Published on: 2025-06-06 09:05:00
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week brought more than just Nvidia’s earnings reports; startups and VCs also had some news — quieter perhaps, but still worth paying attention to, especially where AI is involved. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Cheng Xin / Contributor / Getty Images AI once again drove a large share of overall startup acti
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The Innovation of the Year celebrates the boldest and most visionary startups exhibiting at VivaTech 2025. Open to all exhibiting startups, the award honors those pushing boundaries and redefining industries. Startups were scored on Innovation & Creativity, Market Disruption, and Scalability. From hundreds of applicants, 30 made the short list. The top five will pitch live at VivaTech on June 11, and the winner will be revealed at the VivaTech Global Awards Ceremony on June 12. The prize? A pit
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At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, the spotlight is on the future of artificial intelligence and the startups shaping it. This high-energy event brings together founders, investors, and technologists to explore how AI is transforming industries — from the pitch deck to full-scale deployment. We’re proud to spotlight our partners — not just for their support, but also for the expertise they bring to the stage. Their sessions offer a front-row view into the latest developments in AI and are a must-atten
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust The big picture: Traditionally, VCs have poured money into early-stage startups, betting on unproven technology and the promise of disruption. But a new strategy has been seen taking hold recently, one that blends the playbooks of venture capital and private equity: acquiring established businesses and supercharging them with artificial intelligence. This approach is gaining momentum among top firm
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 20:58:44
Venture capitalists have always focused on investing in companies that leverage technology to either disrupt established industries or create entirely new business categories. But some VCs are starting to flip the script on their investing styles. Rather than funding startups, they are acquiring mature businesses — such as call centers, accounting firms, and other professional service firms —and optimizing them with artificial intelligence to serve more customers through automation. This strat
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Venture capitalists have always focused on investing in companies that leverage technology to either disrupt established industries or create entirely new business categories. But some VCs are starting to flip the script on their investing styles. Rather than funding startups, they are acquiring mature businesses –such as call centers, accounting firms, and other professional service firms—and optimizing them with artificial intelligence to serve more customers through automation. This strateg
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-18 05:15:00
In the startup world, access to cutting-edge tools isn’t the biggest obstacle — it’s knowing how to wield them with precision. At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, taking place on June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, we’re digging into the frameworks and decisions that determine whether an AI startup can scale — or stall. We’re excited to welcome one of the most tactical voices in that conversation: Iliana Quinonez, Director of North America Startups Customer Engineering at Google Cloud. Impactful c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 08:10:06
We’re excited to announce the Llama Startup Program , a new initiative to empower early-stage startups to innovate and build generative AI applications with Llama . Members of the Llama Startup Program will receive resources and support from Llama experts along their journey, including help getting started with Llama and resources necessary to succeed and thrive in a competitive and fast-moving landscape. Early-stage startups are agile and creative, making them uniquely positioned to accelerate
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-26 09:00:00
With the current economic uncertainties and geopolitical challenges, securing funding for startups in Asia has recently become more difficult. Venture capital firms have also been impacted by the downturn, leading to a decrease in the number of funds being closed. The VC market is “going through [one of its] cyclical winters marked by high interest rates, tightened liquidity, and cautious LP sentiment,” Akio Tanaka, a co-founder of and partner at Headline Asia, a Tokyo- and Taipei-based VC firm
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Fabled startup investor and accelerator Y Combinator has some choice words for Google in an amicus brief it just submitted in the U.S.’s monopoly case against the search giant. In the brief, YC charged that Google is a “monopolist” that has “stunted” the U.S. startup ecosystem by making VC firms like itself hesitate to fund web search and AI startups in what it calls a “kill zone” around Google. “Google has chilled independent firms like YC from funding and accelerating innovative startups tha
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 09:00:00
On Monday, Google announced the launch of its AI Futures Fund, a new initiative that seeks to invest in startups that are building with the latest AI tools from Google DeepMind, the company’s AI R&D lab. The fund will back startups from seed to late stage and will offer varying degrees of support, including allowing founders to have early access to Google AI models from DeepMind, the ability to work with Google experts from DeepMind and Google Labs, and Google Cloud credits. Some startups will
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Mercury co-founder and CEO Immad Akhund today announced the launch of a $26 million fund to back early-stage startups, a move that formalizes his extensive history of angel investing. Axios first reported in February. Akhund has been an active angel investor since 2016, backing over 350 startups at their earliest stages. His portfolio includes companies such as Airtable, Applied Intuition, Decagon, Gecko Robotics, Linear and Substack, among others. “I love supporting entrepreneurs – whether it
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TechCrunch All Stage is just around the corner — and you get to help shape the agenda. From a competitive pool of applicants, two of the six visionary finalists are one step away from leading a roundtable session on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston. Your vote determines who makes it. Audience Choice voting closes May 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Choose wisely — you only get one shot. While you’re at it, grab your ticket now to save up to $210 and lock in your spot for the winning sessions—some
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The hub of AI innovation is here — don’t miss out on the last 7 days of Early Bird ticket savings! AI is reshaping the world, and TechCrunch Sessions: AI is where you’ll witness the future unfold. Join 1,000+ founders, investors, researchers, and innovators on June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall for a full day of cutting-edge insights, networking, and discovery. Last chance to save before May 4 at 11:59 p.m. PT Save up to $210 on your single pass. on your single pass. Buy one Early Bird p
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Techstars, a nearly 20-year-old startup accelerator, announced new terms for startups that enter its three-month program. The organization will now invest $220,000, which is $100,000 more than it offered previously, in companies starting with its fall 2025 batch. The capital will be divided into two components. The group is offering companies $20,000 in exchange for 5% ownership in the business. Startups will also receive $200,000 in the form of an uncapped SAFE note with a “most favored nation
