February 26, 2026

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn't our first SaaSpocalypse: Salesforce reported a solid year-end earnings and then pulled out all the stops to ward off more talk of the death of its business to AI. Read More

Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, is challenging the app store status quo: Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding. Read More

2 days left: Lock in the best discounts for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Register now to secure discounts of up to $680 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass. Offer ends tomorrow, February 27, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Read More

Subscribe to our News Alerts, and you won't miss a thing. Breaking news, exclusives, and special reports—straight to your inbox.

Tech firms are setting the pace in global trade preparedness, with 91% confident about international growth in the next two years. 79% have made or considered changes to where assembly or processing takes place to mitigate tariffs. Liquidity is a top priority, as 71% have seen an increase in short-term financing to address working capital needs.

Figma partners with OpenAI to bake in support for Codex: Figma is integrating OpenAI's coding assistant Codex a week after it announced a similar integration with Anthropic's Claude Code. Read More

Instagram now alerts parents if their teen searches for suicide or self-harm content: Parents will be informed if their teen searches for suicide or self-harm content and offered resources. Read More

Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders: Seattle-based Vercept developed complex agentic tools, including a computer-use agent that could complete tasks inside applications like a person with a laptop would. Read More

Nvidia has another record quarter amid record capex spends: "The demand for tokens in the world has gone completely exponential," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said about the company's earnings. Read More

Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise: Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including investment from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Goodwater Capital, Formosa Capital, and WeFunder. Read More

Cap table. Pitch deck. Investor updates. Diligence. The Fundraise-Ready Startup Kit equips you with the core materials founders can use to raise with confidence.

How to avoid bad hires in early-stage startups: Lucena got the idea for Mappa after trying to build a marketing team but continually feeling like she had made the wrong hires. Read More

Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here