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Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, is challenging the app store status quo Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding. Jest, a…
Exhibit in Boston’s startup ecosystem at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 On June 9, 1,000+ founders, investors, and decision-makers will gather for TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026. This isn’t just foot traffic.…
Figma partners with OpenAI to bake in support for Codex Figma is integrating OpenAI's coding assistant Codex a week after it announced a similar integration with Anthropic's Claude Code. Figma…
Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including investment from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform…
How to avoid bad hires in early-stage startups Lucena got the idea for Mappa after trying to build a marketing team but continually feeling like she had made the wrong…
Everything Samsung revealed at its Galaxy Unpacked event Samsung's new privacy screen feature on Galaxy S26 Ultra was the most notable feature of the event. Samsung's new privacy screen feature…
Instagram now alerts parents if their teen searches for suicide or self-harm content Parents will be informed if their teen searches for suicide or self-harm content and offered resources. Parents…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse Salesforce reported a solid year-end earnings and then pulled out all the stops to ward. off more talk of the death…
Gushwork bets on AI search for customer leads — and early results are emerging Gushwork has raised $9 million in a seed round led by SIG and Lightspeed. The startup…
Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like…