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Elorian Unveils Glimpse After Raising $55 Million for Visual AI Development
The Palo Alto startup, backed by $55 million in funding, has introduced its first AI model designed to…
Intero Biosystems Wins TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield and $100,000 Prize
The biotechnology startup secured the top award at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, with its co-founder and…
Dublin International AI Summit 2026 Hosts Global Leaders to Address AI Innovation, Safety and Regulation
Government officials and technology executives, including leaders from Microsoft, Google DeepMind and OpenAI, gathered in Ireland to examine…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Concludes in San Francisco, Bringing Together Over 10,000 Global Tech Leaders
The three-day conference brought together more than 10,000 global technology industry participants, highlighting artificial intelligence, venture capital, emerging…
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View All →How Palmer Luckey Took a Silicon Valley Playbook Into the Defense Industry
After building Oculus VR, Palmer Luckey co-founded Anduril Industries in 2017 around a different proposition: that defense systems…
How Rob Waters Turned a Google Layoff Into an Opportunity to Build Kanawai AI
After nearly six years at Google, Rob Waters was laid off and then offered a path back into…
Meet Navya Tuteja, the Teen Founder Behind AI Job Search Platform Raaha
Virginia high school senior Navya Tuteja built Raaha after seeing how invisible disabilities can shape people’s experiences at…
How Ksenia Iliuk and Andriy Kusyy Built LetsData Against AI-Powered Disinformation
Ksenia Iliuk and Andriy Kusyy turned years of experience in information warfare and artificial intelligence into LetsData, a…
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View All →Hark Launches Proactive AI Assistant Ahead of Planned 2027 Hardware Debut
Founded by serial entrepreneur Brett Adcock, Hark has introduced a personal AI assistant designed to anticipate user needs,…
How Stensul is Simplifying Enterprise Content Marketing and Automation
The New York-based Stensul is developing a collaborative platform that helps enterprise marketing teams create emails, landing pages…
Mercury Expands Beyond Startup Banking With $5.2 Billion Valuation and Bank Charter Plans
Founded by Immad Akhund, Jason Zhang and Max Tagher, Mercury has evolved from a digital banking platform for…
Perplexity AI: The $20 Billion Startup Rethinking How the World Searches the Web
Perplexity AI is emerging as one of the most closely watched companies in artificial intelligence, building a conversational…
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View All →What Makes a Startup Attractive to Investors? Seven Essential Factors
Investors assess more than revenue growth and ambitious projections. Strong leadership, credible market demand, financial discipline and a…
Seven Emerging Business Trends Shaping the Future of Entrepreneurship
From artificial intelligence and changing capital markets to cybersecurity and sustainable operations, founders face a business environment in…
How to Scale a Startup Without Running Out of Cash
For founders pursuing growth, the central challenge is not simply attracting more customers. It is building a business…
North American Venture Capital Slowdown Reveals Widening Divide in Startup Funding
North American startup investment fell 35% in the third quarter of 2026, even as artificial intelligence attracted billions…
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View All →AI Startup Manus Raises Over $500 Million After China Forces Reversal of Meta Acquisition
The Singapore-based AI startup has secured fresh investment from Boyu Capital, IDG Capital and existing backers after Chinese…
Baselayer Raises $35M Series A to Build Identity Infrastructure for AI Agents
The identity and risk infrastructure startup is extending technology already used across more than 2,300 financial institutions to…
AI Agent Startup Instinct Secures $1 Billion From Sequoia, Benchmark and Coatue
Noah Shinn’s Instinct has raised $1 billion from Sequoia Capital, Benchmark and Coatue at a $10 billion valuation,…
Commonweal Ventures Closes $51M Fund II for Gov-Linked Startups
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View All →How Amazon’s $7 Billion Decart Deal Could Reshape the Global AI Industry
Amazon’s reported $7 billion pursuit of AI startup Decart highlights a potentially significant shift in artificial intelligence: competition…
Humanly Expands AI Hiring Business With CareerArc Acquisition
The Bellevue-based startup is combining CareerArc’s social recruiting and job discovery technology with its AI hiring tools, extending…
Paramount Completes $110 Billion Warner Bros. Acquisition, Creating Skydance
The merger brings Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., HBO Max, Paramount+ and major television networks under one company, as…
Xseek Acquires LLMONade to Expand Enterprise AI Platform
The Canadian technology company has acquired LLMONade, adding the Montreal startup’s AI development technology and team as Xseek…
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View All →Elorian Unveils Glimpse After Raising $55 Million for Visual AI Development
The Palo Alto startup, backed by $55 million in funding, has introduced its first AI model designed to…
Lumen Technologies Moves to Nasdaq as It Accelerates AI Networking Strategy
The US telecommunications and enterprise networking company has transferred its stock listing from the New York Stock Exchange…
Eluum Launches AI-Powered Platform to Reimagine Personal Digital Memories
Founded by former Microsoft professionals and other technology executives, Eluum is developing an AI-powered platform that organizes fragmented…
Ergeon Brings Technology-Driven Innovation to the U.S. Outdoor Construction Industry
Co-founded by Jenny He and technology entrepreneur Odysseas Tsatalos, Ergeon combines digital project planning, transparent estimates and local…
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View All →Intero Biosystems Wins TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield and $100,000 Prize
The biotechnology startup secured the top award at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, with its co-founder and…
Dublin International AI Summit 2026 Hosts Global Leaders to Address AI Innovation, Safety and Regulation
Government officials and technology executives, including leaders from Microsoft, Google DeepMind and OpenAI, gathered in Ireland to examine…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Concludes in San Francisco, Bringing Together Over 10,000 Global Tech Leaders
The three-day conference brought together more than 10,000 global technology industry participants, highlighting artificial intelligence, venture capital, emerging…
Baku ID 2026 Connects Startups and Investors Across Emerging Innovation Markets
The fifth Baku ID innovation festival brought founders, investors, technology executives and policymakers to Azerbaijan, with 4sell.ai winning…
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Steadily Builds Digital Insurance Platform Around America’s Landlords
Founded in 2020, Steadily has built a specialist insurance business around rental property owners, combining digital distribution with nationwide licensing,…
From Predictive Models to AI Agents: Inside Atrium’s Consulting Strategy
Founded in 2018, Atrium has evolved from deploying predictive models into a global Salesforce and Snowflake consultancy using AI agents…
How Whatnot Turned Collectibles Into a Global Live-Commerce Business
Founded by Grant LaFontaine and Logan Head, Whatnot has evolved from a collectibles marketplace into a live-shopping platform spanning fashion,…