At least 80 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far
With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. While most are AI-related, a surprising number are focused in other industries like satellite space companies Loft Orbital and blockchain-based trading site Kalshi. […]
Varda says he’s proven that space manufacturing works, but now he wants to make it boring.
When Will Bluey talks about the future, the timeline is shorter than many imagine. Varda Space Industries’ CEO predicts that within 10 years someone will be able to stand at the landing site and watch multiple purpose-built spacecraft swoop towards Earth like shooting stars every night, each carrying medicines made in space. In 15 to […]
New report examines how David Sachs benefits from Trump administration role
David Sachs’ role as President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency czar could work out very well for his investments and friends, according to a new report in the New York Times. But Sachs fired back in a post on X in which he described a five-month reporting process in which the accusations were “debunked […]
ChatGPT was launched 3 years ago today
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI announced a new product to the world, innocuously describing it as a “conversational interaction model called ChatGPT.” It is no exaggeration to suggest that ChatGPT has since transformed the business and technology world and has become extremely popular. ChatGPT is still #1 on Apple’s list of free apps. At the […]
Behind the scenes of drone food delivery in Finland
Finland’s weather is notorious. But still, the food you order may be delivered by drone. On a rainy day after the annual Slush conference in Helsinki, Finnish entrepreneur Ville Reppela talks to TechCrunch about the behind-the-scenes story of the three-way partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, DoorDash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and his startup […]
Black Friday sets $11.8 billion online spending record, Adobe announces
U.S. consumers spent $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics, which tracks more than 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail websites. Adobe said this is a new record and surpasses the $10.8 billion spent on Black Friday last year. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., online shoppers could have spent […]
No, you can’t get an AI to “admit” it’s sexist, but it probably is.
In early November, a developer nicknamed Cookie began a daily conversation with Perplexity. She often reads developer work on quantum algorithms and writes readme files and other documentation for GitHub. She is a Pro subscriber and uses the service in “best” mode. This means choosing which underlying model to tap between ChatGPT and Claude. It […]
VC Carla Nortman bet on women’s sports early and is now creating a market
When the season ended earlier this month, Angel City FC finished 11th out of 13 teams, a disappointing result for the Los Angeles soccer franchise co-founded in 2020 by venture capitalist Kara Nortman. But the season’s struggles are just part of a larger story that is reshaping the way investors think about women’s sports. Despite […]
Supabase CEO talks about ‘tough’ decisions that built his $5 billion company
Vibe coding is taking the tech world by storm, and it’s not just the Lovables and Replits of the world who are winning. The startups that are building the infrastructure behind them are also benefiting. Supabase, the open source database platform that has become the backend of choice in the vibecoding world, has raised $100 […]
SoftBank remains as Meesho’s $606 million IPO becomes India’s first major e-commerce listing
Meesho, the Indian e-commerce rival to Amazon and Walmart Inc.’s Flipkart, plans to launch a roughly $606 million IPO that will feature token sales by early backers and zero sales from major companies such as SoftBank and Prosus, demonstrating investors’ confidence in India’s burgeoning online retail market as tech shareholders around the world cash in […]