Lilly Acquiring Kelonia In Largest Funded Biotech Startup Purchase In Years
Eli Lilly announced Monday that it is acquiring Kelonia Therapeutics, a developer of gene therapies with a particular focus on cancer treatment, in a deal valued at up to $7 billion in cash.
4/21/2026
TechCrunch AI
Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return
Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It's investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return.
4/21/2026
Tech Funding
How startups are using AI to outmaneuver the online gaming giants
When you track the real money flowing through the online gaming world, the biggest surprises aren’t in major…
4/21/2026
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Cybersecurity Funding Holds Up At Robust Levels
This past quarter, funding to security- and privacy-focused startups dipped slightly on a sequential basis, but remained well above year-ago levels. Overall, investors put $4.9 billion into global companies in the space in Q1, per Crunchbase data, a comparatively solid performance relative to recent quarters.
4/21/2026
TechCrunch AI
Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in 7 new countries
Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. The company is rolling this feature out to both desktop and iOS in all of these countries except Japan.
4/21/2026
Tech Funding
IQ Capital leads Rivan’s $34M raise to build Europe’s domestic synthetic gas supply
London-based Rivan has raised $34 million in a funding round led by IQ Capital. Other participants include existing…
4/21/2026
TechCrunch AI
It’s not just one thing — it’s another thing
This sentence construction ("It's not just this — it's that") has become so common in AI-generated writing that it's no longer just a clue that a piece of writing may be synthetic — it's almost a guarantee.
4/21/2026
Tech Funding
22 pitch decks that convinced VCs to write cheques in 2026
There is more and more venture capital cash sloshing around tech. Since early 2026, rounds have rebounded across…
4/21/2026
TechCrunch AI
NSA spies are reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos, despite Pentagon feud
NSA is said to be using Anthropic's restricted Mythos AI model.
4/21/2026
Tech Funding
Coral raises $12.5M from Lightspeed and Z47 to automate healthcare admin
Coral, a New York-based company, has raised $12.5 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed and Z47. The…
4/21/2026
TechCrunch AI
CEO and CFO suddenly depart AI nuclear power upstart Fermi
The startup, co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, has faced headwinds with its AI campus in Texas.
4/21/2026
Tech Funding
Revolut targets 2028 IPO with $150B valuation in sight
Nik Storonsky, co-founder and CEO of Europe’s most valuable fintech, stated that Revolut plans to go public in…
4/21/2026
Tech Funding
GV, Nvidia back a four-month-old AI lab in a $500M raise: report
Recursive Superintelligence raised at least $500 million at a $4 billion pre-money valuation, reports Financial Times. The round…
4/21/2026
Tech Funding
DeepSeek seeks outside funding for the first time at a $10B valuation: report
DeepSeek, the Hangzhou-based AI startup, is looking to raise at least $300 million at a valuation of over…
4/21/2026
Tech Funding
Cursor to raise $2B from Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital at a $50B valuation: report
Cursor, an AI coding startup also known as Anysphere, is in advanced talks to raise at least $2…
4/21/2026
Tech Funding
Uber deepens Delivery Hero stake in €270M deal, according to reports
Last week, Uber agreed to pay €270 million, or about $318 million, to acquire another 4.5% stake in…
4/21/2026
Tech Funding
Cerebras files for IPO with $510M revenue and a $23B valuation: report
In 2018, Elon Musk tried to buy Cerebras Systems, but the founders, Andrew Feldman, Gary Lauterbach, Michael James,…
4/20/2026
TechCrunch AI
OpenAI’s existential questions
On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss OpenAI's latest acquisitions and whether they address "two big existential problems" for the company.
4/20/2026
TechCrunch AI
The 12-month window
A lot of AI startups exist partly because the foundation models haven't expanded into their category yet. As many jokingly acknowledge, that won't last forever.
4/20/2026
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Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures
Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."
4/20/2026
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TechCrunch Mobility: Uber enters its assetmaxxing era
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.