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IndiaAI Mission: Driving Global Expansion For AI Startups
The IndiaAI Mission has chosen 10 promising Indian AI startups for its Global Acceleration Programme, providing them with the resources and connections needed to expand their reach on a global scale. IndiaAI Mission selects 10 AI startups for its…
From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product
For a successful deep tech startup, the laboratory breakthrough is only the first step. To spin out an innovative technology into a scalable business, a founder has to navigate a complicated legal process. This week on Build Mode, Isabelle…
What bubble? AI startups score $242B in venture funding last quarter
The artificial intelligence industry continues to draw billions of dollars in funding, with investors shrugging off fears of a potential bubble and doubling down on the technology that promises to improve productivity and efficiency. Investors…
The startup Blackstone just backed to turn any exec's data question into instant answers
Ethan Ding sees the last decade of SaaS as a historical glitch. “In 30 years, we're going to look back and say ‘oh, remember that period of time where those crazy software companies were selling seats for 90 to 95% margins?'”…
Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old, San Francisco-based robotics startup that has quietly become one of the most closely watched AI companies in the Bay Area, published new research Thursday showing that its latest model can direct robots to…
Base Marketing Lead Sarah Wolf Leaves Coinbase to Head Startup Marketing at Anthropic
Sarah Wolf, the marketing lead behind Coinbase's Base Layer 2 network, is departing after nearly five years at the exchange to head startup marketing at AI lab Anthropic. The move pulls one of crypto's most influential brand builders toward the…
MeitY selects 10 Indian AI startups to spearhead IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Programme
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Friday said it has selected 10 cutting-edge Indian artificial intelligence startups for the second cohort of the IndianAI Startups Global Acceleration Programme, an international…
The CEO of a $19.9 Billion Startup Says Businesses Are In Danger of Being Replaced By Vibe Coding - But This One App Is 'Quite Safe
Vibe coding is the practice of using AI to write code on a user's behalf using prompts in plain language. Affirm CEO Max Levchin said vibe coding is rapidly raising the bar for software quality, making it easier to replace clunky, generic tools and…
Poppi's cofounder pitched her startup on Shark Tank while 9 months pregnant and landed a $400,000 deal-now it's worth $2 billion
When Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth pitched her business with her husband on Shark Tank in 2018, she was nervous, excited—and about to have a baby. “I was nine months pregnant, so there was the ‘Hey, don't go into labor on…
Best Enterprise SEO Agencies Helping Tech Startups Scale in 2026
Tech startups in 2026 are operating in a radically different search landscape. Traditional SEO is no longer enough. With the rise of AI-driven search, generative engine optimization, and multi-platform discovery, enterprise SEO has become a core…
This American Nuclear Startup Aims to Supply India's Reactor Boom
Thorium bulls are rare. Of all the competing visions for what kind of technology should dominate a global nuclear renaissance, thorium-fueled reactors have remained avant garde even as other once-experimental concepts such as high-temperature…
Exclusive: Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions
Supply chains are messy. San Francisco-based startup Loop isn't content helping companies merely clean up their supply chains. Instead, the startup is using AI to offer companies predictive, and even prescriptive, remedies — almost like an…
U.S. startup aims to make signing up for solar as easy as signing up for cell phone service
Florida-based solar-as-a-subscription startup Terra Energy is attempting to upend the traditional model of third-party owned residential solar. Rather than asking homeowners to sign up for a 20- or 25-year lease or power purchase agreement, the…
Nvidia rival tells CNBC it's seeking at least $100 million in funding as European AI chip market booms
European chip startups increasingly eye large funding rounds as they look to scale amid the AI boom. Dutch company Euclyd, backed by the former CEO of chipmaking equipment giant ASML, told CNBC it is in discussions with investors for a round of…
Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation
Slash Financial, which offers business banking accounts, corporate credit cards, transfers, and crypto, has raised a $100 million Series C round at a $1.4 billion valuation from a crowd of A-list investors, the company announced. Fintech-focused…
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