Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced a staggering layoff of 12,000 employees in the fiscal year 2026, sending shockwaves across...

<p>It’s often said that the U.K. and Europe lack the huge level of growth funding for later-stage startups that the U.S. has for its own, and this is correct. According to the European Investment Fund, there are at least seven times more large-size VC funds in the U.S. than in Europe. So the appearance of a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Despite a still tight venture capital market, new unicorns are still being created every month. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the newly VC-backed startup minted unicorns so far this year (as of the end of January). These include healthcare companies like Hippocratic AI and satellite space companies like Loft Orbital.&nbsp; This [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The CEO of controversial facial recognition startup Clearview AI has resigned, he confirms to TechCrunch.</p>

<p>Perfect your pitch for maximum impact. Investors hear hundreds of pitches, but only a few stand out. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, hear directly from Medha Agarwal, general partner, defy.vc; Jyoti Bansal, CEO and co-founder, Harness; Jennifer Neundorfer, co-founder and managing partner, January Ventures as they share what grabs their attention, what turns them off, and the subtle signals founders often miss. </p>

<p>CEO Tanay Kothari noted that the startup will soon achieve profitability at the current rate of growth. Initially, he didn&#8217;t want to raise money, but he worried that Big Tech players with a massive distribution advantage could be a risk to the company. He wanted to rapidly multiply the company&#8217;s revenue and reach and decided to take the investment.</p>

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<p>Andy Konwinski is pledging $100 million of his own money for a new kind of institute to fund researchers. It&#8217;s already backed Ion Stoica&#8217;s new lab.</p>

<p>Startups don’t build themselves. The Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27-29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, is where investors, operators, and founders come to talk tactics.</p>

<p>AllSpice&#8217;s platform sits between existing workflow software. It allows hardware teams to collaborate on the types of documents they traditionally work in — documents that don&#8217;t easily translate over Slack and email — like PCB files and electronic CAD files, both of which are used to design circuit boards. AllSpice&#8217;s platform has landed customers such as Blue Origin and Bose and just raised a $15 million Series A round. </p>

<p>Early-stage founders, listen up! You will want a front row seat at the Builders Stage on October 27 at 1:00 p.m. PT. This session at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 brings together Nina Achadjian, partner, Index Ventures; Jerry Chen, general partner, Greylock; and Viviana Faga, general partner, Felicis, all of whom will share their 2026 investment priorities [&hellip;]</p>

<p>NYK approached Kadmos for the acquisition in line with its plan to grow its digital payment business beyond the Philippines. It plans to incorporate the Kadmos platform into MarCoPay, providing payroll solutions to seafaring workers of all nationalities.</p>

<p>OpenAI appears to have pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io) from its website and YouTube page.</p>

<p>It’s now or never — this is your final day to lock in savings for TechCrunch All Stage, happening July 15 in Boston. Prices increase tonight, June 22, at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you’ve been thinking about attending, now’s the time to commit. Register here. TC All Stage brings together founders, investors, and operators from [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>If becoming a corporate spy sounds exciting, let this newest affidavit from confessed Rippling spy Keith O’Brien serve as a warning.</p>

<p>Cluely&#8217;s new funding comes roughly two months after it raised $5.3 million in seed funding co-led by Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures.</p>

<p>A handful of early stage micromobility startups out of Europe that are filling the gaps in a maturing ecosystem.</p>

<p>Some startups accrued value at lightning speed this week, and we got confirmation that defense tech is red hot.</p>

<p>Dutch e-bike startup VanMoof is back two years after bankruptcy with its first model designed under new leadership. And despite past criticism that VanMoof’s over-reliance on custom parts led to the company’s downfall, the S6 sticks to the brand’s signature bespoke design. </p>