Tech Business & Industry Trends From High School Side Project to $30 Million Exit: Zach Yadegari to Unpack the Science of Viral Growth at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 September 28, 2026 Laily UPN What does it take to transform a high school side project into a multi-million-dollar acquisition target before you are even old enough to rent a car? For most entrepreneurs, that…
Tech Business & Industry Trends The AI Climate Paradox: How Tech’s Clean Energy Ambitions Are Colliding with Data Center Growth September 27, 2026 Muslim For over a decade, the technology sector positioned itself as the vanguard of the corporate transition to renewable energy. Companies like Google, Meta, and Microsoft were celebrated as climate leaders,…
Tech Business & Industry Trends Ando Emerges from Stealth with $20M to Redefine Workplace Collaboration for AI Agents September 27, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan When Sara Du began assisting companies with the development of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers in 2025, she noticed a recurring pattern in the feedback she received. Clients were increasingly…
Tech Business & Industry Trends The Crypto Industry’s Paradoxical Defeat: How Trump’s Personal Riches Derailed Legislative Ambitions September 27, 2026 Neng Nana The cryptocurrency industry, which had spent years positioning itself as a bipartisan powerhouse in Washington, has suffered a stunning and paradoxical setback. After pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into…
Tech Business & Industry Trends When Failure Is Not an Option: Industry Leaders to Tackle High-Stakes AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 September 27, 2026 Asro In the realm of digital assistants and generative software, a malfunctioning AI chatbot might offer a hallucinated fact or a grammatically awkward sentence. While frustrating, the consequences are typically contained…
Tech Business & Industry Trends The Architects of Autonomy: How Swarmer is Redefining Drone Warfare in Ukraine September 27, 2026 Iffa Jayyana Serhii Kupriienko sits in an unadorned room in a quiet residential house in Kyiv, sketching out what the future of modern conflict looks like. To the casual observer, the scene…
Tech Business & Industry Trends TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Reveals Next Wave of Elite Investors for Startup Battlefield 200 September 27, 2026 Sagoh For founders at the helm of early-stage ventures, the Startup Battlefield 200 represents more than just a competition—it is a defining career milestone. It serves as a crucible where ambition…
Tech Business & Industry Trends New York State Sues Polymarket, Alleging Unlicensed Gambling Operation September 26, 2026 Dwi Wanna New York state officials have launched a aggressive legal challenge against the prediction market platform Polymarket, filing a lawsuit on Thursday that characterizes the popular site as an unlicensed and…
Tech Business & Industry Trends The AI Identity Paradox: Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman on the Mirage of Sentience September 26, 2026 Siti Muinah Welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, where the gap between human interaction and machine processing is narrowing by the day, the…
Tech Business & Industry Trends TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: A Deep Dive into Strategy, Scaling, and Success in Boston September 26, 2026 Layla Zulfa The landscape of entrepreneurship is evolving at an unprecedented pace, and for those in the trenches of building a startup, staying ahead of the curve is not just an advantage—it…
