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LMArena, a startup that originally launched as UC Berkeley research project in 2023, announced on Tuesday that it raised an $150 million Series A at a post-money valuation of $1.7 billion. The round was led by Felicis and the university’s fund UC Investments. The startup bolted out of the gate as a commercial venture with a $100 million seed round in May at a $600 million valuation. This new rounds means it raised $250 million in about seven months. LMArena is best known for its crowdsourced AI model performance leaderboards. Its consumer website lets a user type a prompt that…
That’s a wrap on AMD Image Credits:Screenshot/AMD keynote Well the AMD keynote was filled with product launches and a ton of guests! A quick recount. OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman, World Labs co-founder Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Absci CEO Sean McClain, CEO and co-founder of Generative Bionics Daniele Pucci, John Couluris of Blue Origin, and Michael Kratsios, the national science and technology advisor to the Trummp Administration, were just a few who joined AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su on stage during her keynote at CES. Oh and she ended the night by handing out $20,000 education grants to several…
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CES 2026, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas is here. And lucky for you, we have TechCrunch editors and reporters on the ground to cover the news, scout out the interesting, weird, and relevant (and some not so relevant) tech, and of course the people working on it. Even before the official kickoff of CES on January 6, there will be product reveals from Amazon, Nvidia, Hyundai, AMD, and more. AI is at the center of most of the action. But this year, we’re hearing a lot more about the convergence of AI and the physical world,…
The Arab economy is entering a powerful new phase in 2026. Across the Middle East and North Africa, countries are showing strong economic recovery, rising investments, and rapid digital growth. According to Economy Arab, this progress is driven by smart government policies, diversification beyond oil, and increasing global confidence in Arab markets. In recent years, Arab nations have focused on innovation, infrastructure, and technology. As a result, economic growth in 2026 looks stronger and more stable than before. This article by Economy Arab explains the key reasons behind this growth and what it means for businesses, investors, and everyday people.…
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp have raised new funding for their social media startup West Co. The startup launched an invite-only version of its first app, Tangle, in November. Now the Financial Times has pieced together more details from comments made by Stone and Sharp, as well as from regulatory filings and job listings. The company has reportedly raised $29 million, with Spark Capital leading its seed round. Sharp — the company’s CEO — described West Co as emerging from the question, “What could I build that might help address just some of the terrible devastation…
Three-year-old startup Mercor has become a $10 billion middleman in AI’s data gold rush. The company connects AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic with former employees of Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and white-shoe law firms, paying them up to $200 an hour to share their industry expertise and train the AI models that could eventually automate their former employers out of business. Today we’re bringing you a conversation with CEO Brendan Foody from this year’s Disrupt, where he explained why AI labs need high-skilled contractors instead of crowdsourced labor, how Scale AI’s troubles accelerated Mercor’s rise, and why he thinks the entire economy will converge on training AI agents. Listen to the full…
No company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed since the introduction of ChatGPT over three years ago — and the many competitive generative AI services that have launched since. Its stock price has soared, making it a $4.6 trillion market cap company. The world’s leading high-performance GPU maker has used its ballooning fortunes to significantly increase investments in startups, particularly in AI. Nvidia has participated in nearly 67 venture capital deals in 2025, surpassing the 54 deals the company completed in all of 2024, according to PitchBook data. Note…
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash prize of $100,000. But the remaining 180 startups all blew us away as well in their respective categories and compete in their own pitch competition. Here is the full list of the logistics, manufacturing, and materials Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on why they landed in the competition. Logistics GigU What it…
Arya.ag, an Indian agritech company offering storage facilities near farms and offering lending services to hundreds of thousands of farmers, has drawn investor interest and remained profitable even as global crop prices continue to fall in a volatile commodities market. The investor interest has taken shape in the latest all-equity Series D round from GEF Capital Partners, totaling $81 million, of which more than 70% was primary capital and the rest secondary share sales, according to the company. Globally, agricultural commodity prices are falling. Risks from extreme weather, input costs, trade disruptions, and biofuel policy shifts continue to weigh on…