New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-13-at-3.33.43-PM.png?resize=1200,649 Few venture firms have bet more aggressively [...]
Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-16-at-12.22.07-PM.png?resize=1200,589 Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old, San Francisco-based robotics [...]
Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-1771545842.jpg?resize=1200,800 Airwallex, the Australian fintech that has spent [...]
Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-7.00.44-PM.png?resize=1200,783 OpenAI’s $852 billion valuation is facing skepticism [...]
Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Craig-Piggott_Halter-CEO.jpg?w=1200 Founders Fund has made its name backing [...]
Anthropic is having a moment in the private markets; SpaceX could spoil the party
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2148589533.jpg?resize=1200,800 Glen Anderson has been brokering trades in [...]