General Catalyst posted VC rage bait and it worked, especially on a16z TechCrunch By: Julie Bort 15 May 2026 at 20:25 Compulsive X user Marc Andreessen himself couldn't resist responding, many, many times.
Ethos raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network with voice onboarding TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 6 May 2026 at 15:00 Ethos says it is onboarding 35,000 experts per week.
Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without giving up equity TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 1 May 2026 at 22:39 The DTC skin, hair, and menopause care brand will use the non-dilutive capital to super-charge customer acquisition.
Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems TechCrunch By: Ram Iyer 26 March 2026 at 13:41 Conntour uses AI models to let security teams query camera feeds using natural language to find any object, person, or situation.
Consumer-focused privacy company Cloaked raises $375M as it expands to enterprise TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 19 March 2026 at 13:19 Cloaked's latest round is a mix of equity and growth funding.
Sales automation startup Rox AI hits $1.2B valuation, sources say TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 12 March 2026 at 22:25 Rox, founded in 2024 by the former chief growth officer of New Relic, offers an AI-native alternative to CRM tools.
VC mega-funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions TechCrunch By: Julie Bort 11 March 2026 at 17:53 General Catalyst is said to be raising $10 billion and Spark Capital $3 billion. This after several other firms have also raised mega-funds.
AgentMail raises $6M to build an email service for AI agents TechCrunch By: Ram Iyer 10 March 2026 at 16:00 AgentMail provides an API platform that lets you give AI agents their own email inboxes, with support for two-way conversations, parsing, threading, labeling, searching, and replying.
Indiaβs Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year TechCrunch By: Jagmeet Singh 3 March 2026 at 01:15 Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India's largely offline home services market.