TechCrunch was the loudest voice covering Silicon Valley start-ups in 2010, from Michael Arrington's scoops to the Disrupt conference. AOL announced it was buying the site in September 2010, an early move in AOL's content strategy.
- Domain in 2010
- techcrunch.com
- Launched
- 11 June 2005
- Founders
- Michael Arrington
- Owner in 2010
- TechCrunch, then AOL (September 2010)
- Status today
- Still active
What people used it for
- Start-up funding news
- Product launches and rumours
- CrunchBase company profiles
Interface characteristics
- Green logo with a mascot
- Blog-style stream of posts with big comment threads
Notable features
- TechCrunch Disrupt conference
- CrunchBase
What happened later
TechCrunch passed through Verizon and Yahoo ownership and was sold to Regent in 2025.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
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