A startup, Everand, is now bundling e-books, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon

A new reading subscription from Everand offers access to both e-books and audiobooks, and Fable’s book club community.

Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts

Layup Parts co-founder Zack Eakin has drawn on a motorsports background, and his experience working for Palmer Luckey and Elon Musk, to tackle making faster, cheaper, and better composites.

Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech

Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.

Board, the new game startup from Mirror founder Brynn Putnam, raises $20M, has already sold thousands

Board, the startup building what it calls “together tech” designed to bring people into the same room, has closed a Series A led by Union Square Ventures.

How Europe’s AI strategy diverges from Silicon Valley’s

The global AI race is often framed as a battle between the United States and China. But at VivaTech, Europe is expected to make the case for an entirely different model.

Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year

In a wild ride for 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries has raised another $300 million. It already has five autonomous vehicles in development and completed a major acquisition.

Revolut rolls out services to thousands of users in India ahead of broader launch

The British fintech has built a waitlist of about 450,000 users in India as it prepares for a broader launch.

‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan

The startup has apparently taken down the ads using KC Green’s “This is fine” meme.

Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis

On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether tech CEOs are “uniquely prone to AI psychosis.”

Black founders raise highest amount of quarterly funding since 2022, but there’s a catch

Speaking to TechCrunch, Crunchbase’s head of research Gené Teare, said the factors holding back Black founders include “access to networks, relationships, and early introductions.”