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Startups don't need to go viral to win customers
Getting initial customers as a startup can be one of the most grueling challenges in business. Even when companies manage to snag some early interest, there's no guarantee those customers will stick around. At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, Elia…
South Korea plans startup support extensions, regulatory reforms
Oct. 23 (Asia Today) -- South Korea's government unveiled plans Friday to ease regulations affecting startups, including extending support eligibility for entrepreneurs whose businesses are interrupted by military service or childbirth. The…
Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early
Startups are staying private longer leaving employees, who typically take a portion of their compensation as stock they can't sell, with little hope of early liquidity. An increasing number of late-stage startups are recognizing this and offering…
Israeli AI startup Vizby sold in multimillion-shekel deal
Four young Israeli entrepreneurs, all aged 28, sold their startup in a multimillion-shekel deal closed before the first year since the company's founding and without requiring any external funding from venture capitalists (VCs). Vizby, an…
US Startup Claims It Turned Mercury Into Gold, Says It Beat CERN's 2025 Record 10-Fold
A US-based startup has claimed a major scientific breakthrough, saying it successfully converted mercury into stable gold using nuclear fusion technology, a feat long associated with the centuries-old pursuit of alchemy. However, the company's…
She Built a $100 Million Business in 7 Years. Here's How She Scaled From Scrappy Startup to Costco and Whole Foods.
The idea for Trubar emerged during a family trip to Disney, where existing snack options left Groussman feeling “ucky” and “uncomfortable.” She started selling protein bars by the checkout counter at local stores.
Chinese startup claims its $2,000 mini PC can outperform Nvidia's DGX Spark
Sipeed claims its 256 TOPS mini PC can outperform Nvidia on Qwen The 128GB Sipeed MaixStation costs less than Nvidia's reported $6,949 DGX Spark Nvidia advertises 1,000 sparse FP4 TOPS, while Sipeed emphasizes practical inference performance…
Silicon Valley startup raises $200M to create genetically engineered military dogs: 'Captain America meets Iron Man'
The dogs of war could soon be getting a DNA upgrade. Silicon Valley heavyweights are pouring $200 million into a straight-out-of-sci-fi plan to genetically engineer military dogs — potentially giving them wolf-like sniffing powers and…
AI drug development startup Pathos AI closes $237M investment - SiliconANGLE
Pathos AI Inc. today announced that it has raised $237 million in funding at a $3 billion valuation. Pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb Co. led the Series E round with participation from several unnamed returning backers. Pathos' investor…
Warhound: Genetically Enhanced War Dogs Startup Claims It Could Have Major Applications for Pet Owners
What brave new world is this where genetically engineered military work dogs are not the stuff of science fiction but, soon, the stuff of science fact? That is one of the upshots from news that Forbes first broke Thursday evening about American…
VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product-market fit
Product-market fit — when a startup's product sells well — has become even harder to find in this AI era. Despite startups achieving record-fast growth, not all customers are sticky and products can be replicated more easily than…
Tech investor Paul Wick says 'doom and gloom' over AI is overblown
The AI boom has shades of the dot-com bubble, but fears of an imminent crash and mass unemployment are overblown, a veteran tech investor says. At the turn of this century, there was an explosion in dot-com startups being formed, and a huge…
The Plan to Put Super Dogs on the Battlefield of the Future
The U.S. military has long banked on new types of technology to give soldiers an edge on the battlefields of the future. A startup now wants dogs to have a similar advantage, genetically modifying man's best friend to make them run faster, have a…
From Toast to Bessemer: Who founders will hear from at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
Building a startup means making decisions before you have all the answers. When should you scale? How do you know you really have product-market fit? What does it take to land enterprise customers? How do you build the right team? And when you…
Experts discuss entrepreneurship, technology development on first day of JNTUA Innovators Conclave
The two-day Innovators Conclave 2026, organised with the objective of promoting innovation, technological advancement, entrepreneurship and industry–academia collaboration, was inaugurated at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in…
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