Category: Exclusives

Anthropic releases Sonnet 4.6 | Tech Crunch

Anthropic has released a new version of its midsize Sonnet model to coincide with the company’s four-month update cycle. In a post announcing the new model, Anthropic highlighted improvements in how it codes, follows instructions and uses computers. Sonnet 4.6 will be the default model for users on the Free and Pro plans. The beta […]

SpaceX Veterans Raises $50 Million in Series A for Data Center Link

Travis Brashears, Cameron Ramos, and Selina Groun-Haeberg began working together at SpaceX to develop an optical communications link that permanently connects thousands of Starlink Internet satellites. The three engineers are now co-founders of Mesh Optical Technologies, a Los Angeles startup that announced a $50 million Series A led by Thrive Capital on Tuesday. Mesh aims […]

Executing AI models is turning into a memory game

When talking about the cost of AI infrastructure, the focus is usually on Nvidia and GPUs, but memory is becoming an increasingly important part of the picture. DRAM chip prices have jumped about seven times in the last year as hyperscalers prepare to build billions of dollars worth of new data centers. At the same […]

European Parliament blocks AI on MPs’ devices due to security risks

The European Parliament has reportedly blocked lawmakers from using AI tools built into work devices, citing cybersecurity and privacy risks from uploading sensitive communications to the cloud. Congress’ IT department said it could not guarantee the security of data uploaded to the AI ​​companies’ servers and that the full scope of information shared with the […]

Here are 17 US-based AI companies that raised $100 million or more in 2026.

About 20 U.S.-based AI startups have raised more than $100 million in mega-rounds in 2026, less than two months ago. If the first few weeks of 2026 are any indication, the AI ​​startup market will see another year of monster funding rounds at eye-popping valuations. U.S. AI startups raised more than $76 billion through mega-rounds […]

Indian vibecoding startup Emergent announces over $100 million in ARR in just 8 months

Indian vibecoding platform Emergent, founded just eight months ago, says it now generates run-rate revenue of more than $100 million annually due to surging demand from small businesses and non-technical users. The company announced Tuesday that its annual run-rate revenue has doubled to $100 million in the last month. It currently has more than 6 […]

Airbnb expands ‘book now, pay later’ service globally

Airbnb announced on Tuesday that it is rolling out a “Book Now, Pay Later” feature globally that allows users to secure reservations without paying immediately. This allows users to cancel their reservations without losing their advance payment, even if their plans change. The company launched this feature in the U.S. last year for domestic travel. […]

Travel when you have money: a16z’s search for the next European unicorn

Gabriel Vazquez, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, recently revealed that he took nine flights from New York to Stockholm in the past year. His visit included stops at companies like Loveable, where he worked from the office, but it was also a journey to find a future Swedish unicorn before crossing the Atlantic. This became […]

How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335 million in 4 months at a $4 billion valuation

The co-founders of startup Ricursive Intelligence seemed destined to become co-founders. CEO Anna Goldie and CTO Azalia Mirhoseini are very well-known in the AI ​​community, and they were among the AI ​​engineers who “received a weird email from Zuckerberg with a crazy offer,” Goldie told TechCrunch with a laugh. (They didn’t accept the offer.) The […]