Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, developing founder leadership, and scaling companies both inside and outside traditional startup hubs.
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, and operators together for a full day of candid conversations, practical sessions, live pitching, networking, and smaller roundtables built for deeper discussion.
A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender offers.
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A blind comparison of domain classification results found strong agreement for investor-pattern names but lower recall for operator-aligned names, raising questions about earlier namespace composition estimates and the limits of structural classification.
Research breakthroughs that highlight advances in semiconductor design, record-setting fiber transmission, light-based quantum computing and WiFi sensing, with potential implications for network performance, energy efficiency and privacy.
The UK proposes stronger security obligations for undersea cable operators, tougher penalties for infrastructure damage and emergency intervention powers, raising questions about compliance costs, repair readiness and the resilience of international Internet connectivity.
Verisign plans to discontinue third-level .name registrations and email forwarding in February 2027, prompting objections from longtime users concerned about losing established addresses, disrupting online accounts and potential security risks.