Daily AI Grants Roundup – May 25, 2026

The deadline to apply or nominate for Startup Battlefield 200 is Friday, May 27.. This program is your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000 in equity-free funding.. If you’re building a breakout startup — or know a founder who is — now is…

AI’s biggest champions have argued for some time that the technology will usher in an era of unprecedented productivity gains, richly rewarding workers who harness it while displacing those who don’t.. Zeb Evans, CEO of the collaboration software startup ClickUp, claims that…

That’s all that’s left to lock in one of the smartest advantages you can give yourself as a founder, investor, or operator right now.. Winning as a startup isn’t just about pitching Advancing from idea to IPO takes time and how you spend that time can make the difference in…

Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical on Monday, dubbed Magnifica Humanitas, on “safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.” And while AI is the hook, the problems Leo focuses on are older and more pervasive: inequality, war, the erosion of…

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Francis de Souza, COO of Google Cloud, backstage at an event in Los Angeles.. Amid the din around us, de Souza, who speaks in the calm, measured manner of a university professor, offered useful advice for companies navigating…