Marina Temkin, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com Startup and Technology News Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:14:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Marina Temkin, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com 32 32 InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/20/inscope-nabs-14-5m-to-solve-the-pain-of-financial-reporting/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:24:57 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3095072 Ali Partovi’s Neo looks to upend the accelerator model with low-dilution terms https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/ali-partovis-neo-looks-to-upend-the-accelerator-model-with-low-dilution-terms/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:13:55 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3094816 Didero lands $30M to put manufacturing procurement on ‘agentic’ autopilot https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/didero-lands-30m-to-put-manufacturing-procurement-on-agentic-autopilot/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:31:47 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3092627 AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/ai-inference-startup-modal-labs-in-talks-to-raise-at-2-5b-valuation-sources-say/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:48:35 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3092191 Integrate raises $17M to move defense project management into the 21st century https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/integrate-raises-17m-to-move-defense-project-management-into-the-21st-century/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:21:28 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3091872 Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/benchmark-raises-225m-in-special-funds-to-double-down-on-cerebras/ Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:23:04 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3090755 Sapiom raises $15M to help AI agents buy their own tech tools https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/sapiom-raises-15m-to-help-ai-agents-buy-their-own-tech-tools/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:53:42 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3090231 Secondary sales shift from founder windfalls to employee-retention tools https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/secondary-sales-shift-from-founder-windfalls-to-employee-retention-tools/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:30:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3089746 AI SRE Resolve AI confirms $125M raise, unicorn valuation https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/ai-sre-resolve-ai-confirms-125m-raise-unicorn-valuation/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:39:26 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3089613 Lotus Health nabs $35M for AI doctor that sees patients for free https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/lotus-health-nabs-35m-for-ai-doctor-that-sees-patients-for-free/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:14:27 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3089121 How Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/how-sequoia-backed-ethos-reached-the-public-market-while-rivals-fell-short/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:33:13 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3088129 AI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/ai-data-labeler-handshake-buys-cleanlab-an-acquisition-target-of-multiple-others/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3087279 Obvious Ventures lands fund five with a 360-degree view of planetary, human, economic health https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/obvious-ventures-lands-fund-five-with-a-360-degree-view-of-planetary-human-economic-health/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3086074 Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/former-sequoia-partners-new-startup-uses-ai-to-negotiate-your-calendar-for-you/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 02:29:24 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3085412 Voice AI engine and OpenAI partner LiveKit hits $1B valuation https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/voice-ai-engine-and-openai-partner-livekit-hits-1b-valuation/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:44:29 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3085271 Inference startup Inferact lands $150M to commercialize vLLM https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/inference-startup-inferact-lands-150m-to-commercialize-vllm/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:42:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3085302 Sources: Project SGLang spins out as RadixArk with $400M valuation as inference market explodes https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/sources-project-sglang-spins-out-as-radixark-with-400m-valuation-as-inference-market-explodes/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:24:14 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3084627 Snowflake, Databricks challenger ClickHouse hits $15B valuation https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/16/snowflake-databricks-challenger-clickhouse-hits-15b-valuation/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:05:08 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3083539 Parloa triples its valuation in 8 months to $3B with $350M raise https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/parloa-triples-its-valuation-in-8-months-to-3b-with-350m-raise/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:24:46 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3083021 Discord and Mercor investor Niko Bonatsos departs General Catalyst, plans new VC firm https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/07/discord-and-mercor-investor-niko-bonatsos-departs-general-catalyst-plans-new-vc-firm/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:31:29 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3081029