Restate lands $20M as the need for durable infrastructure increases with AI agents

Founded by Apache Flink veterans, the startup is taking on workflow heavyweight Temporal.

3 days left to exhibit: Turn visibility into your next opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Three days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Book by October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT to showcase your startup to 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders.

Charter Space raises $5M to bring insurance to the stars

As Charter explains on its website, a common experience for space companies is that regular insurers “heard a bunch of scary science words and freaked out.”

Two Google alumni raise $11.3M to back AI startups that enterprises will actually pay for

BAG Ventures announces close of a $11.3M Fund I to invest in all things AI.

a16z-backed EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation to $4B

EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation in a year.

More Ways to Disrupt: New 2026 Side Events from KOTRA, WayFounder, Enterprise Ireland, SafetyWing + Descope

Disrupt doesn’t end when you leave Moscone West. 👀

Founder dinners, investor meetups, happy hours, workshops, roundtables and more are taking over San Francisco during Disrupt Week.

See what’s happening, find your people, and start building your cale…

After losing his voice to cancer, this founder is building “glasses for voice”

Uhura Bionics, a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Battlefield 200, wants to replace flat, robotics voice devices with one that carries emotions.

With Dazzle, Marissa Mayer bets your camera roll has more info on your life than your inbox

The former Yahoo CEO is introducing a new AI personal assistant based entirely on your photos.

Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot

Atomic’s agentic supply chain software is now being used by companies like DoorDash and HelloFresh.

Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort

Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in India.