Margaux MacColl, Author at TechCrunch | TechCrunch Mirror

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Government & Policy
One of Elon Musk’s young DOGE engineers explains how he won the $700K Vesuvius Challenge
Margaux MacColl
Feb 7, 2025
Startups
Are companies falling out of love with OpenAI?
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Margaux MacColl
Maxwell Zeff
Feb 7, 2025

Startups
DeepSeek lights a fire under Silicon Valley
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Margaux MacColl
Maxwell Zeff
Jan 31, 2025
Startups
Controversial genetics testing startup Nucleus Genomics raises $14M Series A
Margaux MacColl
Jan 30, 2025
Startups
How are founders positioning themselves for the next 4 years?
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Anthony Ha
Margaux MacColl
Jan 24, 2025
In Brief
Space tech Voyager is aiming for a multibillion-valuation IPO
Margaux MacColl
Jan 23, 2025

Space
Y Combinator grad Spaceium raises oversubscribed $6.3M for space re-fueling
Margaux MacColl
Jan 23, 2025
Startups
Startup founders flooded inauguration parties hopeful for dealmaking
Margaux MacColl
Jan 21, 2025
Featured
From recruiting for Palantir to landing a plane on Highway 85: meet defense tech’s wildest power broker
Margaux MacColl
Jan 19, 2025
Startups
$200M woolly mammoths and a farewell to TikTok
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Anthony Ha
Margaux MacColl
Jan 17, 2025

In Brief
Anduril to build its billion-dollar weapons megafactory in Ohio
Margaux MacColl
Jan 16, 2025
In Brief
Flights delayed by SpaceX’s falling rocket debris
Margaux MacColl
Jan 14, 2025
Venture
Powerset gives founders $1 million to invest in other startups
Margaux MacColl
Jan 14, 2025
Startups
$5B livestream shopping apps, Nvidia reveals, and the weirdest tech at CES
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Margaux MacColl
Anthony Ha
Maxwell Zeff
Jan 10, 2025

In Brief
Defense startup Epirus in talks to raise over $150M, potentially cutting valuation
Margaux MacColl
Jan 9, 2025
Startups
Flock Safety quietly hired a sitting California mayor. Now he’s suing Flock.
Charles Rollet
Margaux MacColl
Jan 8, 2025
Robotics
RoboForce raises $10 million to create a robot workforce
Margaux MacColl
Jan 6, 2025
In Brief
Investigation exposes pedophilia in the child-influencer industry
Margaux MacColl
Dec 31, 2024

In Brief
Lyft says San Francisco overcharged it $100M in taxes
Margaux MacColl
Dec 27, 2024
Startups
2024: Founder mode, AI, and the ‘Rise of the Broligarchs’
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Margaux MacColl
Devin Coldewey
Anthony Ha
Dec 27, 2024
In Brief
Elon Musk’s jets made 355 trips in 2024, including 31 to or from the Mar-a-Lago area
Margaux MacColl
Dec 26, 2024
In Brief
An investigation finds that Google Maps fails users in the West Bank
Margaux MacColl
Dec 23, 2024

Fundraising
Are AI companies just defense tech now?
Kirsten Korosec
Maggie Nye
Margaux MacColl
Maxwell Zeff
Dec 20, 2024
Venture
‘Genius Girl’ goes from inspiring a Korean TV show character to raising a $100 million AI fund
Margaux MacColl
Dec 20, 2024
Venture
Over 20 venture firms pledge to not take money from China, Russia
Margaux MacColl
Dec 19, 2024
In Brief
SoftBank CEO announces a $100 billion investment into the US
Margaux MacColl
Dec 16, 2024

Venture
Why Marc Andreessen was ‘very scared’ after meeting with the Biden administration about AI
Margaux MacColl
Dec 14, 2024
Startups
The 51 most disruptive startups of 2024
Julie Bort
Aria Alamalhodaei
Rebecca Bellan
Dominic-Madori Davis
Tim De Chant
Ingrid Lunden
Margaux MacColl
Manish Singh
Rebecca Szkutak
Marina Temkin
Kyle Wiggers
Dec 13, 2024
Startups
It’s the end of the road for Cruise, and Bluesky is still taking off
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Margaux MacColl
Anthony Ha
Dec 13, 2024
Venture
Humba Ventures raises $40M fund to invest in deep tech, defense tech
Margaux MacColl
Dec 12, 2024