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Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’
The seed round for the app that provides real-time legal and policy guidance to officers was led by SignalFire and Las Olas VC.
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Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt
The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.
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Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M
The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.
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Meeting note-taker Circleback adds a free tier to attract more customers
Circleback is also introducing new pricing plans starting from $14 per month.
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Liux’s Big microcar bets on sustainability to take on Chinese rivals
The Liux Big microcar is made in Spain. The startup thinks it can compete in a crowded market with its tiny electric car built around sustainability.
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As electric two-wheelers gain a foothold, Belgian startup Any bets on cargo space
Launched by Belgian startup Any, LUV1 is a modular electric motorcycle with 120 liters of cargo space that can be used to carry bags, work equipment, or even pets.
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Hoomanely’s building a smart feeding bowl and an AI platform to help owners spot when their pup is sick
Hoomanely has developed a smart bowl to measure and record dogs' feeding data, then tells owners if behaviors change.
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This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and construction work.
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Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350M at a $2.5B valuation
The startup is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of hype (and money) while also spurring privacy concerns.
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Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web
Flipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.
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Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents
Particle’s new podcast intelligence platform transcribes and analyzes more than 130,000 podcasts, making their conversations searchable on the web and accessible to AI agents through an API and MCP.
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Hearing tech startup Legato emerges from stealth with $12M and a peek at its AI hearing glasses
The glasses, called Legato Frames, integrate the company’s patented hearing-assistance technology into the arms of eyewear frames.
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Runable hits $21M to bet AI agents can go from building businesses to growing them
Runable says 60% to 70% of its 1 trillion-plus token usage in the last 90 days came from paying customers.
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Your vote matters! Decide which Audience Choice sessions will make it to TechCrunch Founder Summit
Each year, we get a huge influx of applicants to speak at TechCrunch’s events, and this year’s Founder Summit in Boston on November 4 will be no different!
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Tonight marks your last chance to save up to $300 on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass
If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!
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Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal
The funding, Gatik's largest so far, was led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies.
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Accel-backed Keenable is indexing the web for AI agents
Now exiting stealth mode with a $26 million seed round, Keenable has been building a vast web search index for AI agents.
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Andy Dunn’s startup Pie becomes less of an events app and more of a social network
The social app founded by Bonobos co-founder Andy Dunn is expanding beyond events with new digital homes for groups to connect, organize, and make plans.
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Fitbit founders launch Luffu Link, an LTE health and safety band
Luffu Link combines all-day health sensing, voice logging, location awareness, and the ability to get help from trusted contacts into a single device, all without needing a phone nearby.
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India’s Airbound bags $37M to take on trucks with rocket-like drones
Airbound's ultra-lightweight approach to drone delivery has attracted backing from Greenoaks, DoorDash, and Silicon Valley investor Lachy Groom.
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Showcase your startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and book an exhibit table while there’s still space
Make the most of Disrupt's crowds of potential investors and partners by exhibiting your startup from October 13-15.
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Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Replit CEO Amjad Masad will share his perspective on the future of programming and Replit's role in developing it.
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Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Apply before September 4 to be a part of the TechCrunch Disrupt community by hosting your own Side Event.
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US nutrition startup Berry Street merges with India’s Healthify as GLP-1 trends upwards
Berry Street founder Noah Kotlove and Healthify founder Tushar Vashisht will act as co-CEOs of the new entity.
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