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Ryan Beiermeister, who spent roughly two years as OpenAI's vice president of product policy before being fired in February, has joined venture capital firm Founders Fund as a partner, the firm announced. ## Why she left…
TechCrunch says one of the conversations lined up for Disrupt 2026 will focus on a problem many early founders face: how to raise pre-seed money before they have a product to show. The session, titled Winning Pre-Seed…
Lilian Weng has stepped down as a co-founder of Thinking Machines, the AI startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, citing health concerns tied to the pace of startup life, and has since rejoined OpenAI in a new…
Global funding for the fight against HIV fell 18 percent in 2025, dropping to $7.3 billion, the lowest level in nearly two decades, according to a UNAIDS report that warns the decline threatens to unravel a generation…
Contractors in Sindh are alleging sharply uneven funding for 177 schemes and are pressing for a probe into possible corruption, according to reports from the region.
Former defence minister Al Carns has declined a ministerial offer after stepping away from government during a row linked to military funding, according to BBC Politics. The move follows Carns’s resignation after John…
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has eliminated VAT on household electricity bills starting in October, funded by a controversial redirection of the abandoned digital ID programme’s budget for the current financial year
The historic Jodrell Bank Observatory faces potential closure by 2028 after the UK Research and Innovation agency withdrew funding. Scientists warn the move will stifle research and hamper future generations of astronomers
Elon Musk’s firm eyes 20 billion valuation as the Boring Company is reported to be exploring new funding that could place its worth at about $20 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar…
James Watt, the founder of BrewDog, is facing complaints to the UK data privacy watchdog after contacting former crowdfunding investors as part of a plan to buy the beer company back, according to The Guardian. The…
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has introduced a 20% business rates discount for English pubs and music venues. The move faces immediate scrutiny over its funding methods and scope within the hospitality sector
Elon Musk's tunnel-construction venture, The Boring Company, is reportedly in talks to raise $4 billion in new funding at a $20 billion valuation, according to The Wall Street Journal, a dramatic jump from the $5.7…
Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round to develop small modular reactors on floating barges for ports and local infrastructure.
The House passed a large Pentagon funding bill and a separate budget step that could help Republicans push ahead on war funding and other priorities.
Databricks has announced a new funding round placing the enterprise software firm at a $188 billion valuation, marking its latest milestone in a sustained effort to pivot toward AI-driven infrastructure
Founded by Ritankar Das, Reid Hoffman, and Mark Pincus, AI research lab Prentis is currently in negotiations to raise $100 million, targeting a $1 billion valuation for its specialized computer-use agent technology
Indian court orders 10-year term for Tehelka founder MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has sentenced former news magazine editor Tarun Tejpal to 10 years in prison after convicting him in a rape case involving a junior…
A year after Congress ended federal support for public media, South Dakota’s network is still operating — but the loss has reshaped how it serves viewers and listeners.
NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program has announced 18 Phase I awards totaling $3.2 million, funding early-stage research into technology concepts ranging from hovering robots for lunar lava tube exploration to a…
Australian founders have just 48 hours left to apply for a new startup competition that combines Stripe and TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield in Sydney. The event, called Stripe x Startup Battlefield, will take place on…
A Senate committee on Tuesday raised concerns over how foreign loans and grants meant for flood rehabilitation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were being used, saying reconstruction work appeared to have been shifted to…
The BBC's latest annual report has placed the broadcaster's most serious challenges in plain view, with funding pressure, changing audience habits and public trust all shaping the debate over its future. The report…
An anti-terrorism court in Karachi remanded five Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London activists in police custody in a case registered a decade ago against party founder Altaf Hussain and others.
Antares Nuclear has raised $470 million in a Series C round to build small modular reactors specifically designed for US military bases, pushing the young nuclear startup's total funding to $604 million as it races…