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TechCrunch Startup News
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Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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Robotaxis drive miles just to get cleaned and charged; Aseon Labs wants to fix that; plus, General Intuition bets that video games can train AI agents for the real world
2d ago00:16:12Tap to summarizeAseon Labs, which came out of Y Combinator's 2026 spring cohort, has raised $10 million from Crane Venture Partners and others. Also, General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale AI trained on millions of hours of gameplay, betting action data can help AI develop something closer to human intuition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Slate Auto’s radically simple electric truck starts at $24,950; also, Valor Equity Partners looks to raise a $2.5B Fund VII
3d ago00:06:06Tap to summarizeThe Jeff Bezos-backed startup finally revealed more pricing details for its debut EV, including a $29,950 starting price for the SUV variant, and boosted the base range to 205 miles. Plus, new details have emerged about Valor's latest fund, which last year announced it was raising an unspecified amount of capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates
4d ago00:05:34Tap to summarizeFika Jobs announced on Tuesday a $4 million pre-seed round, which will be used to continue developing the platform, grow the team, and prepare for a wider launch later this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Seedcamp raises $320M for its new fund to expand its US footprint
5d ago00:03:47Tap to summarizeAfter 18 years of focusing on Europe, early-stage investor Seedcamp said that it has raised $320 million for its latest fund which will see it expanding its presence in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots.
6d ago00:05:17Tap to summarizeFrench serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names; plus, General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation
1w ago00:05:09Tap to summarizeWorld models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch. Also, General Intuition is in talks to raise around $300 million at a roughly $2 billion valuation from backers including Jeff Bezos. The startup trains AI agents on spatial-temporal reasoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants
1w ago00:04:57Tap to summarizeCritical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Startup Foundation Alloy developed a new alloying technique; plus, Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI
2w ago00:08:13Tap to summarizeInstead of heating metals, Foundation Alloy beats them into submission. The startup has raised $22 million to scale up production of its alloys. Also, the company Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world; plus, Theker building a factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything
2w ago00:06:54Tap to summarizeThe new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion. Also, unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker's machines are built to be reconfigured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcribe →Endurance Energy raises $54M to harness a massive untapped energy source; Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their businessplus,
2w ago00:12:11Tap to summarizeSpaceX alumni Andrew Redd is betting the ocean has vast amounts of untapped geothermal energy. Also, the funding round was led by Norwest, with participation from S Capital VC, Cerca Partners, and Oceans Ventures. Snowflake Ventures also participated as a strategic investor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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