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Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank

AIMPWAJuly 3, 2025

It’s an open secret in the fintech world that the founder and CEO of startup Increase, Darragh Buckley, has been trying for years to “buy a bank,” as one person familiar with the landscape told TechCrunch. A couple of weeks ago, he basically succeeded. He bought a big enough stake in Twin City Bank to...

Wonder Dynamics co-founder Nikola Todorovic joins Disrupt 2025

AIMPWAJuly 3, 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is back at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27–29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders to dig into what’s next in tech. And when it comes to artificial intelligence, the conversations aren’t just technical — they’re creative, cinematic, and boundary-pushing. That’s why Nikola Todorovic is headed to the AI...

Why Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay for content

AIMPWAJuly 3, 2025

Cloudflare wants AI companies to pay up. The cloud infrastructure provider, which powers around 20% of the web, is launching a new experiment that would let publishers charge AI firms every time their bots scrape a site. It’s called Pay per Crawl, and it could reshape how content is accessed and monetized online. Today on...

Kristen Craft brings fresh fundraising strategy to TC All Stage

AIMPWAJuly 3, 2025

Raising in 2025 doesn’t look anything like it did in 2021 — and that’s exactly the point. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Kristen Craft, head of Business Development at Fidelity Private Shares, will lead a roundtable session titled “It’s Not 2021 Anymore. Navigating the 2025 VC Landscape,” happening...

Pinwheel introduces a smartwatch for kids that includes an AI chatbot

AIMPWAJuly 3, 2025

As a parent, it can be daunting to hand over a smart device to their tween when a myriad of online dangers exist. Pinwheel, a kid-friendly tech company, is introducing a new solution for parents who want to stay connected with their children without giving them a phone. The Pinwheel Watch is a recently launched...

Castelion raises $350M Series B to scale hypersonic missile business

AIMPWAJuly 3, 2025

Hypersonic weapons startup Castelion has raised a $350 million Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital, according to sources and documents viewed by TechCrunch. The round, which values the company in the billions, is anticipated to close in a matter of weeks. The new round comes on the heels of $100 million...

Learn how to tighten up your cap table at TC All Stage 2025

AIMPWAJuly 3, 2025

Fundraising is already hard — don’t let a messy cap table make it harder. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15, founders will get a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to keep a raise on track during the roundtable session “Preparing to Raise: Cap Table Best Practices to Help You Close Fast.” Hosted...

Writer CEO May Habib to take the AI stage at Disrupt 2025

AIMPWAJuly 3, 2025

AI agents are reshaping how work gets done across industries, and at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, one of the leading voices in that transformation is stepping onto the AI Stage. May Habib, CEO and co-founder of Writer, will join us in San Francisco, October 27-29, for a fireside chat that dives deep into how enterprises are...

Israeli quantum startup Qedma just raised $26 million, with IBM joining in

AIMPWAJuly 3, 2025

Despite their imposing presence, quantum computers are delicate beasts, and their errors are among the main bottlenecks that the quantum computing community is actively working to address. Failing this, promising applications in finance, drug discovery, and materials science may never become real. That’s the reason why Google touted the error correction capacities of its latest...

Wonder Dynamics co-founder Nikola Todorovic joins Disrupt 2025

AIMPWAJuly 2, 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is back at Moscone West in San Francisco this October 27–29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders to dig into what’s next in tech. And when it comes to artificial intelligence, the conversations aren’t just technical — they’re creative, cinematic, and boundary-pushing. That’s why Nikola Todorovic is headed to the AI...

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Learn how to raise a seed round from top VCs at Disrupt 2025

AIMPWAAugust 6, 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 returns to Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27-29, bringing together more than 10,000 startup and VC leaders for an inside look at where innovation is headed. Among the must-attend sessions is a candid panel on the Builders Stage about one of the most high-stakes moments in any founder’s journey: raising...

Figma’s IPO success is ‘a little bit of a meme stock,’ says Sapphire Ventures’ Jai Das

AIMPWAAugust 6, 2025

Figma managed something rare in today’s market: it survived a failed Adobe acquisition, stayed independent, and went public on its own terms. But its post-IPO performance tells a more complex story about startup exits in 2025. “This is a little bit of a meme stock,” said Jai Das, president and partner at Sapphire Ventures, on...

Payment platform Lava raises $5.8M to build digital wallets for the ‘agent-native economy’

AIMPWAAugust 6, 2025

A new startup, Lava Payments, aims to take on payment giants by building a solution for the modern web where AI agents now handle transactions for their customers. The idea came to founder Mitchell Jones after he left his earlier Y Combinator-backed fintech startup, Lendtable, as he began to experiment with AI. He saw the...

Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web

AIMPWAAugust 6, 2025

Companies across many industries are implementing AI agents for internal use, automating a wide range of tasks. In the financial sector, AI agents are critical for fraud detection. They can analyze vast amounts of transaction data in real time. Meanwhile, sales organizations are using AI agents to gather data on potential customers. These AI sales...

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Final call: Disrupt 2025 ticket savings end tonight

AIMPWAAugust 6, 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 marks 20 years of shaping the startup world — and tonight’s your last chance to save up to $675 on your ticket. From October 27–29, Disrupt returns to Moscone West in San Francisco. Join 10,000+ tech innovators, founders, VCs, and ecosystem builders for three days of high-impact programming, networking, and startup energy....

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Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank

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Pinwheel introduces a smartwatch for kids that includes an AI chatbot

Castelion raises $350M Series B to scale hypersonic missile business

Learn how to tighten up your cap table at TC All Stage 2025

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Learn how to raise a seed round from top VCs at Disrupt 2025

Figma’s IPO success is ‘a little bit of a meme stock,’ says Sapphire Ventures’ Jai Das

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