Month: February 2026

Chronic rhinitis solution NEUROMARK secures €62.5 million as Irish startup Neurent Medical closes Series C Galway-based Neurent Medical, the company behind NEUROMARK, a minimally invasive solution to treat chronic rhinitis, today announced the successful close of its oversubscribed Series C financing, raising €62.5 million ($74 million) to drive commercial expansion,

For $1M, you can pay Bryan Johnson (or BryanAI?) to teach you how to live longer The longevity-obsessed investor Bryan Johnson is charging $1 million to sign up for his “Immortals” program. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/for-1-million-you-can-pay-bryan-johnson-or-bryanai-to-teach-you-how-to-live-longer/

Amid disappointing earnings, Pinterest claims it sees more searches than ChatGPT Pinterest’s stock tumbles after an earnings miss, with higher-than-expected usage its only bright spot. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/amid-disappointing-earnings-pinterest-claims-it-sees-more-searches-than-chatgpt/

IBM will hire your entry-level talent in the age of AI IBM plans to triple its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, but these jobs will have different tasks than in previous years. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/ibm-will-hire-your-entry-level-talent-in-the-age-of-ai/

Rivian was saved by software in 2025 The company’s annual revenue was boosted by its technology joint venture with Volkswagen Group. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/rivian-was-saved-by-software-in-2025/

Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI. He landed on Moonbase Alpha. “I really want to see a mass driver on the moon that is shooting AI satellites into deep space.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/musk-needed-a-new-vision-for-spacex-and-xai-he-landed-on-moonbase-alpha/

Reflow launches following a $15M+ seed round focused on operational visibility for enterprises Reflow has closed a seed funding round of more than $15 million to support ongoing technology development and broaden access to its workflow and AI automation intelligence, alongside the launch of its workforce and workflow intelligence platform

Mistral boss calls for European unity in AI race, as pledges €1.2bn Swedish data centre investment The boss of one of Europe’s most high-profile AI startups today called on European unity in the global AI race, as it committed €1.2 billion to build its first data centres outside of its native France,

Ukraine’s wartime VR therapy is scaling beyond trauma care When Russia’s invasion overwhelmed Ukraine’s mental-health system, clinicians faced a surge of trauma patients with no increase in staff or therapy time. That constraint — rising need without added capacity — is also familiar in the US, where provider shortages, long

Overmind launches with £2M in seed funding to support development of agentic AI London-based Overmind, which is developing a supervision layer for AI agents, has closed a £2 million seed funding round. The round was led by specialist cybersecurity investor Osney Capital, with participation from 14Peaks, Portfolio Ventures, Antler, and