What top VCs want from AI founders: Inside the investor lens with Jon McNeill, Aileen Lee, and Steve Jang at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

September 25, 2025

Jon McNeill (DVx Ventures), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures) share what AI founders need to know now: from defensibility to term sheets. TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes place October 27–29 in San Francisco. Register before tomorrow ends to save up to $668.

Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries

September 25, 2025

Doorstep integrates into existing delivery apps and then, using phone sensors, tracks when a driver has entered a building, gone up an elevator, and made it to the desired doorstep.

Meta rolls out Teen Accounts on Facebook and Messenger globally

September 25, 2025

Teen Accounts first rolled out to Instagram a year ago after Meta and other popular social networks were grilled by U.S. lawmakers for not doing enough to protect teens on their services.

Who’s Your Biggest Threat? These 4 Questions Hold the Answer — and It’s Not Who You Think

September 25, 2025

Your toughest competition isn’t always a rival product or company.

‘When You Pursue Comfort, You Miss Opportunities’: Author James Patterson on How to Take Back Control in a Disrupted World

September 25, 2025

Best-selling author James Patterson and Dr. Patrick Leddin, PhD, discuss the positive mental mindset lessons and tools in their new book, “Disrupt Everything – and Win: Take Control of Your Future.”

The Power Move That Many Entrepreneurs Overlook

September 25, 2025

I learned the skill running high school track.

The Highest-Earning Franchisees Have These 2 Qualities

September 25, 2025

When you talk to the top-performing franchisee across many different brands, you will spot some key commonalities.

Your Local Aldi Is About to Look a Lot Different

September 25, 2025

Aldi is putting its name on nearly everything it sells.

Clarifai’s new reasoning engine makes AI models faster and less expensive

September 25, 2025

The AI platform Clarifai has launched a new reasoning engine that it claims will make running AI models twice as fast and 40% less expensive.

Less than 48 hours to grab your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ticket savings

September 25, 2025

Ticktock! Less than 2 days remain to secure savings of up to $668 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 pass. This offer ends tomorrow, September 26, at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you haven’t registered yet, now’s the moment.

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