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Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after scrapping their first product
Melius announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25 million in total funding. The round consists of a $20 million Series A…
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Meta wants to turn Muse into a moneymaker by selling AI services to businesses
Meta is launching the Meta Enterprise Platform, a new business unit dedicated to selling…
28 Sep 2026
Next five VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Five new venture capitalists have joined the judging panel for the Startup Battlefield at…
28 Sep 2026
The SaaSpocalypse that wasn’t, with Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes
Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO of Atlassian, says the feared SaaSpocalypse is not happening. The Australian…
28 Sep 2026
Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation
Instinct has raised $1 billion in a Series C round, pushing its valuation to…
28 Sep 2026
Insuretech Outmarket raises $34.5M just months after prior round
Vishal Sankhala left Ethos, a digital life insurance distributor, earlier this year after the…
28 Sep 2026
Your final chance to grab your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is Oct. 2
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 exhibit table bookings close at 11:59 p.m. PT on Friday, October…
28 Sep 2026
Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite
Boston-based voice intelligence startup Modulate has raised $25 million to expand its suite of…
28 Sep 2026
OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government
OpenAI has paused training for its most advanced artificial intelligence models after incidents of…
28 Sep 2026
Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump
Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, is scheduled to dine with President Donald Trump…
27 Sep 2026

