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Running alongside FinovateFall on September 11 in New York City, IMPACT Funders & Founders is a special opportunity for innovative fintech startups and scale-ups to connect with venture capitalists, corporate investors, and industry leaders.

August 24 (Hypepotamus) -Over the last several months, I’ve noticed a pattern in my inbox and in the conversations I’m having with founders

From school students to AI-native founders, more than 150 builders gathered in Sydney for OpenAI Founder Day.

Zach Willeyserved as an assistant professor at West Point, a company commander managing more than $40 million in combat equipment, and an executive officer directing complex overseas logistics in Afghanistan. His leadership ability is unquestionable to most who know him. In a recent interview with 1851 Franchise publisher Nick Powills, we dove deeper into the humble…

Andreessen Horowitz has made headlines for its American dynamism thesis, but a U.S. passport is no requirement. According to Gabriel Vasquez, a partner focusing on AI apps and the firm’s global investment strategy, “44% of our investments in the Apps Fund One and Two have an international founder.” 

Zach Willeyserved as an assistant professor at West Point, a company commander managing more than $40 million in combat equipment, and an executive officer directing complex overseas logistics in Afghanistan. His leadership ability is unquestionable to most who know him. In a recent interview with 1851 Franchise publisher Nick Powills, we dove deeper into the humble…

For much of the past two decades, Israel’s technology sector was defined by startups built to move quickly and scale globally, helping turn a country roughly the size of New Jersey into the “Startup Nation.” Now, more companies are emerging from laboratories, research institutes, and engineering departments, built around scientific breakthroughs that can take years…

African startups raising between $100,000 and $1 million fell from 179 deals in the second half of 2025 to just 100 in the first half of 2026, a 44% drop in exactly the segment that funds first products. Early-stage founders are being squeezed hardest at the moment AI tooling is changing what a three-person team…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduring company in the AI era? Our programming and speaker lineup reflect that, based on the feedback we’ve gotten from the community and the reality on the ground.