British renewable energy provider Octopus Energy announced this week that it is spinning off Kraken, its proprietary technology platform for utilities. This decision is driven in part by the platform already securing five hundred million dollars in committed annual revenue…
The Startup Battlefield 200 global pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is just weeks away. The event takes place from October 27 to 29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, and the stakes have never been higher. Twenty founders will pitch…
At Meta Connect 2025, the company’s biggest event of the year, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled three new smart glasses: the second-generation Ray-Ban Meta, the Meta Ray-Ban Display and wristband controller, and the Oakley Meta Vanguard. Meta says it has sold two…
Today is your last chance to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. Applications close tonight with no extensions and no late entries accepted. Disrupt Week, taking place October 25–31, is your opportunity to put your…
It’s official. This is the final week to lock in your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 pass and save up to $668. If you have been on the fence about joining one of the biggest tech gatherings of the year, now is…
Mastodon, the non-profit organization that maintains the software powering the decentralized alternative to social networks like Threads and X, has a new plan to make money. Instead of relying entirely on donations and grants as before, the company announced it…
Jar, an Indian fintech startup that allows users to invest in gold, has turned profitable by helping millions of first-time savers use its app to build digital gold holdings. While many consumer fintechs focus on affluent urban users or credit…
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, get the unfiltered perspective on landing a Series A in today’s market. There will be no smoke and no mirrors, just straight talk from the people…
Every now and then, researchers at the biggest tech companies drop a bombshell. There was the time Google said its latest quantum chip indicated multiple universes exist. Or when Anthropic gave its AI agent Claudius a snack vending machine to…
Google Cloud announced on Thursday that it has added the fast-rising AI coding startups Lovable and Windsurf to its roster of customers. Both companies have chosen Google Cloud as their primary cloud computing provider. This is the latest sign of…
