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A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-18 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: vantora, up.labs, john kuolt

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A startup that builds other startups raised $100M, and is all-in on physical AI (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-18 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: vantora, up.labs, john kuolt

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events schedule: NMI, Backblaze, PeakXV Partners, Augment, and more to host (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-17 | by Jean Bradley | tags: techcrunch disrupt 2026, nmi, backblaze

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Your startup’s next teammate might be an AI agent: Gusto, Insight Partners, and Leland explain what that changes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-17 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: techcrunch disrupt 2026, gusto, insight partners

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Musk’s long-time backer is giving SpaceX stock to its investors (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-16 | by Julie Bort | tags: spacex, valor equity partners, elon musk

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Insight Partners’ Deven Parekh on why the firm is diversifying while everyone else bets the farm on OpenAI and Anthropic (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-13 | by Connie Loizos | get Venture Deals Brad Feld book → | tags: insight partners, deven parekh, openai

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Insight Partners’ Devin Parekh on why the firm is diversifying while everyone else bets the farm on OpenAI and Anthropic (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-13 | by Connie Loizos | tags: insight partners, devin parekh, openai

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Harvey hits $15.5B valuation, months after reaching $11B (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-09 | by Julie Bort | tags: harvey, legal ai, lightspeed venture partners

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He Started a Hot Dog Business Without Knowing How to Cook One. 50 Years Later, He Became a Millionaire: ‘I Came From a Poor Family’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-08 | by Sherin Shibu | get Nostalgia hot dog roller grill → | tags: dick portillo, portillo's, hot dog stand

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Baby Boomers Refuse to Retire: ‘If I Stop Moving, I Might Die’ — Here’s Why That’s a Problem (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-08 | by Jon Small | tags: baby boomers, labor force participation, ceo succession

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Nuclear startup Bluecore Energy raises $50M seed round, just two months after launch (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-08 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get The Making of the Atomic Bomb Richard Rhodes → | tags: bluecore energy, kofi asante, small modular reactors

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Meet the CISO: A new front line star in the AI cybersecurity war (cnbc.com)

2026-09-05 | by Samantha Subin | get Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: openai, cybersecurity, ciso

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Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-02 | by Ram Iyer | get Jabra Evolve2 65 wireless headset → | tags: wonderful, insight partners, salesforce

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John Deere launched an AI chatbot for farmers (theverge.com)

2026-09-01 | by Stevie Bonifield | get John Deere Big Farm 8R tractor toy 1:16 → | tags: john deere, ai chatbot, farm data

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Ex-Meta scientists want to bring visual AI to the factory floor (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-26 | by Lucas Ropek | get Luxonis OAK-D Lite depth AI camera → | tags: meta, perceptron, isaac 0.5

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Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-24 | by Rebecca Bellan | get ELEGOO smart robot car kit → | tags: general intuition, valor equity partners, point72 ventures

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Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-19 | by Russell Brandom | tags: relativity networks, hollow-core fiber, hyperscaler

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AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: blacksmith, openai codex, peak xv partners

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Reservoir raises $8M to make water heaters that people — and the grid — will actually want (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-12 | by Tim De Chant | tags: reservoir, water heaters, asymmetric capital partners

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Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: russian drones, neptun deep, gerbera drones

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I Started My Career With a Borrowed Ladder. Here’s How That Shaped the Way I Evaluate My Business Partners. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | by Mike Feazel | tags: roofing, roof maxx, business partners

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The Saudi-led $55 billion takeover of EA has closed (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kris Holt | tags: saudi public investment fund, silver lake, affinity partners

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Dell founder shows how a $100 billion empire started 42 years ago — CEO says ‘This one page changed my life’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-01 | by Jowi Morales | tags: dell technologies, ibm pcs, university of texas

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Inforcer raises $50M to help prepare smaller businesses for a new world of AI and security risks (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: inforcer, microsoft 365, insight partners

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Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-28 | by Julie Bort | tags: spur intelligence, insight partners, chatgpt

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Investors Laying Groundwork to Profit Massively When Economy Collapses (futurism.com)

2026-07-24 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: s3 partners, short interest, sp500

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Oil spurs a sell-off, Trump's new tariffs, Intel earnings and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-07-24 | by Alex Harring | tags: oil, trump tariffs, intel earnings

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Short Sellers Are Going Hog Wild Against SpaceX as Its Stock Craters (futurism.com)

2026-07-22 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: spacex, elon musk, short sellers

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Passionfroot raises $15M to expand its B2B creator marketplace to the US (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-22 | by Ivan Mehta | tags: passionfroot, insight partners, b2b creators

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No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-17 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: axiom partners, techcrunch disrupt, seed funding