Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple TechCrunch By: Dominic-Madori Davis 16 June 2026 at 16:35 African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave has hit a new valuation and landed blockchain company Ripple as an investor and partner.
Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI TechCrunch By: Russell Brandom 16 June 2026 at 14:15 Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.
This startupβs super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chefβs knives TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 16 June 2026 at 12:25 Instead of heating metals, Foundation Alloy beats them into submission. The startup has raised $22 million to scale up production of its alloys.
Malaysiaβs AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions TechCrunch By: Kate Park 16 June 2026 at 07:59 Respond.io, one of Malaysia's startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges per convo, not per seat.