March 27, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’: An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations. Read More

16 of the most interesting startups from YC W26 Demo Day: From redirecting doomscrolling to training humanoid robots, these 16 startups stood out as the most interesting ones from an overflowing YC cohort. Read More

Silicon Valley's two biggest dramas have intersected: LiteLLM and Delve: LiteLLM offers an AI open source project used by millions that was infected by credential harvesting malware. Read More

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Must-Reads

Why hiring the weirdos works: When you’re building at breakneck speed, hiring a trusted team is crucial for an early-stage startup. Bland CEO and co-founder Isaiah Granet has tactical advice on how the company managed to find hidden talent in unlikely places. Read More

Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi: Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now. Read More

After pivoting, Y Combinator grad Glimpse raises $35M led by a16z: Glimpse announced on Wednesday a $35 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 8VC and YC. Read More

Lucid Bots raises $20M to keep up with demand for its window-washing drones : Lucid Bots has seen demand accelerate over the last year for its window-cleaning drones and power-washing robots. Read More

Harvey confirms $11B valuation: Sequoia triples down: Investors like Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and Elad Gil can't get enough of AI legal tech startup Harvey. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India: Deccan AI concentrates its workforce in India to manage quality in a fast-growing but fragmented AI training market. Read More

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