These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked TechCrunch By: Ivan Mehta 3 June 2026 at 16:00 The startup's own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.
Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts TechCrunch By: Sean O'Kane 2 June 2026 at 19:00 Layup Parts co-founder Zack Eakin has drawn on a motorsports background, and his experience working for Palmer Luckey and Elon Musk, to tackle making faster, cheaper, and better composites.
Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 2 June 2026 at 18:01 Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.