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Images captured from social media and posted on X by Exilenova_plus on May 5, 2026. The video shows a Ukrainain drone flying low over Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic. The target for the drone strike was the VNIIR-Progress plant, which produces parts for many Russian drones.Social Media CaptureSince drones have become the defining feature of the modern…

In Brief Posted: 10:38 AM PDT · May 11, 2026 Image Credits:Helsing Five-year-old European military drone startup Helsing is reportedly close to raising a new $1.2 billion round at about an $18 billion valuation. The round is expected to be led by Dragoneer and co-led by existing Helsing investor Lightspeed, the Financial Times reported. Helsing…

Redwood Materials has finally found a new chief financial officer roughly a year and a half after its last one departed. He’s a familiar face to the former Tesla executives running the battery recycling and energy storage company. On Monday, Redwood Materials said it has hired former Tesla finance chief Deepak Ahuja as its new…

On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we discussed what xAI’s deal with Anthropic might mean for parent company SpaceX…

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.  …

The invisible force behind all of this is no mystery to anyone paying attention to the city’s tech economy. San Francisco is home to some of the most valuable private companies in the world, and their employees have been quietly accumulating — and, increasingly, cashing out — fortunes…

ToplineBusinesses implementing artificial intelligence was blamed for more layoffs than any other reason for the second month in a row in April, new data shows but some experts have said they think technology companies, which use the excuse more than any other sector, are using AI as a smokescreen to hide larger internal struggles. Open…

Goldman Sachs just spotted a problem that’s hiding inside a remarkably good earnings figure. According to Seeking Alpha, S&P 500 companies apparently posted a blowout Q1 earnings figure, where growth neared 25%. However, Goldman Sachs said the figure was boosted by investment gains at Amazon …

If you’re planning to raise a Series A in the next 12 to 24 months, the rules you think you’re playing by may already be outdated. Series A isn’t just harder — it’s slower, more selective, and increasingly unforgiving. The bar has shifted, and many founders are still optimizing for a version of the market that no longer exists. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, taking place October 13-15…