Techmeme — 2026 Year in Review
Monthly highlights from Techmeme across 2026. 9 sampled stories, each linked to the daily digest it came from.
March 2026(3 sampled)
- Intellexa's founder says his firm sells surveillance tech exclusively to governments, reviving claims of state spying in Greece after being sentenced last month (Eliza Triantafillou/OCCRP)
Eliza Triantafillou / OCCRP : Intellexa's founder says his firm sells surveillance tech exclusively to governments, reviving claims of state spying in Greece after being sentenced last month — The founder of the commercial spyware firm Intellexa, recently convicted in a landmark wiretapping trial …
- Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection, and response, raised a $22M Series A led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)
Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek : Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection, and response, raised a $22M Series A led by Sequoia — The company connects AI agents to security data lakes for interactive investigations, detection engineering, and autonomous response.
- Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch : Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 — Unacademy, once a one of India's most valuable edtech startups, is set to be acquired by rival upGrad in an all-stock deal …
April 2026(3 sampled)
- Objection, which aims to use AI and experts to evaluate claims in news stories, debuts with funding from Peter Thiel, Balaji Srinivasan; evaluations cost $2,000 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch : Objection, which aims to use AI and experts to evaluate claims in news stories, debuts with funding from Peter Thiel, Balaji Srinivasan; evaluations cost $2,000 — After helping lead the lawsuit that bankrupted media firm Gawker, Aron D'Souza says he saw something broken in the American media system …
- NY-based Auctor, which uses AI to curate resource plans and process flows to help companies adopt new software, raised $20M in a combined seed and Series A (Chris Metinko/Axios)
Chris Metinko / Axios : NY-based Auctor, which uses AI to curate resource plans and process flows to help companies adopt new software, raised $20M in a combined seed and Series A — Auctor, a startup helping companies adopt new software, raised $20 million in a combined seed and Series A, CEO William Sun tells Axios Pro first.
- A jury finds that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the ticketing market, in a case brought by state AGs after the DOJ settled (NBC News)
NBC News : A jury finds that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the ticketing market, in a case brought by state AGs after the DOJ settled — The federal government struck a settlement with Live Nation in March, requiring Ticketmaster to divest up to 13 amphitheaters …
May 2026(3 sampled)
- Nvidia and data center operator IREN announce a deal to deploy up to 5 GW of AI infrastructure; Nvidia can invest $2.1B into IREN; IREN jumps 9%+ after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Nvidia and data center operator IREN announce a deal to deploy up to 5 GW of AI infrastructure; Nvidia can invest $2.1B into IREN; IREN jumps 9%+ after hours — IREN shares popped 13% in extended-trading on Thursday after the data center operator announced a partnership with semiconductor giant Nvidia.
- Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 34% YoY to $639.8M, plans to cut 1,100+ jobs as it shifts to an "agentic AI-first operating model"; NET drops 13%+ after hours (Ignacio Gonzalez/Bloomberg)
Ignacio Gonzalez / Bloomberg : Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 34% YoY to $639.8M, plans to cut 1,100+ jobs as it shifts to an “agentic AI-first operating model”; NET drops 13%+ after hours — Cloudflare Inc. plans to cut more than 1,100 jobs globally as it accelerates its shift to an agentic AI-first operating model.
- Airbnb reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $2.68B, vs. $2.62B est., Nights and Seats Booked up 9% to 156.2M, vs. 155.77M est., lifts 2026 revenue growth guidance (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
Samantha Subin / CNBC : Airbnb reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $2.68B, vs. $2.62B est., Nights and Seats Booked up 9% to 156.2M, vs. 155.77M est., lifts 2026 revenue growth guidance — Airbnb reported mixed first-quarter results after the bell on Thursday and warned of regional weakness spurred by the war in Iran.