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March 11, 2025

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow explains his troubled $30M personal loan, announces new ‘super app’

Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow defended the $30M personal loan he took out from his startup, while announcing Bolt's latest launch.

March 11, 2025

Mark Cuban says AI is ‘never the answer,’ it’s a ‘tool’

Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, tech investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban shared his thoughts on how AI technology can help small businesses outperform their competition. In short, he told the crowd that AI was not the answer, in and of itself, but is meant to serve as an aid that can help […]

March 11, 2025

The sibling founders of Stax Payments are back with a new fintech and a $20M seed raise

Worth, a company focused on helping fintechs, banks, and enterprises underwrite small and medium-sized businesses more easily, has raised $20 million in a seed funding round, the startup tells TechCrunch exclusively. It’s a large seed round, especially these days when capital is harder to come by. But the founders’ history may have something to do […]

March 11, 2025

Learn what VCs want to see from founders at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

It’s no secret that AI has eaten the lion’s share of funding over the past couple of years, with investments into the sector surging 62% to $110 billion in 2024 alone, while startup funding overall declined 12%. Startups may think that just adding “AI” to their company’s name might help them secure that funding. But […]

March 11, 2025

General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor

The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested various parts of its unique approach.

March 11, 2025

Zolve, a neobank for global citizens moving to the US, raises $51M and secures $200M debt

Zolve, a neobanking startup targeting global citizens seeking credit, has raised $251 million in a new round to expand into Canada and launch loans.

March 11, 2025

Some say passkeys are clunky — this startup wants to change that

Hawcx, backed by Engineering Capital, aims to solve passkeys' adoption challenge with its new tech.

March 11, 2025

Reshape Energy is using an acquisition playbook to drive energy upgrades for commercial real estate

Reshape Energy is betting on a more integrated approach to accelerate the decarbonization of the built environment. Founded in Munich, Germany back in May 2024, the startup is led by a team with expertise scaling energy businesses, including the German division of Octopus energy and energy price comparison platform Verivox. It’s focusing on selling energy […]

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Meet the new VC firm secretly backed by Volkswagen

A new venture firm called Leitmotif has been on a quiet blitz for the last 16 months, funding around 20 startups broadly focused on decarbonization. Its portfolio includes EV companies, space and battery plays, and four nuclear fusion startups. But the firm has only said its funding is from “European industrial interests.” Now, Leitmotif has […]

March 11, 2025

Radiology AI software provider Gleamer expands into MRI with two small acquisitions

Medical imaging is a broad term that encompasses several distinct technologies. After working on AI-powered tools to enhance X-rays and mammographies, French startup Gleamer now aims to tackle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Instead of starting from scratch, Gleamer has acquired two startups that have already been working on AI-powered MRI analysis: Pixyl and Caerus Medical. […]