Numeral raises $35M to automate sales tax with AI
The two-year-old sales tax startup Numeral is now valued at $350 million.
From scrappy challenger to IPO: Chris Britt brings Chime’s playbook to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Chris Britt brings Chime’s playbook to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in October. Whether you’re building in fintech or another fast-moving sector, this is a rare opportunity to hear firsthand how to scale with resilience, discipline, and…
Building the future of Open AI with Thomas Wolf at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf joins Disrupt 2025 to share how open science and moonshot projects are shaping the future of AI. October 27–29, Moscone West, San Francisco.
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.
Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq raises even more than expected, hits $6.9B valuation
The fresh raise comes in above the rumored numbers when word leaked in July that it was raising.
Irregular raises $80 million to secure frontier AI models
Irregular, the AI security startup, now has a valuation of $450 million, a source close to the deal told TechCrunch.
Kleiner Perkins-backed voice AI startup Keplar aims to replace traditional market research
The two-year-old startup raised a $3.2 million seed round led by Kleiner Perkins.
From Startup Battlefield to the Disrupt Stage: Discord founder Jason Citron returns to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
From Startup Battlefield in 2013 to the Disrupt Stage in 2018: Discord founder Jason Citron returns to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco on October 27-29. Register here to join.
Lovable co-founder and CEO Anton Osika on building one of the fastest-growing startups in history at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Lovable has quickly become one of the most talked-about startups of the year, breaking records and making headlines as one of the fastest-growing software companies in history. Co-founder and CEO Anton Osika will take the…
Jack Altman raised a new $275M early-stage fund in a mere week
Altman’s first fund, raised in early 2024, was $150 million. So this is a big step up, too.