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The battle begins: 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are open

Calling Pre-Series A founders: nominations for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 are open. Compete in the world’s most iconic pitch competition at Disrupt 2026 from October 13 - 15.

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Gather AI, maker of ‘curious’ warehouse drones, lands $40M led by Keith Block’s firm

Gather AI has closed funding from former Salesforce CEO's firm Smith Point Capital. Its warehouse AI system doesn't just scan.

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Beyond AI: 5 Startup Sectors Seeing Big Funding Growth

Last year, AI grabbed half of venture dollars globally. But the sector’s blockbuster growth hasn’t necessarily come at the expense of other startup industries.

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Sunday, February 8, 2026

India has changed its startup rules for deep tech

India is adjusting startup rules to help more of its deep tech startups with funding and long-term success.

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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Anthropic spent millions on Super Bowl ads to roast OpenAI

Everyone knows Super Bowl commercials are expensive, bombastic, and designed to be talked about.

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AI bubble watch: Spooked market sparks $1 trillion Friday tech sell-off

Big Tech stocks are taking a hit and analysts say investor concerns over AI are to blame.

Friday, February 6, 2026

How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power

Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure.

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Waymo Leads An AI-Driven Lineup Of Large Financings

Startup investors offered fresh evidence once again that there is plenty of capital available for favored companies with the week's biggest funding recipients overwhelmingly in the AI sector.

UiPath pushes deeper into financial services with WorkFusion acquisition

Small Late-Stage Rounds Are Fading Away

While total late-stage investment has risen in the past few years, less is going to smaller deals.

Thursday, February 5, 2026

a16z VC wants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers

Andreessen Horowitz VC Jennifer Li⁠, who oversees some of the firm's fastest-growing AI companies, warns founders not to believe every ARR claim made on X.

Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis

Fundamental has built a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the huge quantities of structured data produced by enterprises.

Global VC Investment Surged In January, With U.S. Dominating Funding But A Pair Of AI Model IPOs In China

Global venture funding posted strong gains in January, with $55 billion invested in startups around the world, Crunchbase data shows, with funding more than doubling from $25.

QT Sense raises €4M to advance a quantum sensing platform

Kembara closes €750M first close to fuel growth of European deep tech startups

Europe’s largest dedicated deep tech growth fund has taken a major step forward after closing the first tranche of its fundraising effort at €750 million. The fund, known as Kembara Fund I and managed by Spain-based Mundi Ventures, is aiming for a €1 billion target.

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Hurdle hints and answers for February 5, 2026

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

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