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WhatsApp gets a new boss, as Will Cathcart moves to a new role at Meta, while Shah steps down as CEO of…
figure — robotics startup funding hit a record high in 2025, per Crunchbase data. And that trend is continuing in 2026 so…
TechCrunch AI — probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.
TechCrunch AI — pramaana will focus on highly sensitive verticals like law, drug discovery, and tax preparation — where errors can be…
The Decoder — jeff Bezos' AI startup Prometheus has closed a $12 billion funding round at a $41 billion valuation. The company…
Ars Technica AI — in November, Jeff Bezos announced that he would become co-CEO of a new startup called Prometheus. At the…
By Alexander Kardos-Nyheim I sold my AI research company while I was qualifying as a lawyer in the U.K. I built Safe…
Google — miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had…
fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
techCrunch spoke to investors to find the hottest startups in the Spring 2026 YC batch. Some of them commanded valuations of over…