VC predicts the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’
Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of…
How AI is reshaping work and who gets to do it, according to Mercor’s CEO
Three-year-old startup Mercor has become a $10 billion middleman in AI’s data gold rush. The company connects AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic…
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!…
Breaking down the boom in the Nordic’s startup ecosystem
The always-a-good-time Slush conference took place last week in Helsinki and, as always, it was a showcase of…
From Air Force officer to space defense CEO: Why Even Rogers left to build weapons for orbit
Even Rogers spent a decade as an Air Force weapons officer watching China and Russia build space weapons while…
Startups should rethink how they pursue sales and traction, according to VC Tim Chen
After a small startup exit and being turned down by every VC firm he applied to, Tim Chen…
From SB 243 to ChatGPT: Why it’s ‘not cool’ to be cautious about AI
Silicon Valley’s rule? It’s not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like…
What’s behind the massive AI data center headlines?
Silicon Valley flooded the news this week with headlines about wild AI infrastructure investments. Nvidia said it would…