Solid, which claimed to be the ‘AWS of fintech,’ files for bankruptcy after raising nearly $81M in funding

Banking-as-a-service startup Solid (formerly called Wise) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to documents…

Artisan, the ‘stop hiring humans’ AI agent startup, raises $25M — and is still hiring humans 

It’s been a tough but exciting year for 23-year-old Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, founder and CEO of AI…

Tired of doing laundry? These startups want to help.

Doing laundry can be a chore. It takes time and is tedious. Few of us like…

Tessell snags $60M to drive data management at scale

Tessell, a startup developing a multi-cloud database-as-a-service, has raised $60 million in a new funding round…

Inside the EV startup secretly backed by Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is funding a secretive EV startup based in Michigan called Slate Auto that could…

Los Angeles-based Rain raised a $75M Series B in another good sign for fintech

Rain, a startup offering employer-integrated earned wage access (EWA) app coupled with financial-wellness features like overdraft…

XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power

Plenty of materials — from sulfur and sodium to manganese and organic molecules — have tried…

Nikola founder Trevor Milton wants to buy the bankrupt startup’s assets

Nikola founder Trevor Milton, who was recently pardoned after being convicted of securities fraud, is trying…

Someone hacked ransomware gang Everest’s leak site

A leak site used by the Everest ransomware gang was hacked and defaced this weekend, TechCrunch…

CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE UNVEILS AN EXCITING 'INNOVATION ITINERARY' OF NEW SHIPS, FLEET ENHANCEMENTS, DEPLOYMENT PLANS AND EXCLUSIVE DESTINATIONS

CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE UNVEILS AN EXCITING 'INNOVATION ITINERARY' OF NEW SHIPS, FLEET ENHANCEMENTS, DEPLOYMENT PLANS AND…

Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures is raising $100M for a new fund

Ballistic Ventures, the VC firm co-founded by Ted Schlein (known for his years at Kleiner Perkins),…

Thatch raises $40M to give employees more control of their health care choices

Thatch, a startup that aims to transform the health insurance experience for employers and employees alike,…

Redwood Materials preps for expansion spree with new R&D center in San Francisco

Redwood Materials has been on an expansion tear in recent years — growth that has extended…

Khosla’s Keith Rabois leads $11.5M Series A for startup Roam, calls it ‘the future of the housing market’

During the COVID-19 pandemic, mortgage interest rates dropped to historic lows — as low as 2.5%.…

Actively AI raises $22.5M to offer sales ‘superintelligence,’ says AI SDRs failed

AI sales rep startups are a very crowded market these days. If you’re driving into San…

Fourier is making hydrogen electrolyzers inspired by data centers

Despite being the most abundant element in the universe, making cheap, clean hydrogen here on Earth…

Who are climate conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate

Sometimes, surprises are lurking in everyday data. Take a category of consumers that Doug Rubin’s startup,…

API testing firm APIsec exposed customer data during security lapse

API testing firm APIsec has confirmed it secured an exposed internal database containing customer data, which…

Temporal lands $146 million at a flat valuation, eyes agentic AI expansion

Seattle-based Temporal has made its name over the last several years in the world of microservices…

Somalia offers US exclusive control of air bases, ports

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YC-backed Taxo raised $5M to slash healthcare admin with its AI ‘reasoning engine’

When British doctor Ahmed Kerwan began working as a physician, the paperwork burden shocked him. On…

YC alum Mendel, a ‘Ramp for LatAm enterprises,’ raises $35M Series B

Mexico City-based Mendel has raised $35 million in a Series B round of funding, it tells…