January 23, 2026

How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CES: Now the startup is turning its attention to building the business, fundraising, and striking commercial deals. Read More

Only 1 week left (or until the first 500 passes are gone): The first TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket discount is ending : Register now to save up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass and get a second ticket at 50% off. This offer ends next week on January 30, or once the first 500 tickets are claimed — whichever comes first. Read More

Palmer Luckey says the coolest thing about Anduril expanding to Long Beach is the fighter jets: Anduril on Thursday announced its plans to expand its Southern California presence with a major campus in Long Beach, the town where founder Palmer Luckey grew up. Read More

Disrupt tickets are officially on sale at the lowest rates of the year. Lock in Super Early Bird pricing plus 50% off a second ticket of the same type, available to the first 500 registrants or until Jan 31. Join 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators for curated networking, hear from 250+ speakers across 200+ sessions, and demo innovations for 300+ startups Oct 13–15 in San Francisco.

OpenAI chief Sam Altman plans India visit as AI leaders converge in New Delhi: sources: Sam Altman is set for his first India visit in nearly a year. Read More

Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you: Blockit, an AI agent that communicates directly with other calendars, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Sequoia. Read More

Humans&, a 'human-centric' AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, Google alums, raised $480M seed round: Humans&, a startup that believes AI should empower people, not replace them, has reportedly raised a $480 million seed round at a $4.48 billion valuation. Read More

Quadric rides the shift from cloud AI to on-device inference — and it's paying off: Quadric aims to help companies and governments build programmable on-device AI chips that can run fast-changing models locally. Read More

BioticsAI, which won Disrupt's Battlefield competition in 2023, gains FDA approval for its AI-powered fetal ultrasound product : TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2023 winner BioticsAI announced on Monday that it has received FDA clearance for its AI software that helps detect fetal abnormalities in ultrasound images.  Read More

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is officially coming next summer. Formerly TC All Stage, our flagship founder conference unites 1,000+ founders and VCs for interactive roundtables, live Q&As, and deal-driving networking. Past speakers include Jon McNeill, Charles Hudson, and Cathy Gao. Join the waitlist for early access to low-rate tickets.

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AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post  : Their startup journey is a wild example of how if you build it well and the timing is lucky, they will definitely come. Read More