India’s BluSmart swept up in Gensol investigation alleging misuse of EV loans

India’s market regulator launched a probe Tuesday into Gensol Engineering after finding alleged misuse of electric…

Former Tesla supply chain leaders create Atomic, an AI inventory solution

Tesla famously struggled to scale up production of the Model 3 sedan in 2018 — so…

OpenAI hires team behind GV-backed AI eval platform Context.ai

Context.ai, a startup building evaluations and analytics for AI models, announced Tuesday that its co-founders will…

Here’s how Pacific Fusion plans to build a fusion power plant

Pacific Fusion made a splash in October when it emerged from stealth with a $900 million…

Deel’s CEO is now in Dubai, complicating Rippling’s lawsuit

Rippling’s efforts to serve Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz have been significantly complicated by the fact that…

Reach 1,000+ AI leaders: Host a Side Event during TechCrunch Sessions: AI

Looking to position your brand in front of the brightest minds in artificial intelligence? Hosting a…

Notion releases an AI-powered email client for Gmail

Notion released Notion Mail, an AI-powered email client for Gmail that integrates with the rest of…

Bunq hits profitability for second year running, presses ahead with US expansion

Bunq has achieved profitability for the second year, bolstering plans for an international expansion as it…

Hugging Face acquires French humanoid robot startup Pollen Robotics

Hugging Face, the French-American company that provides open-source tools to develop AI applications, has acquired French…

Synthesia plots AI agent play as it hits $100m ARR

Synthesia has hit $100m in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and has raised investment from Adobe ahead…

Paris-based AVP raising first-time €1.5bn growth fund

Paris-based Atlantic Vantage Point (AVP), previously known as AXA Venture Partners, is launching a first-time €1.5bn…

Strip sales set to rise in European VC

VC trends tend to make their way from the US across the Atlantic eventually: secondaries, continuation…

Car insurtech Marshmallow secures $90m in bid to become the ‘one-stop financial shop for migrants’

Marshmallow has raised a $90m funding round as the car insurance fintech revs up international expansion…

Six bootstrapped Nordic startups to watch

With VCs continuing to throw money at GenAI startups, it’s strange to see any of them…

Inside Ithaca, the Berlusconi heir’s secretive startup investing firm

Milan-based Ithaca Investments doesn’t have a website. The investment firm’s digital footprint is so scarce that…

Bill Gates-backed Arnergy to expand solar access in Nigeria with $18M as demand surges

Demand for solar energy in power-starved Nigeria has soared in the last decade thanks to worsening…

Meet Neptune, a TikTok alternative where creators can hide likes and follower counts 

Neptune is one of the newest short-form video apps on the block seeking to compete with…

Atomico sells part of fund of funds portfolio to PE group Kline Hill Partners

European VC giant Atomico has agreed to sell part of its fund of funds portfolio, multiple…

Conifer locks down $20M seed round for its ‘drop-in’ electric hub motor

A handful of engineers who worked at Lucid Motors and on Apple’s electric car project have…

Never waste a crisis: this moment is Britain’s to seize

The winds of change are blowing, and for the UK, they carry the scent of opportunity.…

Revolut to take on American Express with move into reward credit cards

Revolut is in the early stages of developing a points-based credit card, putting it in direct…

Exclusive: ElevenLabs, OpenAI and DeepMind angels back startup that makes films with AI

Wonder, a London-based creative studio that uses AI to make films for entertainment and advertising, has…