Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 24 July 2026 at 18:25 The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI's biggest use case.
AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 23 July 2026 at 14:38 AegisAI co-founders developed AI agents that quickly analyze each message as a human would, paying attention to small anomalies that even the most elaborate checklist wouldnβt catch.
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.