Category AI Startups

Spotlight on emerging AI startups and their groundbreaking solutions.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Exhibit Tables Nearly Sold Out as September 18 Deadline Nears

Disrupt 2026 exhibit tables must be booked by Sept. 18. Here’s what startups get, who should exhibit, and how attendees can still save.

TechCrunch names five new VC judges for Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026, spotlighting the investors who will grill founders in San Francisco.

Hang Ten raised another $53 million to reach $85 million total, signaling strong demand for enterprise AI software modernization.

From Relay to OpenAI and Apple, the AI graveyard keeps growing as products shut down, stall or get absorbed into bigger platforms.

AI actor Tilly Norwood’s interview exposed evasive answers, loaded slogans and Hollywood’s growing alarm over synthetic performers.

Meta One expands Meta’s AI subscription push across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp with new consumer, creator and business plans.

Former TikTok staffers launched Superpose, an AI pose app that coaches portrait photos, has 22,000 downloads and $2.2M in funding.

Profound raised $180M at a $1.8B valuation as demand for AI search tools and answer engine optimization heats up.

Salesforce and Nvidia unveiled Koa, an enterprise AI reasoning model built for sales, support and lower-cost, secure workflows.

OpenAI acquisition of Glass Imaging reportedly tops $300 million, signaling a bigger push into camera tech and AI hardware.