CPG startup Keychain snags $30M to build in India, grow in the US

Keychain doesn’t have a single customer in India — but the team helping it scale across North America and beyond is entirely based in Gurugram, a suburb of New Delhi.

Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell

Paradigm raised a $5 million seed round and is releasing it’s AI-powered spreadsheet to the general public.

Linktree goes dark in India — and the company isn’t sure why

Linktree is “investigating” an issue that has made its link-in-bio platform inaccessible in India for several days.

How to build a GTM strategy that actually drives results at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco this October 27–29, GTM pros Max Altschuler and Alison Wagonfeld take the Builders Stage to show founders how to build a go-to-market engine that doesn’t just support the product, but scales with it.

Perplexity’s bid for Google Chrome could be just the beginning

Perplexity, the AI search startup that hasn’t even cracked 100 million monthly users, ⁠just made a $34.5 billion cash offer⁠ to buy Chrome from Google. The unsolicited bid comes as the DOJ prepares its remedy decision after ⁠ruling Google illegally maintained a search monopoly⁠. The timing makes sense, but questions remain. Perplexity won’t name its… Continua a leggere Perplexity’s bid for Google Chrome could be just the beginning

Cohere hires long-time Meta research head Joelle Pineau as its chief AI officer

Cohere has hired Joelle Pineau, Meta’s former VP of AI research who previously oversaw the tech giant’s fundamental AI research (FAIR) lab. In her newly created Chief AI Officer role, Pineau will oversee AI strategy across Cohere’s research, product, and policy teams.

Inside the Box: Aaron Levie on reinvention at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Aaron Levie of Box joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in October.

Women are making real progress in venture capital, and the numbers prove it

A new report by the nonprofit All Raise found that the percentage of women and nonbinary individuals in partner roles at leading firms has doubled in the past few years, despite market headwinds. All Raise CEO Paige Hendrix Buckner chatted with TechCrunch’s Dominic-Madori Davis about what’s driving the shift on this week’s Equity.  “There are… Continua a leggere Women are making real progress in venture capital, and the numbers prove it

In a world of vibe coding startups, Uno Platform is targeting enterprise developers

And it’s finding customers and investors, including $2.54 million in seed funding.

Anduril opens solid rocket motor factory amidst ongoing chemical chokepoint

As more solid rocket motor suppliers are coming online, a supply chain chokepoint looms.