Unastella, a South Korean rocket startup that launched from home, raises $24M
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/spacex-starlink-getty.jpg?resize=1200,800 As SpaceX counts down to what could [...]
This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/MX1P_CSB_REV20_-2_black.jpg?resize=1200,750 Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, [...]
China is increasingly keeping its best AI talent to itself
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/china-flag-shanghai.jpg?resize=1200,801 For China’s top AI researchers, the borders [...]
South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1446311598.jpg?resize=1200,800 Imagine you’re riding a motorcycle at 160 [...]
Korea’s biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-1680577745.jpg?resize=1200,704 Asia’s push into physical AI is being [...]
China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open source AI skyrockets
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2254580342.jpg?w=1024 Chinese AI companies may not be swimming [...]
AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Samsung-logo.webp?resize=1200,799 Samsung reached a $1 trillion valuation on [...]
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DSC07538.jpg?resize=1200,675 In a Pacific conflict, the nearest U.S. [...]
Australia forces Big Tech firms to pay for news or face a 2.25% tax
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-1142885071.jpg?resize=1200,800 Australia is getting serious about making Big [...]
China vetoes Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GettyImages-2209215388.jpg?w=1024 China’s top economic planner, the National Development [...]