Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe
Apple revealed in a regulatory filing that it has reached an agreement to bring on team members and technology from personalized audio...
Startups
Dalton Caldwell’s Move to Partner Emeritus
After 12+ years, 25 batches, and working with more than a thousand startups, Dalton Caldwell is transitioning to Partner Emeritus at YC....
Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months
Arena, which originated in 2023 as a research project at UC Berkeley that crowdsourced rankings of AI models, has raised a $200...
Why Moroccan Startups Are Attracting Global Investors
International venture capital funds and pan-African investment syndicates are deploying capital into Morocco's dynamic technology ecosystem at record speed.
Ankit Gupta Joins YC as General Partner, Bringing Deep ML Expertise
We’re thrilled to announce that Ankit Gupta is joining YC as our newest General Partner. Ankit has already worked with dozens of...
Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after scrapping their first product
Melius, an AI platform for generating ad campaigns, images, and videos, announced on Tuesday that it raised a total of $25 million...
Meet YC’s Newest Visiting Partners
I’m excited to announce that nine exceptional founders are joining us as Visiting Partners at YC: Matt Riley, Harshita Arora, Grey Baker,...
TechCrunch Mobility: Reining in robotaxis
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing...
BillionToOne Goes Public — The Startup That Made Genetic Testing Universal
Today, BillionToOne goes public, becoming YC’s fourth publicly traded biotech company. More importantly, they have built one of the most important genetic...
Disrupt 2026 Layoff Expo+ Passes available for $75
If you’ve been laid off, you can get a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Expo+ Pass for just $75. The offer is limited to...