Insurance technology company Guidewire announced Tuesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hyperexponential, an agentic underwriting insurance company, in a cash transaction valued at $1.7 billion. The strategic acquisition represents a major consolidation move within the insurtech sector, bringing together Guidewire’s established industry platform and Hyperexponential’s cutting-edge artificial intelligence underwriting capabilities. The […]
As the global artificial intelligence boom places unprecedented strain on computing capacity and hardware availability, chip giant Nvidia has thrown its weight behind Bengaluru-based startup Simplismart. The company has secured $14 million in a Series B funding round, betting heavily on software designed to help corporations run AI models more efficiently, sustainably, and, in many […]
The ecosystem of early-stage entrepreneurship is notoriously complex, requiring founders to navigate a labyrinth of fundraising hurdles, hiring strategies, legal frameworks, and leadership demands. To help upcoming companies tackle these foundational challenges head-on, the TechCrunch Founder Summit is returning as a full-day, highly immersive gathering designed to connect founders across all stages with top-tier venture […]
Fusion energy startup Helion has been awarded $175 million in federal funding to research, develop, and manufacture advanced semiconductors and power electronics destined for its commercial fusion power plants, the company announced on Thursday. The three-year award was granted by the Department of Commerce under the CHIPS Act, a bipartisan legislative framework designed to bolster […]
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 has officially drawn to a close, having spent three electrifying days showcasing the immense talent, cutting-edge ingenuity, and relentless drive of the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 cohort. Out of thousands of rigorous applications submitted from across the globe, the editorial and curation teams meticulously selected 200 of the most promising early-stage startups. […]
Startups in the modern technology ecosystem have arguably never faced greater or more relentless pressure to achieve rapid growth. In order to scale effectively and secure their financial futures, many of these young companies find themselves forced to target large enterprises—the deep-pocketed titans of the global IT world—as their primary customers. However, as any seasoned […]
Kevin Weil, a prominent technology executive and former science lead at OpenAI, has stepped into a new venture with the official launch of Warp Sciences, an ambitious artificial intelligence startup dedicated to revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry by automating laboratory work for drug discovery. The newly unveiled enterprise has already made a massive splash in the […]
The artificial intelligence boom has fundamentally rewritten the rules of startup velocity. Today’s newly minted enterprises can scale at a breathtaking pace, accumulating eye-popping annual recurring revenue (ARR) figures within months of inception, only to experience catastrophic crashes shortly thereafter. At this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference, industry leaders gathered to dissect this phenomenon. Luke Arno, […]
New York-based startup Daytona Platforms has officially secured its unicorn status, announcing on Friday that it has closed a massive $60 million Series B funding round at a $1 billion valuation. The latest financing, which brings the company’s total capital raised to $91 million since its founding three years ago, was led by FirstMark Growth. […]
Building an early-stage startup often means making high-stakes decisions long before all the answers are available. Founders constantly grapple with complex, existential questions: When is the right time to scale operations? How do you definitively know you have achieved true product-market fit? What does it actually take to land lucrative enterprise customers? How do you […]