Today at 9 a.m. ET, founders, investors, and startup leaders are gathering at SoWa Power Station in Boston for TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 for a full day dedicated to the strategies, insights, and connections that help startups scale faster and smarter. That is also when prices will increase to full…
USB-C cable have different speeds and that’s actually a good thing
Imagine this. You can buy any USB-C cable, plug it into any compatible device, and get the fastest data transfer speeds and highest power supply output. Now compare that to the reality of every USB-C cable and port having different capabilities, and the unwanted stress of finding the optimum compatibility.…
Canva lays off over 1,200 people amid slowing growth
Design software maker Canva is cutting 22% of its staff, amounting to 1,271 people, amid a growth slowdown. The company’s co-founder and CEO, Melanie Perkins, in a note to employees said while Canva has scaled so far, it needs to change to address slowing growth. “Over the past thirteen years,…
3 settings I changed to make writing on my phone easier than ever
I remember as if it were today, the moment when touchscreens started to, slowly but surely, replace physical keyboards as the main input on smartphones. It was quite an event, as many people were sure that touchscreens simply cannot make for decent writing apparatuses. Only a few years later, it’s…
CrowdStrike to shell out nearly $500M for 2 AI security startups as the market for securing agents takes off
Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike is buying two AI security companies that expand its products to more broadly monitor, test, and cover AI models and agents, as companies across industries start rolling out AI agents and models wholesale. CrowdStrike said it will buy Fiddler AI, which makes observability software for monitoring AI…
Ferrari’s controversial Luce EV is sold out for 2027
The Luce, Ferrari’s first electric car and one of its most polarizing models, isn’t just selling. It’s selling out. The five-seater EV designed by Jony Ive, Apple’s longtime design chief, was mocked and widely panned when it debuted in May, sending Ferrari’s stock price lower. But all that criticism hasn’t…
Ten years later, ‘Pokémon Go to the polls’ still haunts the internet
In the lead-up to a presidential election that would irrefutably transform American culture, Hillary Clinton took the stage at a rally in Virginia as she campaigned to become the first female president. “We’re going to have a lot of jobs — jobs from building infrastructure to coding. Creating new apps,”…
Reddit tests ads in search results as traffic declines and growth concerns mount
Just days after warning investors about declining search traffic and a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast, Reddit is looking for more ways to make money from its existing users. On Tuesday, the company announced that it’s beginning to test ad placements in its search results pages, allowing advertisers to reach users as…
AI inference startup Fal doubles its valuation to $16B as demand surges
Fal, a San Francisco-based startup that hosts and runs AI video, image, and audio models, has raised $1.3 billion in its latest funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Nvidia, Sound Ventures, and T. Rowe Price. The deal values Fal at $16 billion, double its $8 billion…
India’s EloElo nabs $80M from NBCUniversal to bet on the country’s rising microdrama market
More than 118 million users watch microdramas every month as the serialized format has taken off in India. EloElo’s Story TV is one of the top apps for microdramas, with over 33 million active users, according to analysts. Banking on that scale, the company has raised $80 million in Series…