Uber Eats alum lands $14M seed from a16z to fix WhatsApp chaos for LatAmβs doctors TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 16 December 2025 at 13:11 Leona Health built an AI co-pilot to manage the flood of patient messages Latin American doctors receive on WhatsApp.
VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 15 December 2025 at 19:22 The next consumer tech revolution may require an introduction of a new personal device.
Lightspeed raises record $9B in fresh capital TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 15 December 2025 at 15:32 The massive fund haul will allow the Silicon Valley firm to continue to invest in cash-hungry AI startups.
Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 9 December 2025 at 19:24 Led by Naveen Rao, the former head of AI at Databricks, the new hardware startup is valued at $4.5 billion.
Fal nabs $140M in fresh funding led by Sequoia, tripling valuation to $4.5B TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 9 December 2025 at 17:21 The round, which was Falβs third fundraise this year, also included a secondary sale for early investors, sources tell us.
SoftBank and Nvidia reportedly in talks to fund Skild AI at $14B, nearly tripling its value TechCrunch By: Marina Temkin 8 December 2025 at 17:30 Skild AI is developing a hardware-agnostic foundation model for robots that can be customized for various uses.