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For startups around the world, the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield program offers unmatched exposure, credibility, and connections to scale their businesses. TechCrunch has long been committed to spotlighting companies solving real-world problems in scalable and sustainable ways — making it a powerful launchpad for startups both in and outside the U.S. Several Latin American startups have thrived in this environment. Tackling critical challenges in their regions with bold, innovative solutions,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-15 09:33:28
Geoff Ralston, well-known in the startup community for his years at Y Combinator, is back in the formal investing ring, he announced Thursday. His new fund is called Safe Artificial Intelligence Fund, or SAIF, which is both an explanation of its thesis and a play on words. Ralston is specifically looking for startups that “enhance AI safety, security, and responsible deployment,” as his fund’s website describes. He plans to write $100,000 checks as a safe, “pun intended,” he says, with a $10 m
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Startups attracted $91.5 billion in venture capital funding in Q1, according to the latest report from data provider PitchBook. This figure not only exceeds the previous quarter’s allocation by 18.5% but also represents the second-highest quarterly investment in the last decade. Despite this seemingly positive news, Kyle Stanford, lead U.S. venture capital analyst at PitchBook, appears to be the most bearish about VC dealmaking since he started covering this market 11 years ago. The source of
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Google held its Google Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas this week, where it announced dozens of new features like its next generation AI processing chip, called Ironwood, and its latest AI model Gemini 2.5 Flash. It also announced a long list of AI startups that have signed to use its cloud. Among them are some of the most watched startups in the world. As we previously reported, this list includes Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the startup founded by OpenAI co-founder and former chief scienti
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-25 13:58:19
A VIX volatility index chart on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Federal Reserve officials held their benchmark interest rate steady for a second straight meeting, though they telegraphed expectations for slower economic growth and higher inflation. Photographer: Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Already under pressure amid last week's multitrillion-dollar stock market rout, the venture capital industry now faces an even tough
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-27 17:00:00
As the job market continues to get more competitive, it’s taking months for new grads to land employment, with many settling for roles that don’t align with their goals. To address this problem, Drafted, a new startup emerging from stealth, has built a jobs platform for students and early-career professionals, a subset of people who Drafted thinks is ignored by services like LinkedIn, Handshake, and Indeed. Drafted uses AI and video resumes to match candidates with jobs, going beyond the typica
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It’s been a couple of years since our last topic-focused, one-day event — but with AI transforming the tech landscape, we couldn’t miss the chance to gather 1,200 founders, CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors, and anyone shaping the future of AI for a deep dive into what’s next. On June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley, TechCrunch Sessions: AI lands right at the intersection of startups and the rapidly evolving AI boom. If you’re building in tech and want to get smart on where the industry stand
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Amazon started the Alexa Fund in 2015 to back early-stage voice startups. With the advent of large language models and Amazon launching Gen AI-powered Alexa+ along with a family of multimodal AI models, the fund now wants to broaden its scope and invest more in AI startups. In a blog post Amazon shared with TechCrunch ahead of publication, Alexa Fund leader Paul Bernard explained that the company now wants to invest in areas including AI-enabled hardware and smart agents. “While the Alexa Fund
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As the year of the AI agent takes shape, a new trend is emerging: startups offering the picks and shovels that help employers build a workforce of bots. Manny Medina, best known as the founder and former CEO of the $4.4 billion valued sales automation company Outreach, just launched one such startup called Paid, he told TechCrunch exclusively. Paid doesn’t make AI agents. It offers a platform that makes sure they get paid, profitably. Paid announced Monday that it raised €10 million (about $
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1. Access to mentorship and expertise One of the most valuable aspects of health tech accelerator programs is the access they provide to experienced mentors and industry experts. Health tech startups often face unique challenges, such as navigating complex health-care regulations, developing scalable technologies, and understanding the intricacies of health systems. Having mentors who have firsthand experience in these areas can provide critical guidance. These mentors often include clinicians
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One of Silicon Valley’s most storied startup accelerators, Y Combinator, held its Winter 2025 Demo Day on Wednesday, showcasing what its latest batch of 160 startups are cooking up. Some of Silicon Valley’s most successful startups – including Stripe, AirBnB, and Reddit – started out in a YC batch. Today, YC’s newer startups are focused on building the next big thing in AI. In this batch, we noticed a surprising number of startups creating tools to enhance other companies’ AI agents. Rather tha
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Silicon Valley has been captivated by the prospect of AI, not only as a productivity enhancer but also as a catalyst for creating successful companies with much leaner teams than in the past. Stories abound of AI startups quickly reaching tens of millions in revenue with headcount as low as 20 people. With less overhead, some startups may be inspired to take less venture capital funding, especially at the earliest stages. Terrence Rohan, an investor with Otherwise Fund who’s been investing in
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Silicon Valley has been captivated by the prospect of AI, not only as a productivity enhancer but also as a catalyst for creating successful companies with much leaner teams than in the past. Stories abound of AI startups quickly reaching tens of millions in revenue with headcount as low as 20 people. With less overhead, some startups may be inspired to take less venture capital funding, especially at the earliest stages. Terrence Rohan, an investor with Otherwise Fund who’s been investing in
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African venture capital firm Equator has raised $55 million for its first fund, which will back climate tech startups through one of the most difficult and often overlooked phases in their journey: the early stage. Climate tech startups in African countries have to navigate a tougher funding landscape than their counterparts in more developed economies, where governments often subsidize companies working on greener technologies. They have to instead rely heavily on development finance instituti
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