At Starbase, SpaceX is taking firefighting into its own hands

SpaceX is quietly standing up a volunteer fire department to serve the sprawling launch-and-manufacturing Starbase complex,…

India’s Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries

Airbound, an Indian drone startup, has raised $8.65 million in seed funding led by Physical Intelligence…

Goldman Sachs is acquiring Industry Ventures for up to $965M as alternative VC exits surge

Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire Industry Ventures, a 25-year-old, San Francisco-based investment firm with $7…

Final Flash Sale: Save up to $624 on Disrupt 2025 Passes

The countdown is on! TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 kicks off in exactly two weeks — October 27–29…

Elon Musk vs. the regulators

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” To get this in…

The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 

Apart from antivirus apps, the cybersecurity industry has traditionally been business to business, with regular internet…

Ready or not, enterprises are betting on AI

This has been a big week for AI companies signing enterprise deals, with Zendesk unveiling new…

Apple says goodbye to the Clips app

Apple appears to be winding down support of Clips, with the company removing Clips from the…

The fixer’s dilemma: Chris Lehane and OpenAI’s impossible mission

Chris Lehane is one of the best in the business at making bad news disappear. Al…

Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco — stunning his own PR team

Marc Benioff has long been San Francisco’s liberal-leaning billionaire, the tech executive who funded homeless services,…