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…
Cursor CEO warns vibe coding builds ‘shaky foundations’ and eventually ‘things start to crumble’
Cursor may utilize AI to help programmers code, but just don’t call it vibe coding, CEO and cofounder…
CEO of a $134 billion software giant blasts companies with billions in funding but zero revenue: ‘That’s clearly a bubble, right… it’s, like, insane’
In a typically candid assessment of the current artificial intelligence landscape, the outspoken CEO of $134 billion software…
Eight Roads-backed PlasmaGen Bio snags funding, valuation nears $170 mn
Plasmagen Biosciences CEO Vivek Kamath PlasmaGen Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical company which counts investors such as Eight Roads Ventures…
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,…
EraDrive raises $5.3 million for software-hardware kits to enhance satellite autonomy
SAN FRANCISCO – EraDrive, a Stanford University spinoff developing software and hardware for satellite autonomy, raised $5.3 million…
OpenAI-backed biotech firm Chai Discovery raises $130M Series B at $1.3B valuation
Chai Discovery, a biotech startup with backing from OpenAI, announced a $130 million Series B round at a…
The market has ‘switched’ and founders have the power now, VCs say
The way venture capitalists think about fundraising can be a black box. But investors must think about their go-to-market strategy…
Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi says company will be worth $1 trillion by doing these three things
Ali Ghodsi, the CEO and cofounder of data intelligence company Databricks, is betting his privately held startup can…
Lin Health Raises $11 Million Series A to Fuel Growth of Virtual Chronic Pain Recovery Platform
Oversubscribed round demonstrates strong investor confidence in Lin Health’s neuroscience-based approach to chronic pain DENVER, Dec. 9, 2025…
Ray Dalio says Middle East becoming ‘Silicon Valley of capitalists’ — here’s why
Billionaire investor and Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio believes the Middle East is fast emerging as one of…