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A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI
UP.Labs, now doing business under the name Vantora, is building startups for industrial corporations.
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UP.Labs, now doing business under the name Vantora, is building startups for industrial corporations.
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TechCrunch hosts a podcast on Automattic's internal conflict and Anthropic's safety proposals. The episode covers Matt Mullenweg's recent ouster and potential industry self-regulation.
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Nvidia leaders Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes will lead a session on open versus proprietary AI models. The event takes place at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco.
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Abhishek Fatehpuria will present on winning the modern financial consumer. He discusses how technology and changing expectations reshape financial services.
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Table reservations end at 11:59 p.m. PT on September 18, 2026. The Expo Hall opens October 13 in San Francisco for three days.
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PrismML launched Bonsai 2, a 5.9 GB model based on Qwen3.8. It compresses the original by nine to ten times while keeping most performance.
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Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is September 18. Two days left. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders on October 13–15.
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Three leaders discussed how startups use AI agents alongside human employees. They met on the Builders Stage to talk about building teams for the AI era.
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Nvidia Inception's Les Karpas discusses why robotics lacks the breakthrough of ChatGPT. He explains data gaps and upcoming sessions on the Real World AI Stage.
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Registration for exhibit tables closes on September 18 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The event runs from October 13 to 15 in San Francisco.
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Hang Ten Systems raised $53 million in its second seed round. Total funding for the startup now reaches $85 million.
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From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.
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Profound has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C.
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Learn how to scale your startup from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
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Last day to exhibit at Disrupt is Sept 18. 4 days left. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators and tech leaders October 13–15.
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Their startup, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) has raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from First Harmonic.
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Founders must consider how their AI products maintain value amidst rapid advancements from platform models like OpenAI and Anthropic. The session explores strategies for building defensible AI companies beyond simply competing with model capabilities.
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Superhuman is acquiring Fathom, a YC-backed notetaker, to integrate meeting recording and context into its productivity suite. The acquisition aims to enable AI agents to proactively start work based on meeting discussions.
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A Real World AI Stage fireside chat featuring Ben Lamm, CEO of Colossal Biosciences, explores the intersection of AI, synthetic biology, and the potential for engineering nature’s comeback. The discussion examines the technologies behind de-extinction and the broader implications for biodiversity and conservation.
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