Booz Allen Invests in Maritime Autonomy Company Ulysses

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Tessera Labs announced $60 million in oversubscribed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) to accelerate its mission of bringing AI-native automation to enterprise transformation. Foundation Capital, Myriad Venture Partners, and Osage University Partners also participated. The announcement arrives as the global SAP community convenes in Orlando for its flagship annual event, underscoring […]

a16z partner David George argues AI will reshape work instead of erasing it.

Fazeshift, a startup that uses AI agents to automate accounts receivable, has raised $17 million in a Series A round of funding, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively.

Ghent-based Tekst has raised €11.5M in a Series A led by Elephant to automate back-office processes using AI agents.

Seattle-based CopilotKit has closed a $27 million Series A led by Glilot Capital, NFX, and SignalFire, backing its mission to move AI beyond chatbots and into the fabric of applications themselves. Co-founders Atai Barkai and Uli Barkai argue that text-based AI interfaces fall short, and that agents should instead generate dynamic, interactive UIs tailored to […]

The Seattle-based startup's Series A round was led by Glilot Capital, NFX and SignalFire, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

Firestorm Labs, the San Diego defense startup behind a containerized drone manufacturing platform, has raised $82 million in Series B funding led by Washington Harbour Partners, with participation from Lockheed Martin, In-Q-Tel, Booz Allen Ventures, and NEA, bringing total funding to $153 million. The company’s xCell platform fits inside a standard shipping container and can […]

eleQtron raises €57M Series A to scale trapped-ion quantum computers for industrial use, led by Schwarz Digits with EIC Fund and Earlybird.