Dimension Capitalβs $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 21 July 2026 at 21:27 The four-year-old firm's latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.
Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20Bβ$30B valuation TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 20 July 2026 at 19:39 The de-extinction startup is looking to double or triple its previous valuation, according to the report.
Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents β and take on Stripe TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 20 July 2026 at 15:11 The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 17 July 2026 at 15:22 The potential deal highlights a growing trend of complex, multi-stage funding rounds that mask true entry prices.
Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 15 July 2026 at 20:20 By keeping the number of investments to about 25 per fund, Greylock aims to remain what it calls "the most important partner" to its founders.
OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 14 July 2026 at 20:27 The funding discussions point to investor interest in applying AI to make breakthroughs in life sciences.
Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation TechCrunch By: Ivan MehtaοΌ Marina Temkin 13 July 2026 at 19:31 The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.
Oratomic raises $300M to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 10 July 2026 at 11:00 The massive round was co-led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, and Khosla Ventures.
Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 8 July 2026 at 18:41 The $300 million round is expected to be led by Menlo Ventures, Sifted reported.
Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 8 July 2026 at 12:22 Founded in 2024, Prime Intellectβs goal is to give organizations capabilities to train their own agentic systems without relying on frontier AI labs.
These AI startups are growing revenue at faster and faster rates TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 8 July 2026 at 11:41 There are a lot of fast-growing AI startups, but some are growing even faster, they say.