Inside Benchmark: How Venture Capital’s Most Unconventional Firm is Navigating the AI Funding Frenzy
The players sometimes change, but the core ethos remains remarkably rigid at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital firms. Three years ago, a conversation with four of…
Inside Benchmark: How Venture Capital’s Most Countercultural Firm is Navigating the AI Funding Frenzy
The players sometimes change, but the playbook remains remarkably defiant. When TechCrunch sat down with four of Benchmark’s general partners three years ago, three of those individuals have since moved…
USDA Finalizes New Rules Effectively Ending Solar Funding Under Rural Energy Program
WASHINGTON — Following a prolonged series of regulatory stops and starts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has officially implemented sweeping changes to a long-standing federal initiative designed to help farmers…
Victor Wembanyama Speaks Out in Support of Young French Protesters Fighting for Education Funding
San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama has never been shy about sharing his views on social issues away from the basketball court. The 22-year-old phenom has consistently used his massive…
Mecka AI Secures $60 Million Series B Funding Led by Sequoia to Fuel Humanoid Robot Training Data
The race to teach robots how to seamlessly navigate and interact with the physical world has achieved a major financial milestone. Mecka AI, an innovative startup specializing in the collection…
AI Startup Photon Raises $4.5M Seed Funding After Holding a Literal Funeral for Mobile Apps
The artificial intelligence startup Photon is so thoroughly convinced that autonomous agents will eventually render traditional mobile applications obsolete that it recently decided to throw a funeral for the latter.…
AI Startup EliseAI Secures $350 Million in Funding at a $4 Billion Valuation to Expand Housing and Healthcare Operations
In a monumental development for the enterprise artificial intelligence sector, EliseAI announced on Tuesday that it has successfully raised $350 million in a new funding round. The massive capital injection…
Modal Labs Nears $750 Million Funding Round at $15.75 Billion Valuation Amid Soaring AI Inference Demand
AI inference infrastructure provider Modal Labs is rapidly closing in on a massive $750 million funding round led by Accel. According to a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations,…
Brightline Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Vows Normal Operations as High-Speed Rail Funding Debate Intensifies
The first and most important thing that Brightline wants the traveling public to know about its recent financial restructuring is that the trains will continue to run without interruption. "Business…
The Climate Reserve: How Laid-Off Federal Scientists Are Fighting Back Against Funding Cuts
Last year was a deeply challenging period for anyone who studies climate change for a living, marking a dramatic and unsettling pivot in the American scientific landscape. The United States,…