Category: Tech Crunch

Despite launching as a humanoid robot designed to help consumers around the house, 1X’s Neo robots are heading to industrial use cases.

Graham & Walker’s Leslie Feinzaig and XYZ Venture’s Ross Fubini share the secrets for founders — and VCs — to make the most of the current fast pace of dealmaking.

His reporting on a Stanford University president put Theo Baker on the map, but his upcoming book may cement his reputation as the rare young journalist willing to challenge Silicon Valley’s startup machine.

For the first time, developers can embed Google’s Deep Research tool, based on Gemini 3 Pro, into their own apps.

Tools for Humanity, the company behind the app, is seeking to expand its “real human network.”

Port offers a proprietary alternative to Spotify’s popular devtool catalog Backstage, but with a valuable addition: it can be used to manage AI agents, too.

Runware lets developers integrate realtime image generation in their apps, with an affordable pricing model.

Goldman Sachs has led Harness’s Series E round, with participation from IVP, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.

Some traditions, it seems, are immune to disruption.

Amin Vahdat has been promoted to chief technologist for AI infrastructure, a newly created position reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai.