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TechCrunch Startup News

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Show overview

TechCrunch Startup News has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 3,872 episodes. That works out to roughly 330 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 4 min and 6 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 188 episodes already out so far this year. Published by SpokenLayer.

Episodes
3,872
Running
2018–2026 · 8y
Median length
5 min
Cadence
Near-daily

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Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.

Apollo Atomics wants to make nuclear power cheaper by shrinking an overlooked part; plus, Detroit startup Grounded raises $5M to customize electric and gas-powered vans

Aug 21, 20266 min

AI isn’t close to curing cancer. Vivodyne says it knows what it will take; plus, TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers

Aug 20, 202610 min

DOJ’s probe into Andreessen Horowitz over board seats baffles VCs; plus, Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month

Aug 19, 20266 min

Sound-powered fire protection startup gets $15M to snuff out fires before they turn catastrophic; plus, Wispr looks beyond dictation

Aug 18, 20267 min

SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition; plus, Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+

Aug 17, 20262 min

How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures

Aug 14, 20267 min

Reservoir raises $8M to make water heaters that people and the grid will actually want; plus, AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x

Aug 13, 20269 min

Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym; plus, Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device

Aug 12, 20269 min

Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips

Aug 11, 20266 min

This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs

Aug 10, 20268 min

Naïve automates the grunt work of setting up and running a company, plus, Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B, and Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform

Aug 7, 202611 min

Can WindBorne make AI weather prediction lucrative? Plus, Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks

Aug 6, 20267 min

Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits; also, is the future of data centers portable?

Aug 5, 20268 min

June thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem; plus, Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries

Aug 4, 20267 min

When will fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems go public?; plus, Okta buys AI security startup Permiso

Aug 3, 20268 min

Dili raises $21.7M to bring AI compliance to the infrastructure boom; plus Fusion power darling Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises another $1B

Jul 31, 20267 min

As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it

Jul 30, 20266 min

MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea; plus, Ozlo’s Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose’s sleep earbud legacy

Jul 29, 20268 min

Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military; plus, Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors

Jul 28, 20267 min

AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics; plus, Imagi raises $4.5M to help teach students how to vibe code

Jul 24, 20269 min
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