It’s not just you: AI startups are receiving a lot of seed funding and, in the process, making things difficult for anyone seeking funding, even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt event, we want to help pre-seed founders who are now locked into early-stage expectations.
Cancer disparities cost lives, and researchers are struggling to understand what lies behind these gaps. Federal funding for this type of work has slowed since last year. Andrew Brookes/Image source/Getty Images hide title toggle title Andrew Brookes/Image source/Getty Images Why are some people more likely to get cancer and die from it than others? Rural
Physical credentials used to be all that was needed for identity management in an enterprise. But now that humans work alongside machines and AI agents in digital environments, even identity tools built for the cloud era are proving inadequate. That’s the gap that Israeli startup Oak is trying to stealthily fill, he says. Co-founded by
WASHINGTON– Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett will make a rare appearance before Congress on Tuesday, weeks after the end of a historic term. The judges appear before a House appropriations panel as the court seeks millions of dollars to bolster security amid increased threats to the judiciary. Judges across the country
Nous Research, the startup behind open source agent Hermes, is finalizing a new funding round led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors at a valuation of $1.5 billion, according to three sources with knowledge of the deal. The company is raising at least $75 million and has drawn a
Protesters demonstrate for transgender healthcare at a June 2025 march in Manhattan. NPR has learned that the Trump administration shelved a plan to cut off all Medicare and Medicaid funding to any hospital that provided gender-affirming care to minors. Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images hide title toggle title Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images For new