SpaceX’s Starship blows up ahead of 10th test flight
It’s the latest in a string of setbacks for the mega-rocket, which SpaceX hopes to use to build Starlink and one day go to Mars.
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
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Bluesky briefly suspended JD Vance’s account after he joined
Bluesky’s automated impersonation detection system took down JD Vance’s new account, but it was restored soon after.
Stripe’s former growth lead helps African diaspora invest in startups, real estate
When Joe Kinvi joined Touchtech Payments in 2017 as head of finance, the Irish startup couldn’t afford his full salary. So he negotiated for stock to make up the difference. Eighteen months later, Stripe acquired the company, and that equity converted into Stripe shares, enough to let Kinvi leave his job, bootstrap a side project, […]
No, Andreessen Horowitz didn’t post that crypto scam tweet
If it sounds too good to be true — like a VC giving away valuable assets — it isn’t true.
The U.S. Added Over 1,000 New Millionaires a Day in 2024. Here’s How That Compares to the Rest of the World.
UBS revealed its latest report on global wealth on Wednesday, which looks back on wealth trends.
New code in Spotify’s app references the long-awaited ‘lossless’ tier
Newly added references in the music app’s code suggest the lossless service is at least still under development and could even be getting closer to launch.
Here are the 24 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025
Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “megaround,” and seven companies raised rounds $1 billion in size or larger. How will 2025 compare? […]
This Founder Noticed a Stark Change at a Local Pride Parade — and Says It Creates a ‘Real Opportunity’ for Small Businesses
Tanner Graham, co-founder and CEO of General Idea, reveals how business leaders can step up this month and beyond.
‘Kid-pilled’ Sam Altman ‘constantly’ asked ChatGPT questions about his newborn
Across hundreds of thousands of years of human existence, an impossible question has befuddled our species: why is the baby crying?! Sam Altman, who is both the father of a three-month-old and CEO of OpenAI, hopped on OpenAI’s new podcast today to talk about how his company is impacting his experience with fatherhood. Altman, who […]
Six-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash
In Base44’s six months as a stand-alone company, it reportedly grew to 250,000 users and nearly $200,000 in monthly profits.