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Toyota’s Woven City is open for business and looking for startups
Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed Monday at CES 2025 his vision for a living laboratory…
Trucks VC launches $70M fund to find the next great batch of transportation startups
Trucks Venture Capital co-founder Reilly Brennan has spent more than a decade looking for — and…
Disney to merge Hulu Live TV with Fubo in groundbreaking deal
In a surprising deal announced on Monday, Disney is set to combine its Hulu Live TV…
Inside the wild fall and last-minute revival of Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that imploded over the holidays
Friday, December 27, was supposed to be the start of a relaxing holiday weekend. But it…
Generative AI funding reached new heights in 2024
If there was any doubt, the generative AI bubble didn’t burst in 2024. Investments in generative…
Hydrogen tax credit rules give startups clarity while boosting nuclear and carbon capture
Hydrogen startups are widely seen as a promising way to eliminate fossil fuels from heavy industry…
Peter Thiel-backed venture debt firm Tacora raises $268.7M for new fund
Tacora Capital, a Texas firm that specializes in venture debt, has raised $268.7 million for its…
New Year’s cybersecurity resolutions that every startup should keep
As regular readers of TechCrunch will know, 2024 was — much like the years before it…
From AI agents to enterprise budgets, 20 VCs share their predictions on enterprise tech in 2025
While AI is lauded by some as the biggest technological breakthrough since the industrial revolution, enterprises…
Energy Revolution Ventures’ $18M fund lays a bet on ‘new chemistry’ startups in energy and hydrogen
What happens when a chemical engineer, who’s previously built a hydrogen-powered drone, becomes a venture capitalist?…
Indian startups raised 32% fewer rounds in 2024 as VCs got selective
Indian startups raised 32% fewer funding rounds in 2024 compared to last year, per new numbers…
Menlo Ventures and Anthropic have picked the first 18 startups for their $100M fund
Just five months after announcing a new $100 million fund called Anthology Fund, Menlo Ventures and…
AI boom masks fundraising struggles for non-AI startups
Earlier this year, IVP general partner Tom Loverro, proclaimed that the post-pandemic downturn is over, and…
Hexa, the startup studio behind Aircall and Swan, unveils its next batch of startups
Hexa, a Paris-based startup studio that has launched dozens of B2B software companies, is sharing a…
The 51 most disruptive startups of 2024
All year long, TechCrunch covers startups, everything from unicorns to tiny seed-stage launches. We are, in…
Shark Tank judge says you don’t need money or connections to get rich: ‘The top 1,000 richest people are self-made’
John, whose net worth is estimated at $350 million, thinks you don’t need privilege to make…