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  • 7 minutes 33 seconds
    Fig Security emerges from stealth with $38M to help security teams deal with change; plus, Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in ARR

    Fig traces data flows in the security stack and then alerts security teams when changes at any point affect detection or response capabilities.

    Also, the four-year-old startup Cursor saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source.

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    3 March 2026, 8:45 pm
  • 5 minutes 45 seconds
    MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens

    After wooing Cal AI for months, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rival, Cal AI, the app built by teens soaring on the apps stores.

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    3 March 2026, 10:30 am
  • 7 minutes
    Parade’s Cami Tellez announces new creator economy marketing platform, $4M in funding

    Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise.

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    2 March 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 8 minutes 47 seconds
    Hardware Why China’s humanoid robot industry is winning the early market

    As TechCrunch's Kate Park writes, China’s push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than U.S. competitors in a still-nascent market.

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    2 March 2026, 10:30 am
  • 7 minutes 51 seconds
    Deepinder Goyal returns with a $54M brain-monitoring bet; plus, Ultrahuman bets on redesigned smart ring to win back U.S. market

    Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal's new wearable startup Temple has raised $54 million in a friends-and-family round at a post-money valuation of about $190 million.

    Plus, Ultrahuman’s Ring Pro promises 15-day battery life and a $479 price tag as the wearables maker expands its health-tech push.

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    27 February 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 33 seconds
    Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers; plus,

    Sophia Space's modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers.

    Also, Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including investment from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Goodwater Capital, Formosa Capital, and WeFunder.

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    27 February 2026, 10:30 am
  • 8 minutes 28 seconds
    Jest is challenging the app store status quo; plus, Self-driving truck startup Einride raises $113M PIPE

    Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding.

    Also, self-driving trucks startup Einride has raised an oversubscribed $113 million PIPE in advance of its SPAC merger scheduled for early 2026.

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    26 February 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 6 minutes 24 seconds
    Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M; plus, AI chip startup MatX raised $500M

    Harper is an AI-native insurance brokerage that just raised a $45 million combined Series A and seed, after a member of YC's Winter 2025 cohort.

    Also, MatX, a chip startup founded by two former Google hardware engineers, has raised a $500 million Series B led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, an investment fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner.

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    25 February 2026, 8:30 pm
  • 9 minutes 33 seconds
    Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing; plus, Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow

    With the new acquisitions, the company wants to bolster its position as a marketing solution by potentially adding video creation and more granular measurement.

    Also, Stripe and PayPal Ventures have participated in Xflow's $16.6 million round that gives it a post-money valuation of $85 million.

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    25 February 2026, 10:30 am
  • 5 minutes 29 seconds
    Ukraine’s startups keep building

    In the four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country, Ukrainian startups have done more than survive: they are still building and growing.

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    24 February 2026, 9:00 pm
  • 5 minutes 30 seconds
    Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don’t have to

    AI news app Particle can now pull in key moments from podcasts, letting readers instantly play short, relevant clips alongside related stories.

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    24 February 2026, 10:30 am
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