Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 16 April 2026 at 23:20 Five years later the founders, now 24 years old, say their startup has achieved $300 million in annualized revenue.
Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 15 April 2026 at 20:21 VCs are frothing at the mouth to write more checks to Anthropic at a valuation that matches or beats OpenAI's.
AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 15 April 2026 at 01:33 Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.