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Who cut the plant-based cheese? Plonts did with microbes, and it’s stinky

Among plant-based alternative proteins, plant-based cheese continues to have a function and taste problem. That’s where Plonts comes in. Company founders Nathaniel Chu and...

Announcing Disrupt 2024 AI Stage agenda

We’re so excited to announce that we’ve added a dedicated AI Stage presented by Google Cloud to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Fintech,...

AI chip startup Groq lands $640M to challenge Nvidia

Groq, a startup developing chips to run generative AI models faster than conventional processors, said on Monday that it’s raised $640 million in...

From golf to hunting, a new crop of startups want to make these experiences even better

From golf to fishing to pickleball, outdoor sports and recreation saw a boom during the pandemic. But unlike some pandemic-driven trends (virtual conferences,...

Even after $1.6B in VC money, the lab-grown meat industry is facing ‘massive’ issues

When Mosa Meat served up a first-of-its-kind, lab-grown hamburger in 2013, it cost over $300,000. Eleven years later, around 200 startups worldwide remain...

Why did Wiz walk away from $23 billion?

As widely reported, Wiz recently said no to a $23 billion acquisition offer from Google. At that price, it would have been Google’s...

Why Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy and other investors are scouring universities for founders

The humble garage is so steeped in Silicon Valley lore it’s almost cliché. Yet that’s exactly how Caleb Boyd and Kevin Bush started...

Meet the founder who built and sold a $600M enterprise software startup from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka isn’t renowned for its startup ecosystem, but one company has been something of an outlier in the South Asian island nation...

Trade My Spin is building a business around used Peloton equipment

Peloton had one of the most turbulent half decades in tech. The home fitness firm experienced some of the industry’s highest highs and...

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