Category AI Startups

Spotlight on emerging AI startups and their groundbreaking solutions.

Meta Pushes Muse AI Into Small Businesses With New App Integrations

Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse for small businesses with Shopify, Slack, QuickBooks, and more integrations.

Marissa Mayer’s photo-based AI assistant Dazzle uses camera rolls for personal recommendations, privacy-first context and smarter suggestions.

Anthropic IPO filing reveals huge losses, explosive growth and warning that its AI could pose existential risks to humanity.

Peak XV lifted its Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M and unveiled 18 startups spanning AI, robotics, health, fintech and space.

Modal Labs is nearing a $750 million AI inference round at a $15.75 billion valuation, reflecting booming demand for compute infrastructure.

Meta launches an enterprise AI platform and hires MongoDB’s CJ Desai to lead it, signaling a major push into business software.

DetectifAI is building deepfake voice detection that runs on phones to stop scams before they happen, after its founder’s grandfather was fooled.

Anthropic, Gamma and Clay will discuss enterprise AI deployment at Disrupt 2026, focusing on what happens after the demo.

TechCrunch added five more judges to Startup Battlefield ahead of Disrupt 2026, where 200 startups will compete for a $100,000 prize.

Outmarket raised $34.5M to expand its insurance automation software, just four months after its last round, as AI demand accelerates.