Growth, revenue and go-to-market

Thursday, September 24, 2026

10 stories
  1. 01

    Stripe’s AI CRO on the Fastest-Growing AI Companies: 175% Growth, 48% of Revenue From Outside the Home Market, and Agents About to Read More Stripe Docs Than Human

    Stripe processes payments for most of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world, so it sees their actual revenue data. At her SaaStr AI session, Maia Josebachvili, Chief Revenue Officer of AI at Stripe, walked through what Stripe is seeing across its AI…

    SaaStr saastr.com Jason Lemkin
  2. 02

    Gaming Startup Funding Levels Up A Bit In 2026

    So far this year, companies in the gaming space have raised around $2 billion in seed- through growth-stage funding. That's already ahead of the 2025 full-year total, driven in large part by big rounds for companies at the intersection of AI and gaming.

    Crunchbase News news.crunchbase.com Joanna Glasner
  3. 03

    Exclusive: From Booking Calls To Late Check-Ins, Dextr AI Raises $6.7M For Hotel AI Agents

    Dextr AI is emerging from stealth with $6.7 million in seed funding to build agents that handle reservations, guest requests, staff coordination and other hotel tasks.

    Crunchbase News news.crunchbase.com Judy Rider
  4. 04

    Growth investor DTCP raises €455m first close for defence fund, plots future funds

    Sifted sifted.eu
  5. 05

    TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Cal AI’s Zach Yadegari on how to create viral growth and capitalize on it

    Zach Yadegari joins the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to share how he capitalized on viral growth. Save up to $200 before September 25. Save 50% on a second pass.

    TechCrunch techcrunch.com TechCrunch Events
  6. 06

    Ando wants to take on Slack with a team messaging app that lets humans and agents work together

    Ando has raised $20 million in pre-seed and seed funding from investors including Accel, Index Ventures and Emergence.

    TechCrunch techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis
  7. 07

    These 2 Veteran Founders Raised $15 Million to Fight Wildfires With Precision-Guided Tech

    Prime Minute is applying AI and military-grade strategy to disaster response, starting with wildfires.

    Inc. inc.com Chloe Aiello
  8. 08

    GM CEO Mary Barra Says Skilled Trades Have a Status Problem. GM Is Spending $200 Million to Fix It

    She says schools and employers themselves are not rewarding jobs that could better resist the AI revolution.

    Inc. inc.com Scott Hutcheson
  9. 09

    Pharmacy Benefits Firm Rightway Eyes IPO After New Funding

    Rightway, an upstart pharmacy benefit manager covering about 3 million people, is considering an initial public offering in the years ahead as it tries to chip away at a market long dominated by some of the largest healthcare conglomerates in the US.

    Bloomberg Technology bloomberg.com Ike Swetlitz
  10. 10

    An Interview with Colossus EIC Jeremy Stern About Profiling Mark Zuckerberg

    An interview with Colossus EIC Jeremy Stern about profiling Mark Zuckerberg and other prominent tech figures.

    Stratechery stratechery.com Ben Thompson