup launched by co-founder Rahul Sharma, who moves to non-executive role - Moneycontrol.com

Funding Wrap: Avni Wellness, Fizzy Goblet, Doodhvale raise fresh capital - Indiatimes

IQM, Europe’s first public quantum company, admits the future of the tech is uncertain

IQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq today at a valuation of about $1.9 billion.

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents

"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch.

Zimbabwe opens AI for Impact Challenge with up to $80,000 in funding - iAfrica.com

Zimbabwe opens AI for Impact Challenge with up to $80,000 in funding iAfrica.com

India's startup funding decline: Investor caution and regulatory impact on venture capital - Indiatimes

Yotta raises $150 mn at ₹37,000 crore valuation to fund AI expansion - Business Standard

The only AI glossary you’ll need this year

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.

AI finance trends face reset as investors reassess valuations - AI CERTs

AI finance trends face reset as investors reassess valuations AI CERTs

BC startup Wafr says it has secured $100 million in funding for tech that slashes AI data-centre water use - MSN

BC startup Wafr says it has secured $100 million in funding for tech that slashes AI data-centre wate

Microsoft launches its own AI deployment company with $2.5 billion commitment

Microsoft follows Amazon, OpenAI, and Anthropic with its new AI deployment group.

University-founded AI tender startup BidScript exceeds $1M in total pre-seed funding - Tech.eu

University-founded AI tender startup BidScript exceeds $1M in total pre-seed funding Tech.eu

OpenClaw is finally available on Android and iOS

The free open source agentic program is finally invading your phone.

The memory chip crunch is paying off for this US company

Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from $1.88 billion to an incredible $28.2 billion year-over-year.

2 days left to save up to $190: Join 1,000+ founders and investors at TechCrunch Founder Summit

Two days left to lock in your spot at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 and save up to $190 before Early Bird rates expire on June 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register today.

Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x

Un-0 is an image-generation system tool that shows for the first time how the company's technology can replicate conventional AI systems.