TechCrunch Startup News
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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Feb 16, 2024 • 5min
Celadyne coats membranes with nanoparticles to make hydrogen fuel cells more efficient
The material could drastically improve the durability of existing fuel cell designs while also improving the efficiency of hydrogen production by 15%-20%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 16, 2024 • 4min
.406 Ventures secures $265M for fifth fund
When looking at startups within healthcare, data and AI and cybersecurity, the firm considers a number of factors like the plan for infrastructure, especially now that AI is everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 15, 2024 • 4min
Spacegoods shakes up functional beverage industry with mushroom-based powders
The London-based wellness brand is tapping into functional mushrooms and nootropics to create a line of powder blends that it touts enhances energy, relaxation, mood and general well-being. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 15, 2024 • 3min
Travel startup Layla acquires AI itinerary building bot Roam Around
Travel startup Layla — backed by firstminute capital, M13, Booking.com co-founder Andy Phillips, Skyscanner co-founder Barry Smith, and Paris Hilton — said today that it has acquired AI-powered itinerary building bot Roam Around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 14, 2024 • 6min
Bob W, a European short-stay apartment rental marketplace, raises $43M
Bob W, a marketplace for premium short-term apartment rentals, has raised €40 million ($43 million) in a Series B round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 13, 2024 • 4min
Crux is building GenAI-powered business intelligence tools
GenAI might be one of the most exciting technologies today. But it’s also one of the fastest-moving — posing a challenge for enterprises keen to deploy it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 12, 2024 • 4min
Upstash’s serverless data platform hits ARR of $1M just two years after seed funding
Upstash announced a $1.9 million seed round almost exactly two years ago, and an idea for building a serverless data platform for data-intensive applications built with Redis and Kafka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 12, 2024 • 7min
Glass supercharges smartphone cameras with AI — minus the hallucinations
Your phone’s camera is as much software as it is hardware, and Glass is hoping to improve both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 10, 2024 • 2min
Podcasters can now upload their RSS feed to YouTube
Podcast creators can now submit their RSS feed to YouTube and YouTube Music, the company revealed in a video uploaded to its Creator Insider channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 9, 2024 • 7min
Attentive.ai snags $7M to boost automation in landscaping, construction services
Attentive.ai, a startup building vertical software for landscaping and construction services in the U.S., has raised $7 million in a new funding round as it looks to enhance its AI-led offerings and expand them to more businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
