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33Lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics confirms patients’ personal and health data was compromised during breach
Oura sues rival Ultrahuman again, threatening its U.S. smart ring comeback
Uber rival inDrive eyes 2027 robotaxi tests in Central Asia with Pony.ai and Nvidia
Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing
Mark Zuckerberg’s creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta
As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier
Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions
Arc browser sunsets December 22 as The Browser Company doubles down on Dia
The secret to fast startup growth isn’t early sales, top names in tech say
1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password
SignalCanva releases its first image generation model
OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up
Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says its AI outperforms doctors on hard cases as he chases ‘medical superintelligence’
Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots
SignalElon Musk made a $1B investment in Skydance, report says
Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements
Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work
Tesla is prepping a Cybercab onslaught
Spotify confirms Family Plan crackdown, but calls it a ‘routine improvement’
Investors break down how founders can raise a Series A today
SignalSpotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose
Developer platform Railway urges ‘all users’ to revoke secret keys after cyberattack
Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents
Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you
SignalTesla says it will start selling Cybercabs by end of year
Blackstone’s Jas Khaira says fears over AI-buildout debt are overblown
Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock
Airbnb limits chores for guests, sparking backlash from hosts
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know
Meta says Muse has over 10M users, with shopping a top activity
Tesla starts Optimus robot production in California as profit falls 43%
Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI
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5The New “Ask Your Developer” Is Ask Your Agent. And It’s The Marketing Battle You Have to Win Now
The Double Hockey Stick: Why 1% of Your Users Now Drive 75% of Your AI Costs, and What Figma, Clay, and Higgsfield Are Doing About It
20VC x SaaStr: $20M ARR and Unfundable, Anthropic’s $16.8B Quarter, and Modal at $15.75B
Getty Images Files for Chapter 11 at a ~$910M Run-Rate: 27% EBITDA Margins, 25% Fewer Subscribers, and $0 for Public Shareholders
Dear SaaStr: What is the Difference Between a Good Sales Exec and a Great One?
geekwire
8Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazon duo finds the right fit for indie artists with apparel marketplace
Fusion startup Helion lines up potential $175M CHIPS award to develop advanced semiconductors
Ex-Marine and Microsoft vets launch Watchtower Labs with $35M to bring AI to military logistics
SignalTech Moves: 2 Microsoft execs depart; Kymeta hires former CIA leader; Alaska Air names CITO
Microsoft taps Stripe co-founder John Collison for its board as two longtime directors depart
Endurance Energy hits a brief milestone in its quest for undersea geothermal power
Portal Space Systems reaches orbit for the second time this year with Starburst-1 launch
SignalUW protein institute led by Nobel winner unveils its first AI model co-developed with Nvidia
techstartups
155 Tips for Finding Your Best iGaming Payment Solution
Startup Funding News Today, October 23, 2026: Helion, Slingshot, Xona, Warhound, Tractian & More
SignalApple’s first foldable iPhone Duo hits stores at $2,000 as strong demand outstrips supply
SignalOpenAI nears $30 billion funding round at $1.25 trillion valuation ahead of IPO
SignalMave raises $34M to help enterprises detect and stop cyberattacks using AI agents
SignalTech News Today, October 22, 2026: Barclays, DeepSeek, IBM, Google, Meta, Nokia, Palantir, Tesla & More
Finbee Verslui secures €55M in funding from Pollen Street to expand small business lending in Lithuania
SignalGcore Makes Enterprise Security Bundle Free for Public Agencies Until End of the Year
Startup Funding News Today, October 22, 2026: Flapping Airplanes, Legora, Mach9, Peak Energy, Whop & More
SignalNvidia-backed Nebius secures $3.5 billion in Citi financing to expand AI data centers and GPU capacity
SignalDeepSeek raises $15 billion at $74 billion valuation, backed by Tencent, CATL, and Chinese tech giants
SignalGetty Images files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as debt mounts and AI-generated images disrupt stock photography
Arrakis Security Report Finds 76% of AI Agents Are Dormant but Keep Their Credentials and Connections
Tech News Today, October 21, 2026: Anthropic, eMudhra, OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, SpaceX & More
Otter.ai raises $320 million in non-equity financing from General Catalyst to take On Microsoft, Google, and Zoom in enterprise AI
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6Protecting Trade Secrets In The Age Of AI
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: Robot Training, Space Lasers And Greener Cement
Exclusive: Slingshot Raises $27M In Seed Funding To Build An Insurer For Those Small Policies Sold At Checkout
SignalThe AI IPO Wave Is The Dot-Com Bubble’s Evil Twin. Anthropic’s Delay Just Proved It.
