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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Stephen_Ward_horiztonal.jpeg?resize=1200,1077″] Every time venture capitalists write a check, they’re secretly running numbers in their heads about different exit scenarios. It’s their job as fiduciaries. But nearly all will tell you (publicly, anyway) that every portfolio company is headed for an IPO. Stephen Ward, the co-founder of Brightmind Partners, a two-year-old cybersecurity fund in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Harbinger-Newsroom-Thumbnail-260610.jpeg?resize=1200,800″] Electric truck startup Harbinger has raised a $240 million Series D funding round as it expands its portfolio of products, including battery storage and defense applications. The funding comes almost one year to the day after the Los Angeles-based company announced a $160 million Series C, which included an initial truck order…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/wonder.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company after confidentially filing for an initial public offering (IPO). The company announced the filing on Thursday, marking a major milestone following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion. Wonder has yet to reveal how many shares it plans to make…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Axiom-Team-2.jpg?resize=1200,800″] It feels like AI is cracking a new math problem every week. Last month, OpenAI released 719 manuscriptsclaiming solutions to some of the field’s hardest problems. But even the computer checks meant to confirm those results can slip. After years of AI slop, it’s fair to wonder whether math is next. Axiom Math is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bluesky-GettyImages-2185144073.jpg?w=1024″] The blue wave swept Bluesky on Tuesday night as the microblogging platform recorded its highest daily number of posts, replies, and likes in 2026. “We’re seeing a wave of new people joining and old friends coming back,” Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider posted. According to Schneider, posts and likes doubled during the U.S.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Zipline-Package-Drop.jpg?resize=1200,675″] Zipline has raised $1.5 billion and ramped up its partnership with Walmart, a pair of deals that have raised the autonomous drone delivery and logistics startup’s profile and valuation. Zipline and Walmart reached a new multi-year agreement to add 300 drone delivery sites across the United States. The two companies have had…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/tiktok-shop-app.png?resize=1200,819″] TikTok has quietly launched a stand-alone TikTok Shop app in select markets as it continues to expand its e-commerce ambitions. The app will offer personalized product recommendations, the ability to shop through livestreams and short-form videos, app-exclusive deals, in-app checkout, order tracking, and customer support. The app, which was first spotted by…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/ElevenMusicxSoundcloud.jpg?resize=1200,675″] Audio AI company ElevenLabs on Thursday said users will be able to publish AI-generated music created using its ElevenMusic platform directly on SoundCloud. ElevenLabs is also offering SoundCloud Artist Pro users three months of ElevenMusic Pro, which lets you generate up to 1,000 songs, split songs’ stem files 500 times, and five…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Introducing-Edits-on-desktop_.png?resize=1200,726″] Instagram announced on Thursday that it’s bringing Edits, its short-form video editing app, to desktop on Mac. The desktop version is designed for more complex video-editing projects that benefit from a larger screen, mouse, and keyboard, the company says. The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance’s CapCut, the video-editing…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Aina-Ring-Hands.jpeg?resize=1200,805″] Hardware startup Aina released a smart ring today that features a screen, a joystick, and a mic so that you can talk to your agents and take notes. The $399 ring has a speaker so you can take calls using it as well. The startup, which raised $5.5 million in July, is…