Sabertooth Capital deployed nearly $500M across 10 AI and deep-tech startups in 12 months using SPVs and nominee structures, avoiding the 12-18 month fund-raising timeline.
Sabertooth VC deployed nearly $400M across 10 companies in 12 months using special purpose vehicles, bypassing traditional fund formation timelines.
The legal AI startup lands Series A backing to tackle workflow automation for in-house counsel teams, differentiating from litigation-focused competitors.
An AI talent platform founder calls out a common VC practice where lead investors use two tranches at different valuations to inflate headline numbers.
Venture capital firms are betting on both OpenAI and Anthropic despite fierce competition between the labs, suggesting investors doubt a single dominant player will emerge.
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TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield 200 program closes applications tonight, offering 200 early-stage startups equity-free funding, investor access, and global exposure.
TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in one week, offering early-stage founders VC access, global visibility, and non-dilutive capital ahead of Disrupt 2026.
Venture-backed startups including Exa Labs and Parallel Web Systems are raising hundreds of millions to build alternatives to traditional search and ChatGPT's search interface.
TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield 200 competition closes applications on May 27, offering 200 early-stage startups equity-free funding, VC access, and a platform at Disrupt 2026.
A venture capitalist's analysis reveals roughly 10,000 people at AI leaders have crossed $20M wealth while most engineers face obsolescence fears and layoffs.
DeepSeek is raising its first outside funding at a $45B valuation, led by a Chinese state investment vehicle, to counter researcher poaching.
Preemptive investor bids have pushed Anthropic's potential valuation to $900B, fueled by a fourfold revenue surge that took its annual run rate from $9B to roughly $40B in months.