Categoria: Startups

Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but has the science finally caught up? Private investment in fusion companies surged from $10 billion to $15 billion in just months, and the money is coming from places you wouldn’t expect.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan and guest host Tim De Chant sit down with Rachel Slaybaugh, general partner at DCVC, to break down why serious… Continua a leggere Fusion doesn’t have a normal startup timeline, and investors are fine with that

We wanted to show you what happens after the confetti falls. We checked in with some of our recent alumni, many of whom have sat down with us on Build Mode: The Founder Survival Guide, TechCrunch’s podcast for founders at every stage.

Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but has the science finally caught up? Private investment in fusion companies surged from $10 billion to $15 billion in just months, and the money is coming from places you wouldn’t expect.  Watch as Rebecca Bellan and guest host Tim De Chant sit down with Rachel Slaybaugh, general partner at DCVC on this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast. The trio breaks… Continua a leggere Fusion power may not be sci-fi. Just ask the people who sunk $5B into it.

Lucra offers corporate loyalty programs reimagined as interactive esports. But winning ARK as a lead wasn’t easy.

Mary Minno launches early-stage startup accelerator program, Treehub, and an early-stage firm, AI Health Fund, aimed at backing startups working at the intersection of healthcare and AI.

10x Science has raised a $4.8 million seed round to help pharmaceutical researchers understand complex molecules.

Latitude’s new AI-native platform, Voyage, aims to help gamers create their very own role-playing game.

Extra, from a team of former Pinterest designers and engineers, reimagines email around your life instead of the traditional inbox.

AI music startup GRAI says fans want to remix tracks, not generate songs from scratch.

The gap between AI insiders and everyone else is widening, and the spending, suspicion, and even new vocabulary are starting to show it. While OpenAI is busy buying up everything from finance apps to talk shows, a certain shoe company just rebranded as an AI infrastructure play, and Anthropic unveiled a model it says is too powerful to release publicly …but apparently not too… Continua a leggere Tokenmaxxing, OpenAI’s shopping spree, and the AI Anxiety Gap