Livestream app Favorited, a new TikTok alternative, gets backing from a16z

This month, drama unfolded across mainstream social media platforms like TikTok, which briefly went dark in…

Anthropic reportedly secures an additional $1B from Google

Anthropic has reportedly raised around $1 billion from Google as the AI company looks to deliver…

Doti gives enterprises a flexible AI-powered search experience to unlock their data silos

As enterprises look at how they can best leverage AI to increase their employees’ productivity, search…

Trump targets EV charging funding programs Tesla benefits from

President Donald Trump is trying to halt the flow of funding for EV charging infrastructure from…

Funding to fintechs continues to decline, but at a slower pace

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech!  This week, we’re looking at just how much fintech startups raised in…

Trump Criticizes Taiwan Over Chip Industry as TSMC Confident in U.S. Funding

President-elect Donald Trump has accused Taiwan of “stealing” the U.S. chip industry, raising questions about the…

AI benchmarking organization criticized for waiting to disclose funding from OpenAI

An organization developing math benchmarks for AI didn’t disclose that it had received funding from OpenAI…

Local roads branded ‘national embarrassment’ as new funding model demanded

A report from the House of Commons public accounts committee (PAC) today calls out the Department…

A rising EV startup star snags $100M and Tesla’s win-lose federal funding moment

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future…

WHO appeals for $1.5 billion for emergencies with US funding in question By Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization launched its annual appeal for funding to respond to health…

Government funding to help businesses discover AI value

The government has announced £7m of funding for 120 artificial intelligence (AI) projects to help…

With $30 million in new funding, SEEQC thinks chips are key to building useful quantum computing

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have said that “very useful quantum computers” are probably still 20…

Venture funding remains stable in France thanks to AI startups

Alex Dewez, a partner at 20VC, just released its highly anticipated State of the French tech…

LemFi moves remittances further into Asia and Europe with $53M in new funding

For many emerging market economies, remittances have become a lifeline. Inflows surpassed $669 billion in 2023,…

Biden admin snubs Tesla’s $100 million big-rig charging funding request — again

The Department of Transportation announced Friday another $636 million in funding that will be awarded to…

Overhaul raises another $55M to help companies like Dyson and Microsoft fight supply chain theft

Businesses dependent on the physical supply chain — the network of facilities and transportation systems used…

Gumloop, founded in a bedroom in Vancouver, lets users automate tasks with drag-and-drop modules

Developers Max Brodeur-Urbas and Rahul Behal think that AI has the potential to automate lots of…

Annington Funding sets redemption price for 2025 notes By Investing.com

LONDON – Annington Funding PLC, incorporated in England and Wales, has announced the optional redemption amount…

Siren secures strategic funding for its socks that detect diabetic foot ulcers

After studying burn victims and war veterans, entrepreneur Ran Ma hand-made a sock that contained sensors…

Silicon Valley is so dominant again, its startups devoured over half of all global VC funding in 2024

For all the chatter about the decline of San Francisco, data repeatedly shows that the Bay…

Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise $2B at $60B valuation, led by Lightspeed

OpenAI rival Anthropic is in talks to raise $2 billion in new capital in a funding…

HR software startup OnPay was inspired by the founder’s family payroll business

In 2007, Jesse Burgess joined his family’s payroll business. He quickly noticed that the business’ six…