SignalAcquirers Are Snapping Up Boom-Era Startups That Haven’t Raised Funding In Years
SignalYour Next Customer Might Be An Agent. Here’s How To Build Your Brand For Both Humans And AI.
devcuration
66Bison Ventures Closes $160M Fund 2 for Frontier Startups
SignalRivian Acquires Third Dimension AI for Driving Simulation
SignalEnact Intelligence Raises $30M for Force-Aware Robotics
SignalKevel Raises $52M to Scale Independent Commerce Media
SignalLegora Raises $550M Series E at $8.8B Valuation
SignalBOB Raises $5.5M Seed for Banking-Funded Finance AI
SignalCatalera Gets $98.4K for Canadian Seed-Treatment Trials
SignalToothpod Gets $17.8K for Oral-Care Customer Discovery
SignalMARC Raises $5M Seed for Real Estate Spend Intelligence
SignalFORT Robotics Secures $20M in New Funding Commitments
SignalFamiliar Therapeutics Raises $5M for Veterinary Medicines
SignalXona Raises $250M Series D to Deploy Pulsar Navigation
SignalCoast Raises $35M to Expand Finance for Field Businesses
SignalSlingshot Insurance Raises $27M for Embedded Insurance
SignalFirst Day Gets Paine Schwartz Backing for Family Wellness
SignalPennant Raises $5M Seed for Proxy Voting Intelligence
SignaliVerify Raises $17M to Expand Mobile Endpoint Security
SignalCoherence Neuro Raises $45M for Cancer Neurotechnology
SignalIDL Raises $15M Series A for Professional Dance League
SignalOptivolt Raises $32M Series A for Solar Power Electronics
SignalPascal Raises $8.5M to Bring Solid Cooling Into Pilots
SignalIntramotev Takes TugVolt to Columbia's COLT Railroad
Pluto Security Raises $34M Series A for AI Workspace Security
SignalCodeWall Raises $4M Pre-Seed for Autonomous Security
SignalInspired Capital Closes $450M Fourth Fund for Early Bets
SignalUltra Security Raises $10M Seed for AI Runtime Security
SignalDashFuel Gets Five Elms Backing for Fuel Distribution
SignalWhop Raises $200M Series D for AI Business Platform
SignalPitch Roast Live Returns to Caveat for Its December Dune Edition
NYC B2B Brings AI Founders and Investors Into One November Meetup
Pitch Roast Live Turns the November Founder Pitch Into a New York Comedy Test
Brderless Builds a New York Dinner for Founders Already Carrying the Next Stage
Entrepreneurs Roundtable 219 Brings Five Founders in Front of Contour Ventures
The Circle Opens a Morning Room for FinTech and FinOps Founders in New York
Make It in Brooklyn Opens Its Sustainable Materials Pitch Contest to the Next Commercial Experiment
Brderless and VHS Ventures Put Consumer Founders Around One New York Dinner Table
The Shortlist Brings Six Early-Stage Founders Into Its October New York Showcase
Enrich Brings OpenTable, Bleacher Report, Outdoorsy and Roadtrippers Lessons Into a San Francisco Leadership Room
Double Diamond Returns With Runway, Sandbar and Little Plains for an October Design Room
Private Funds CFO Brings the Operating Questions Behind Private Capital Into One New York Room
HBR Innovation Summit 2026 Tests What It Takes to Move an Idea Through an Institution
State of AI 2026 Opens Its New York Conversation With Nathan Benaich and Ara Kharazian
Bose Acquires Skullcandy After Sound by Bose Partnership
SignalHive Announces $27M Series B for Live-Event Marketing
SignalLongeye Raises $20M Series A for Investigative AI
SignalSinopia Biosciences Gets $2.5M NIH Grant for AI Model
SignalMojo Vision Gets $24.4M for Defense Micro-LED Development
SignalMach9 Raises $34M Series A for Civil Engineering AI CAD
SignalBlacksmith Raises $66M Series C to Expand Its CI Cloud
SignalCapitalOS Raises $21.9M Series A for Embedded Finance
SignalAzoma Raises $11.2M Series A for AI-Shopping Attribution
SignalGeneticure Gets $1M for Hypertension Treatment Selection
SignalVectorial Raises $3M Seed for Human Behavior Simulation
SignalDrove Aeropower Gets Afterburner and Rule 1 Ventures Backing
SignalLeena AI Gets IBM Ventures Backing for Back-Office AI
SignalDan-O’s Seasoning Gets $25M From The Newcastle Network
SignalPeak Energy Raises $108M for Sodium-Ion Grid Storage
SignalPigment Raises $250M Series E for Autonomous Planning
SignalMeta Ordered to Pay $25B in New Mexico Privacy Case
Otter.ai Secures $320M for Its Enterprise AI Expansion
SignalQualitate Company Spotlight: Inside AI Expert Research
Qualitate Raises $25M Series A for AI Primary Research
SignalASI Raises $325M Series C for Critical Infrastructure AI
SignalArda Industries Raises $160M Series A for Manufacturing AI
SignalElectric Plant Raises $11.2M Seed for Plant Intelligence
SignalMural Raises $15M Series A for Financial Infrastructure
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