Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
The goalposts have moved, the stakes are higher, and investors seem pickier than ever as the AI boom reshapes the industry.
TechCrunch’s Equity crew is bringing 2025 to a close and getting ahead on the year to come with our annual predictions episode! Hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan were joined by Build Mode host Isabelle Johannessen to dissect the year’s biggest tech developments, from mega AI funding rounds that defied expectations to the rise of “physical AI,” and make… Continua a leggere Equity’s 2026 Predictions: AI Agents, Blockbuster IPOs, and the Future of VC
There’s plenty of hype around AI and robots in healthcare, but the problem that’s actually costing hospitals money right now is operating room coordination. Two to four hours of OR time is lost every single day, not because of the surgeries themselves, but because of everything in between, from manual scheduling and coordination chaos to… Continua a leggere Why the operating room is ripe for AI, according to Akara
The hardware world had a brutal week, with iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filing for bankruptcy. Each company faces its own mix of tariff pressures, supply chain issues, and shifting markets, but together they tell a larger story about the challenges of building physical products in an era of global trade tensions and… Continua a leggere Hardware’s brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt
Called the Unicorn Growth Fund, the investment vehicle is a collaboration between Krafton and South Korean internet conglomerate Naver and investor Mirae Asset. It aims to deploy around $669.3 million over four years.
The hardware world had a brutal week, with iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filing for bankruptcy. Each company faces its own mix of tariff pressures, supply chain issues, and shifting markets, but together they tell a larger story about the challenges of building physical products in an era of global trade tensions and cheap overseas competition. From… Continua a leggere From Roombas to e-bikes, why are hardware startups going bankrupt?
Founders Gabriel Sanchez (Enspectra Health) and Tom Harries (Earth Funeral) share what it takes to build in heavily regulated industries where “move fast and break things” simply won’t work. In this episode of Build Mode, they reveal the realities of navigating FDA approval processes, state-by-state regulations, and cultural taboos while building products that are literally… Continua a leggere Making life (and death) better despite regulatory barriers
Lovable has seen its valuation more than triple just five months after the company’s last funding round in July.
Jiten Behl, partner at Eclipse Ventures and former chief growth officer at Rivian, thinks we’re entering an era of major re-industrialization in the U.S. — one where factories run on AI-powered robots, not cheap overseas labor. Behl, who helped scale Rivian from a conference room idea in 2015 to a publicly traded EV maker, is… Continua a leggere Former Rivian exec says ‘Every car company will become a robotics company’
