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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sushitech-3-hero.webp?resize=1200,835″] Every major tech conference has themes. Most are vague enough to mean everything and nothing at the same time. SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 is doing something different — four tightly defined technology domains, each backed by live demonstrations, dedicated exhibit floors, and sessions featuring the people actually building and funding these technologies…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2264522469.jpg?resize=1200,800″] As Apple races to stay competitive in AI while navigating tariffs and supply chain uncertainty, the company’s future is about to shift under new leadership. On Monday, Apple announced that John Ternus will take over as CEO later this year, succeeding Tim Cook. Cook transformed Apple into a $4 trillion global powerhouse,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/snabbit.jpg?resize=1200,679″] Snabbit, an Indian instant house-help startup, is close to raising fresh funding at a valuation of around $400 million in a round led by Susquehanna Venture Capital, TechCrunch has learned. The Bengaluru-based startup is in talks to raise around $50 million in the round, according to three people with knowledge of the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/pronto.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Pronto, an Indian instant house-help startup, is finalizing a funding round led by tech investor Lachy Groom that would value the fast-growing company at about $200 million after investment, TechCrunch has learned. The deal is expected to bring in about $20 million in fresh capital and would mark a sharp jump from…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GettyImages-524085750.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Silicon Valley tends to tolerate a certain amount of founder exaggeration when pitching investors, often dismissing it as part of selling a vision. But some choices cross the line and can lead to jail time for founders and scandal for their investors. A case in point is Joseph Sanberg, whose once high-flying…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2266940912.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Palantir has helped the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations office probe a variety of financial crimes in the U.S. for much of the last decade, The Intercept reported. The IRS has paid the firm $130 million since 2018 to use its data analysis software to pore over financial records for investigative purposes,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2157583770.jpg?resize=1200,833″] Cohere, the Canada-based enterprise AI unicorn, announced Friday that it would merge with the Germany-based enterprise AI companyAleph Alpha. The deal, which has yet to close, will value the newly formed company at $20 billion, the FT reported. Schwarz Group, one of Aleph Alpha’s top backers, will also invest $600 million in Cohere’s Series…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Nathaneo-Johnson-and-Sean-Hargrow.png?resize=1200,900″] Series, a social networking app, announced that it raised a $5.1 million pre-seed round, with investors including Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Pear VC, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and GPTZero founder Edward Tian. The company was founded early last year by Yale students Nathaneo Johnson and Sean Hargrow, both still seniors at the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GettyImages-1730510668.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Weiyao Wang spent eight years at Meta — his first job out of college — helping build multimodal perception systems and contributing to open-world segmentation projects, including SAM3D. His final day at Meta was last week, and he has since joined Thinking Machines Lab (TML). His move to TML comes as the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2272243688.jpeg?resize=1200,800″] X-energy’s stock popped today in its debut on the Nasdaq, opening at $30.11 before closing at $29.20, up 27% over its initial public offering of $23 per share. Investors can’t get enough nuclear power, apparently. Even the initial share price had been revised upward from the $16 to $19 target floated by…