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Learn how AI is forcing startups to rewire GTM at Disrupt 2025

AIMPWAJuly 22, 2025

AI isn’t just disrupting products — it’s upending how companies sell, scale, and succeed. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 in San Francisco, we’re diving deep into how late-stage startups are navigating this shift. Catch this dynamic panel on the Going Public Stage, where three seasoned leaders will explore how AI is transforming go-to-market...

National security meets next-gen tech at Disrupt 2025 AI Defense panel

AIMPWAJuly 22, 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is where breakthrough ideas meet the real-world challenges that define the future — and with over 10,000 startup and VC leaders converging, there’s no better place to have the hard conversations. One of the most urgent? How artificial intelligence is reshaping national defense, security, and critical infrastructure in real time. Enter AI...

Robot guard dogs help Asylon raise a $26M Series B

AIMPWAJuly 22, 2025

Philadelphia-based robotics company Asylon announced Tuesday that it raised a $26 million Series B led by Insight Partners, with participation from Veteran Ventures Capital, Allegion Ventures, and the GoPA Fund. Asylon began as a drone company for securing facilities. It’s best known for a drone that has a robotic arm that can change its own...

This startup thinks email could be the key to usable AI agents

AIMPWAJuly 22, 2025

AI companies are pushing agents as the next Great Workplace Disruptor, but experts say they’re still not ready for prime time. AI agents often struggle to make decisions by themselves, hallucinate frequently, can’t cooperate with other agents, fail at confidentiality awareness, and integrate poorly with existing systems. Industry pioneers like Andrej Karpathy and Ali Ghodsi...

Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive

AIMPWAJuly 22, 2025

Programmable optics startup Lumotive has added a few more strategic backers to its recent Series B round. Redmond, Washington-based Lumotive reopened its recent Series B funding round to bring in Amazon, through its Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, and ITHCA Group, the technology investment arm of Oman’s sovereign wealth fund, as investors. These fresh funds bring...

Figma’s Dylan Field will cash out about $60M in IPO, with Index, Kleiner, Greylock, Sequoia all selling, too

AIMPWAJuly 21, 2025

When Figma announced its initial hoped-for price range on Monday ($25-$28), it also revealed an unusual decision for its highly anticipated IPO. It will allow existing shareholders to sell more shares than the company plans to sell, by a high ratio. The company plans to offer about 12.5 million shares. Yet existing shareholders will be...

Figma looks to raise nearly $1 billion as it kicks off its IPO roadshow

AIMPWAJuly 21, 2025

Enterprise design startup Figma has entered the next step of its IPO journey. Figma announced Monday it is kicking off its IPO roadshow. The company plans to offer more than 36 million shares of class A stock that are expected to be priced between $25 and $28 a share. This offering includes a mix of...

Anduril alums raise $24M Series A to bring military logistics out of the Excel spreadsheet era

AIMPWAJuly 21, 2025

Silicon Valley is doubling down on defense as geopolitical tensions rise and appetite for modernizing warfare grows. And while many of the startups garnering large valuations are focused on hardware and weaponry – think Anduril, Shield AI, Skydio – Rune Technologies wants to tackle AI-enabled software for military logistics. “The U.S. military runs on Excel...

Don’t miss your chance to exhibit at Disrupt 2025

AIMPWAJuly 21, 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is just around the corner, and with more than 10,000 startup and VC leaders heading to Moscone West in San Francisco this October 27 to 29, the Expo Hall is where connections get made and business gets done. If you’ve been thinking about showcasing your company, consider this your nudge — exhibitor...

Charles Hudson and Navin Chaddha join the Builders Stage at Disrupt 2025

AIMPWAJuly 21, 2025

More than 10,000 founders, investors, and tech insiders will convene at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27-29 for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — one of the year’s most anticipated tech conferences. Of the 250+ tech leaders taking the stage, don’t miss this standout panel on the Builders Stage featuring two of the most respected...

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Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny

AIMPWAAugust 2, 2025

A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission. In a Friday afternoon post on X, Khan linked to an article about Figma’s impressive first day of trading and argued the IPO is “a great reminder that letting startups grow into independently successful businesses, rather than be...

Anthropic cuts off OpenAI’s access to its Claude models

AIMPWAAugust 2, 2025

Anthropic has revoked OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models, according to a report in Wired. Sources told Wired that OpenAI was connecting Claude to internal tools that allowed the company to compare Claude’s performance to its own models in categories like coding, writing, and safety. TechCrunch has reached out to Anthropic and...

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Ethan Thornton of Mach Industries takes the AI stage at Disrupt 2025

AIMPWAAugust 1, 2025

Autonomous weapons, decentralized strategy, and startup speed — this isn’t the future of defense, it’s the now. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Ethan Thornton, CEO and founder of Mach Industries, steps onto the AI Stage to talk about how next-gen defense is being built from the ground up with AI at its core. Inside the AI...

From Meta’s massive offers to Anthropic’s massive valuation, does AI have a ceiling?

AIMPWAAugust 1, 2025

Meta is still going all-in on the AI talent war, with Mark Zuckerberg reportedly reaching out to top recruits himself, throwing around jaw-dropping compensation packages that top $1 billion over multiple years. And Meta’s latest target? Mira Murati’s new startup, Thinking Machines Lab. It’s a bold play in an already overheated market. While Zuck eyes...

Google bets on STAN, an Indian social gaming platform

AIMPWAAugust 1, 2025

Google has backed STAN, an Indian social gaming platform that connects gamers with creators, communities, and publishers. Google’s investment comes as part of an $8.5 million equity funding round, which also saw investment from Japanese gaming giants Bandai Namco Entertainment, Square Enix, and Reazon Holdings. Aptos Labs and King River Capital, as well as existing...

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Figma looks to raise nearly $1 billion as it kicks off its IPO roadshow

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