Startups

NEA’s Tiffany Luck On How Startup Founders Can Build Moats In Vertical AI

As a partner at New Enterprise Associates, Tiffany Luck invests in the AI application layer and B2B SaaS. She began on the consumer side at early-stage companies including Lot18 and pioneered the early push of CPG e-commerce at Amazon long before the Whole Foods acquisition. After a pivot into tech M&A at Morgan Stanley and […]

NEA’s Tiffany Luck On How Startup Founders Can Build Moats In Vertical AI Read More »

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Autonomy And Biotech Top The Ranks

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Autonomy And Biotech Top The Ranks Read More »

Why AI agents need interaction infrastructure

To stop automation waste, enterprises must deploy interaction infrastructure that physically governs how independent AI agents operate. AI agents now populate corporate networks, reasoning through tasks and executing decisions with increasing autonomy. Yet, when these independent actors attempt to coordinate work, exchange context, or operate across varied cloud environments, the interaction framework degrades quickly. Human

Why AI agents need interaction infrastructure Read More »

The IPO Pipeline Finally Gets Interesting

Any startup CEO can talk about future plans for going public. But until a company actually files for an IPO, it’s all just speculation. We’re not talking about confidential filings either. Sure, they signal serious intent and contain valuable information for regulators. But for the rest of us, it’s the public S-1 filing that signifies

The IPO Pipeline Finally Gets Interesting Read More »

ET Most Innovative AI Product Awards 2026: Powering India’s AI startups from innovation to scalable impact

As India’s AI ecosystem shifts from experimentation to execution, startups face the challenge of proving credibility in a crowded market. The ET Most Innovative AI Product Awards 2026 provides validation, visibility, and ecosystem access, helping startups build trust, strengthen positioning, and accelerate their journey from innovation to scalable impact.

ET Most Innovative AI Product Awards 2026: Powering India’s AI startups from innovation to scalable impact Read More »

The billion-dollar startup with a different idea for AI

A billion dollars in startup funding for a company that employs 12 people is an indication that investors still have faith in AI. But the founder of the startup in question – AMI Labs’ Yann LeCun – believes that the breed of technology we currently term AI (large language models) is not the way through

The billion-dollar startup with a different idea for AI Read More »

Exclusive: Cloneable Raises $4.6M To ‘Clone’ Expert Worker Knowledge With Agentic AI For Utilities And Infrastructure

Cloneable, a startup that uses AI to shadow human experts in heavy industries such as energy and replicate their specialized workflows into autonomous agents, has raised $4.6 million in seed funding, the company tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Congruent Ventures led the raise, which included participation from First In, Overline, Bull City Venture Partners, and St.

Exclusive: Cloneable Raises $4.6M To ‘Clone’ Expert Worker Knowledge With Agentic AI For Utilities And Infrastructure Read More »

Sector Snapshot: EV Funding On Track For Modest Gains 

Currently, electric cars 1 represent about 1 in 4 global vehicle purchases. Depending on how you look at it, that’s either a compelling growth story or a disappointing share relative to potential. On the positive side, EVs are gaining ground. In 2025, sales increased by more than 20% year on year, rising to 21 million units,

Sector Snapshot: EV Funding On Track For Modest Gains  Read More »