Category AI Startups

Spotlight on emerging AI startups and their groundbreaking solutions.

Satlyt raises $8M to turn satellites into shared AI computers in orbit

Orbital AI startup Satlyt has raised $8M to run models on satellites, cut downlink costs and power shared compute in space.

AI startup Flow Engineering raised $50 million at a $750 million valuation to bring AI agents into hardware design.

OpenAI’s new decision models API mirrors a startup’s fast classifier and could reshape AI agent security, routing and cost.

ElevenLabs valuation jumps to $22B after a $300M employee tender offer, highlighting booming demand for voice AI and talent retention.

OpenAI and Meta are betting on AI hardware with cute agents, hoping software-first products can succeed where past devices failed.

Instinct’s AI product recommendations are drawing backlash as users say the assistant feels more like ads than help.

Instagram’s AI creative assistant in Edits uses account data to coach creators on what to post, why it worked and how to improve.

Startups have three days left to book Disrupt 2026 expo space and reach 10,000+ attendees at TechCrunch’s San Francisco conference.

Restate raised $20M to scale durable infrastructure for AI agents and enterprise workflows as demand for reliable execution surges.

Wabi is shifting to an AI messenger that can build apps on demand, aiming to compete in the fast-growing agent era.