Avaana Capital strengthens top deck with partner-level appointments
Avaana Capital’s Vikas Verma (left) and Shruti Srivastava Mumbai-based early-stage venture capital firm Avaana Capital has strengthened its…
Chubbies cofounder Kyle Hency is back—his new startup Good Day just raised a seed round
Kyle Hency started Chubbies in 2011 with three Stanford friends as a fun, weekend‑and‑beer‑vibe shorts brand. The irreverent…
Investors Put More Than $55 Billion Behind Space Startups Last Year
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the booming space industry, better space weather forecasts,…
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s AI startup Thinking Machines suffers wave of defections
Those keeping tabs on Silicon Valley’s AI talent wars were gripped this week by news that three members…
‘Raise Prices, Raise Prices, Raise Prices’
Marc Andreessen thinks things should cost more. Despite the fact that the US economy is stagnant, with unemployment…
25 is the new 30 when it comes to AI founders as Gen Z leads the way on billion-dollar unicorns
For the past decade, the archetypal founder was creeping up from someone in their 20s to someone a…
Crystal Ball: What 2026 holds for cybersecurity, healthcare, robotics, and more
As our Crystal Ball series continues, it’s time to drill down into specific sectors. Term Sheet readers, generally…
Elon Musk xAI raises $20 billion from Nvidia, Cisco, investors
Elon Musk attends the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 19, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters…
Equity’s 2026 Predictions: AI Agents, Blockbuster IPOs, and the Future of VC
TechCrunch’s Equity crew is bringing 2025 to a close and getting ahead on the year to come with our annual predictions episode!…
Collapse of eFishery haunts Indonesia’s startup scene
JAKARTAÂ (Bloomberg): Vincent Tjendra and Marcella Moniaga spent most of this year trying, and failing, to raise fresh capital…
Startup Stuffers and its pre-teen founders offer lessons in how to make the most of AI
I can probably guess the last piece of corporate swag you received: It was most likely a t-shirt,…
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In a typically candid assessment of the current artificial intelligence landscape, the outspoken CEO of $134 billion software…