Startup funding in India to reach $11 billion in 2025 as investors become more selective
India’s startup ecosystem raised nearly $11 billion in 2025, but investors are writing far fewer checks and becoming more selective about where they take risks, highlighting how the world’s third-rich startup market is moving away from the AI-powered capital concentration seen in the United States. The selective approach was most evident in trading. According to […]
Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists are hacked with government spyware
For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by governments around the world. Police and spies in Ethiopia, Greece, Hungary, India, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere use sophisticated spyware to compromise victims’ mobile phones, sometimes facing real-world threats, harassment and even […]
New York Governor Hochul signs bill requiring warning labels on ‘addictive’ social media
New York Governor Cathy Hochul signed a bill this week that requires social media platforms to display warning labels to young users before exposing them to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling. The state Legislature passed a bill (S4505/A5346) in June that includes language calling for mental health warnings against “addictive social media platforms,” […]
Top 7 Space and Defense Technology Startups in Disrupt Startup Battlefield
TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest attracts thousands of applicants each year. These entries will be narrowed down to the top 200, and the top 20 will compete on the big stage to win the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000 in prize money. However, the remaining 180 startups all surprised us in their respective categories and […]
How reality crushed Ÿnsect, a French startup that raised more than $600 million for insect farming
French startup Ÿnsect was thrust into the spotlight during Super Bowl weekend 2021 when “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr. touted the company’s benefits on The Late Show. Now, almost four years later, the insect farming company is in judicial liquidation due to insolvent debts, meaning it is effectively bankrupt. Ÿnsect had been struggling for […]
As people look for ways to make new friends, here are some apps that may come in handy.
With loneliness and social isolation becoming more prevalent in recent years, people are increasingly seeking new ways to form platonic connections. In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General even designated this issue as a public health crisis. Remote workers who miss the daily interactions of an office and young people who want to create adult social […]
Nawea’s chemical-free weeding technology could change the way we treat lawns
Naware founder Mark Boysen first tried to kill weeds using a drone and a 200-watt laser. While he and some friends were toying with the idea for a startup, he was thinking about how a family in North Dakota had lost three members to cancer, which the family suspected had something to do with chemicals […]
Treat yourself: The best smart glasses to buy with your holiday gift money
Smart glasses have been around for a while, but the technology has improved over the years, with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming that wearables will replace smartphones in the next decade (though, of course, many people disagree). Smart glasses are no longer just futuristic gadgets, but practical tools that people use to communicate, navigate, track […]
9 Top Cybersecurity Startups in Disrupt Startup Battlefield
TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest attracts thousands of applicants each year. These entries will be narrowed down to the top 200, and the top 20 will compete on the big stage to win the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000 in prize money. However, the remaining 180 startups all surprised us in their respective categories and […]
These are the cybersecurity stories we’ll be jealous of in 2025
It’s the end of the year. That means it’s time to celebrate the best cybersecurity stories we’ve never published before. Since 2023, TechCrunch has been collectively looking back at the year’s best articles in cybersecurity. Even for those who are not familiar with it, the concept is simple. There are currently dozens of journalists reporting […]