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TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield 200 application window closes June 9, 2026. The prize is $100,000 and the application is free. Most founders won't submit. That gap is your opening.
AirTrunk is pouring $30 billion into 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity in India, backed by Blackstone. This isn't just a finance story. It's a signal that the center of AI compute power
Apple says 90% of $1.4 trillion in App Store billings bypassed its commission in 2023. The math on the 10% it did collect tells a different story. Here's what developers and small business owners
ZeroDrift closed a $10 million seed round on June 2, 2026, backed by a16z Speedrun and five other top-tier firms. The round was 3x oversubscribed in three weeks. The company's AI Compliance Firewall intercepts
Erin Brockovich launched a crowdsourced data center map in late May 2026. Within weeks, residents in 47 states filed 2,716 verified complaints about water drain, grid strain, and hidden construction NDAs. Big Tech's infrastructure
SoftBank just committed up to €75 billion to build data centers in France, one of the largest foreign investment pledges in French history. Here's what that tells you about where the smart money is
Chrome controls 65% of the browser market and used that power to gut your ad blocker. Five browsers are fighting back in 2026, and two of them actually pay you to browse. Here's what
The TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 speaker application closes tonight, and most founders will talk themselves out of submitting. That's a mistake worth real money. Here's what I'd do with the hours you have left.
YouTube dropped two major podcast features in 2026: an AI recommendation engine and Auto speed playback. With over 1 billion monthly podcast listeners already on the platform, this is a direct shot at Spotify
TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield 200 applications close today, May 27, 2026. Alumni have raised more than $9 billion combined. Here's the contrarian case for why every founder should submit tonight, even if they think they're