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The applications are in. The TechCrunch Startup Battlefield team made their decisions. Eight Australian startups have earned their spot on the Startup Battlefield stage at Stripe Tour Sydney on August … Read More
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders , and of them, the top 20 compete on … Read More
Kodiak AI will deliver 75 self-driving trucks to freight company DTL Transport starting in 2028. It’s the company’s first binding commercial deal for driverless big rigs that will run on … Read More
A slew of AI-powered gadgets on the market aims to integrate artificial intelligence into our daily lives like never before. Some of these AI wearables — including necklaces, rings, and … Read More
By VCShot Brand Stories | Senior Editor There is a distinction in the vocabulary of autonomous systems that is rarely made explicit. It is the difference between the entity and … Read More
Although it’s only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation , the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers … Read More
Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots, announced it has raised a $60 million Series B round … Read More
By VCShot Brand Stories | Senior Editor There is a distinction in the vocabulary of embodied intelligence that is rarely made explicit. It is the difference between the unit and … Read More
AI may be built in software, but scaling it is becoming a physical-world problem. Every new model, agent, and AI application needs somewhere to run, and an infrastructure connecting them … Read More
Vesta , an AI-native software startup that helps lenders originate mortgages, announced on Thursday that it raised a $30 million round led by Conversion Capital. The startup uses AI agents … Read More
By VCShot Brand Stories | Senior Editor There is a moment in the evolution of any technology when the old vocabulary stops working—not because the words are wrong, but because … Read More
Chinese AI lab Manus’ parent company, Butterfly Effect, said on Thursday in a WeChat post that it has raised more than $500 million, the company’s first funding round since Meta … Read More
