Kevin Hart’s VC firm leads $35M Series B for weight-loss app Simple
Simple is an AI-powered health coaching app that helps people lose weight.
Startup founders say Trump’s $100K H-1B fee is a ‘talent tariff’ that will hurt innovation
The price hike for H1B visas could have detrimental impact on the startup industry, experts say.
Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries
Doorstep integrates into existing delivery apps and then, using phone sensors, tracks when a driver has entered a building, gone up an elevator, and made it to the desired doorstep.
AI company Superpanel raises $5.3M seed to automate legal intake
Superpanel announced Tuesday a seed $5.3 million raise in a round co-led by Outlander VC and Field Ventures.
a16z crypto-backed Shield raises $5M to help facilitate international business transactions in crypto
Crypto neo-bank Shield announced on Monday that it has raised a $5 million seed round led by Giant Ventures.
How Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni used Gen Z methods to raise $8M for Phia
Phia raises $8M seed round in deal led by Kleiner Perkins.
Tim Cook, Sam Altman, and more attend Trump’s UK state banquet
Top tech names were on the guest list for the banquet thrown for President Trump during his second state visit to the UK on Wednesday.
US House committee summons CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Reddit to testify on online radicalization
The House Oversight Committee has requested that the CEOs of Discord, gaming platform Steam, Twitch, and Reddit testify on October 8th about online radicalization.
Dawn Capital’s Shamillah Bankiya breaks down the state of the Euro venture market
Dawn Capital’s latest partner, Shamillah Bankiya, stopped by Equity this week to talk about the European landscape and the biggest misconceptions Americans have about the European startup world.
Vibe coding has turned senior devs into ‘AI babysitters,’ but they say it’s worth it
TechCrunch spoke to experienced coders about their time using AI-generated code about what they see as the future of vibe coding.