Startups Coverage

With just five days remaining before ticket prices increase on September 25, the countdown to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 intensifies as leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Replit prepare to converge on San Francisco. Over 10,000 founders, investors, and enterprise operators will assemble at Moscone West to evaluate the next wave of disruptive technologies and early-stage innovators.

Founded by alumni from Scale AI and UC Berkeley, Corridor is leveraging artificial intelligence and human advisors to streamline health benefits administration for small and medium-sized businesses. The startup announced a $25 million seed injection on Monday to capture a traditionally underserved commercial segment.

As tech leaders converge on San Francisco's Moscone West for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, an elite panel of top-tier venture capitalists has been unveiled to judge the high-stakes Startup Battlefield 200 competition. Five prominent investors from ODDBIRD VC, ICONIQ Growth, General Catalyst, IVP, and Eclipse Ventures will evaluate early-stage founders competing for the prestigious $100,000 prize.

With ticket prices set to increase following the September 25 deadline, leaders across the global tech ecosystem are scrambling to secure early-bird savings for the upcoming San Francisco summit. The high-profile conference will feature heavyweights like OpenAI and Anthropic across six dedicated industry stages.

Truecaller says the one-way sharing requirement would hand a commercially valuable proprietary asset to telecom operators.

Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is today, September 18. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders on October 13 - 15.

Anthropic is initially releasing these features to Pro and Max plan subscribers.

The four-year agreement will cover rice farms across three Indian states, reaching about 100,000 hectares at peak delivery.

As The Seattle Times and Newsday join the legal fray against OpenAI and Microsoft, the collision course between generative AI developers and traditional media enters a critical new phase, threatening to reshape licensing economics and technological development across the US.

As smartphone fatigue and 'snooze culture' sap billions in global productivity, a new application called Clucky is deploying aggressive rural audio cues and cognitive friction to reform how the workforce starts its day. Industry analysts are watching closely to see if gamified behavioral psychology can solve the century-old crisis of morning inertia.

Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.

OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.

The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.

Early-stage venture deals in California and New York show massive investor appetite for vertical AI agents that replace legacy enterprise software.