Theresa Loconsolo, Author at TechCrunch | TechCrunch Mirror

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Startups
Elon Musk can’t hear you over the sound of his $1.75 trillion IPO
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Sean O'Kane
Anthony Ha
2 days ago
AI
SpaceX files to go public, and the math requires a little faith
Theresa Loconsolo
2 days ago33 min

Startups
You don’t need to be an AI startup to raise. Lucra has $20M to prove it.
Theresa Loconsolo
4 days ago30 min
Startups
How Lucra raised $20M as an eSports play when every VC only wants AI
Julie Bort
Theresa Loconsolo
4 days ago
Startups
The OpenAI trial wraps up, and the Musk founder machine keeps spinning
Kirsten Korosec
Sean O'Kane
Anthony Ha
Theresa Loconsolo
May 15, 2026
Startups
The “people’s airline” and the enterprise AI gold rush
Kirsten Korosec
Anthony Ha
Sean O'Kane
Theresa Loconsolo
May 8, 2026

Transportation
Aurora’s Chris Urmson on why self-driving trucks are finally ready to scale
Rebecca Bellan
Theresa Loconsolo
May 7, 2026
AI
Did you know you can’t steal a charity? Don’t worry. Elon Musk will remind you.
Kirsten Korosec
Sean O'Kane
Theresa Loconsolo
May 1, 2026
Startups
Musk v. Altman is just getting started
Theresa Loconsolo
May 1, 202637 min
AI
Is AI video just a prequel? Runway’s CEO thinks world models are next
Theresa Loconsolo
Rebecca Bellan
Apr 29, 2026

AI
Apple’s new CEO, and why Elon Musk wants to buy Cursor for $60B
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Anthony Ha
Sean O'Kane
Apr 24, 2026
Startups
Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now?
Theresa Loconsolo
Apr 24, 202635 min
Startups
Fusion doesn’t have a normal startup timeline, and investors are fine with that
Tim De Chant
Rebecca Bellan
Theresa Loconsolo
Apr 22, 2026
Startups
Fusion power may not be sci-fi. Just ask the people who sunk $5B into it.
Theresa Loconsolo
Apr 22, 202632 min

Startups
Tokenmaxxing, OpenAI’s shopping spree, and the AI Anxiety Gap
Anthony Ha
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Sean O'Kane
Apr 17, 2026
Startups
Are we tokenmaxxing our way to nowhere?
Theresa Loconsolo
Apr 17, 202636 min
Startups
The musician-turned-biotech-founder waiting to fundraise
Rebecca Bellan
Theresa Loconsolo
Apr 15, 2026
Startups
Aloe Blacc’s fame means nothing in biotech (and that’s the point)
Theresa Loconsolo
Apr 15, 202627 min

AI
Snowflake’s transition from storing data to shipping with it
Theresa Loconsolo
Rebecca Bellan
Apr 8, 2026
AI
Why Snowflake is no longer just a data warehouse
Theresa Loconsolo
Rebecca Bellan
Apr 8, 202625 min
Venture
Why private wealth is cutting out the VC middleman
Theresa Loconsolo
Rebecca Bellan
Apr 1, 2026
Venture
The new competition for your cap table
Theresa Loconsolo
Rebecca Bellan
Apr 1, 202630 min

Startups
VCs are betting billions on AI’s next wave, so why is OpenAI killing Sora?
Theresa Loconsolo
Anthony Ha
Kirsten Korosec
Sean O'Kane
Mar 27, 2026
Startups
OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court
Theresa Loconsolo
Mar 27, 202635 min
Startups
How soap opera-TikTok hybrids became a billion-dollar business
Theresa Loconsolo
Mar 25, 202634 min
Startups
ReelShort made $1.2 billion on werewolf romances. Watch Club wants to do it better.
Theresa Loconsolo
Rebecca Bellan
Amanda Silberling
Mar 25, 2026

Startups
What happened at Nvidia GTC: NemoClaw, Robot Olaf, and a $1 trillion bet
Theresa Loconsolo
Mar 20, 202636 min
Startups
Nvidia has an OpenClaw strategy. Do you?
Theresa Loconsolo
Kirsten Korosec
Anthony Ha
Sean O'Kane
Mar 20, 2026
Startups
The leaderboard “you can’t game,” funded by the companies it ranks
Theresa Loconsolo
Mar 18, 202624 min
Startups
The PhD students who became the judges of the AI industry
Rebecca Bellan
Theresa Loconsolo
Mar 18, 2026