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Startups
Spotify billionaire’s body scan startup has come to America
Farooq Abbasi, an investor in Neko Health, talked to Equity about the hot health tech company and what’s next for it.
Circuit Breaker Labs hopes to make AI safer for your kids (and you)
With all the talk about how AI might one day ill us all, it’s easy to forget that AI has already harmed some people, psychologically. Circuit Breaker Labs has created “crash test dummies” to solve…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Blackstone’s Jas Khaira on building the next generation of AI giants
Blackstone’s Jas Khaira will take the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on building next-gen AI. Register for your pass and get 50% off a second.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Clay’s Kareem Amin on the rise of the GTM engineer
Clay Co-founder and CEO Kareem Amin joins the AI Stage to discuss the rise of GTM engineer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register for your ticket and get a second pass at 50% off.
Less than 24 hours to apply for a Side Event at Founder Summit 2026
The clock is almost out. You have less than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026. Applications close tonight at midnight PT. Connect with the Boston startup…
Last 24 hours: Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and reach 10,000+ tech leaders
Today is the very last day to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. On October 13–15, 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders will arrive at San Francisco’s Moscone West looking for companies,…
Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation
Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of Mandiant, has a new startup that is using agent swarms to test and protect enterprises.
Photon held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents.
The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It’s a bet that consumers will increasingly use agents instead of downloading apps.
Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation
Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member.