Category: Tech Crunch

The $816 million contract follows a separate $515 million — both awarded by the U.S. Space Development Agency.

This week on Build Mode, Startup Battlefield editor Isabelle Johannessen spoke to two founders who are working to make progress in industries ripe for disruption, despite the regulatory headaches that might have deterred many other people.

Marcario joined the board in 2021, and will maintain her position as chair overseeing the Rivian Foundation, which made its first grants last year.

The ChatGPT maker is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the first quarter in 2026, and the company may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest in the round.

The deal closes a long-running drama in which U.S. authorities have sought to compel ByteDance to divest.

Apple says it can now collect any money a developer owes the tech giant at any time.

Called the Unicorn Growth Fund, the investment vehicle is a collaboration between Krafton and South Korean internet conglomerate Naver, and investor Mirae Asset. It aims to deploy around $669.3 million over four years.

TechCrunch looks back at the biggest data breaches, disruptive cyberattacks, and damaging hacks of 2025, from the raiding of U.S. government databases to a hack every month in South Korea.

Lovable has seen its valuation more than triple just five months after the company’s last funding round in July.

Amazon said that the feature uses the Ring doorbell’s video descriptions to determine who the person in front the camera is based on their uniform, actions, and what they are holding.