In just 4 months, AI medical scribe Abridge doubles valuation to $5.3B
Abridge nabbed $300 million Series E led by a16z, months after it closed its previous $250M fundraise.
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Perfect your pitch: Investors share what really makes founders stand out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
What makes a startup pitch stand out? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 in San Francisco, hear candid insights from Defy.vc’s Medha Agarwal, Harness CEO Jyoti Bansal, and January Ventures’ Jennifer Neundorfer.
Wispr Flow raises $30M from Menlo Ventures for its AI-powered dictation app
Startups developing voice AI technology and applications are having their moment. Model builders like ElevenLabs and Cartesia have raised millions of dollars in the last few months. Applications such as AI-powered notetaker Granola, and meeting…
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At TechCrunch All Stage, we’re proud to spotlight our partners — not only for their support, but also for the invaluable expertise they bring to the conversation. Their sessions deliver front-line insights into the startup…
How a data processing problem at Lyft became the basis for Eventual
Eventual’s data processing engine Daft was inspried by the founders’ experience working on Lyft’s autonomous vehicle project.
Databricks, Perplexity co-founder pledges $100M on new fund for AI researchers
Andy Konwinski is pledging $100 million of his own money for a new kind of institute to fund researchers. It’s already backed Ion Stoica’s new lab.
AllSpice’s platform is the GitHub for electrical engineering teams
AllSpice’s platform has landed customers including Blue Origin and Bose and just raised a $15 million Series A round.
Where top VCs are betting next: Index, Greylock, and Felicis share 2026 priorities at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Where are top VCs placing bets in 2026? Hear from Index Ventures’ Nina Achadjian, Greylock’s Jerry Chen, and Felicis’ Viviana Faga on the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 in San Francisco.
Japanese shipping firm NYK acquires Kadmos, a salary payment platform for seafarers
Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha is acquiring German salary payment platform for seafaring workers, Kadmos.
OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order
OpenAI appears to have pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io)…