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AI startup Manus says resumes independent operations
AI startup Manus said Tuesday it had resumed independent operations, months after China blocked Facebook-owner Meta from buying the Chinese-developed, Singapore-based firm. The two companies announced in December that Meta had agreed to acquire…
A little red book called 'The Mission at Corgi' insults boomers. The AI startup says it didn't create it.
When investor Alex Ren visited the office of AI insurance upstart Corgi early last year, he was given a copy of a little red book emblazoned with a portrait of the company's namesake dog wearing a Mao-like red hat with a yellow star. It was called:…
Lachy Groom backs Indian startup aiming to keep aircraft aloft for a year
Prominent solo investor Lachy Groom has backed a Bengaluru startup attempting an ambitious feat: keeping an aircraft in the sky for more than a year by harvesting energy from ocean winds. Alteon, founded by 20-year-old Samay Sanghvi, announced…
A Cleveland startup is fighting fire with sound
A Cleveland startup has raised $15 million to scale up a NASA-inspired technology that fights fire with inaudible sound. Why it matters: Sonic Fire Tech is developing fire suppression systems that look almost like magic. They use no water or…
Fleeing Data Center Backlash at Home, American AI Startup Sets Up Shop In Saudi Arabia
Americans' hatred towards AI data centers is big business for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. San Francisco-based tech startup Together AI announced on Monday that it's partnering with Humain, the Saudi Arabian AI company founded last year by Crown…
Kansaltancy Ventures - A Decade Of Venture Capital, Building Startups And SME's
From Early Skepticism to a Global Vision There are conference room conversations that end the moment everyone stands up and leaves. And there are the ones that don't - the ones that follow you out the door, into your career, and eventually into the…
Half of remote IT job applications now carry North Korean fraud patterns, startup Endorsed finds
David Head is CEO of Endorsed, a San Francisco identity verification startup that uses AI to screen candidates. That task includes detecting signs of potential imposters and fraudsters, which these days includes a torrent of North Korean operatives…
Beam Benefits founder's new startup draws $21M seed funding
Beam Benefits co-founder Alex Frommeyer is back with a new Columbus startup that just secured $21 million to rethink how employers provide health insurance. Why it matters: Frommeyer sees the impressive seed funding round as part of a rising tide…
I've Backed 20 Startups. Here's What Actually Separates the Ones That Win From the Ones That Stall.
A captivating idea is the entry ticket to early-stage investing, but the founders who succeed are the ones with a specific set of traits — humility, adaptability, decisiveness under uncertainty, and the self-awareness to build the right…
Posco, Doosan join IMM-led bet on Japanese fusion startup
IMM Investment Japan has led a Series D funding round for fusion energy startup Kyoto Fusioneering, backed by Korean industrial heavyweights. The investment was made through the Korea-Japan Fusion Fund, a cross-border vehicle established to connect…
Chancellor unveils plans to entice UK tech startups | Computer Weekly
The UK chancellor, John Healey, has unveiled the £100m Sovereign AI R&D Procurement Scheme to support British firms developing artificial intelligence (AI) for public sector projects that apply nationally. As part of the UK government's…
Bolt Seeks Up to $27 Million as CEO Works to Revive Payments Startup
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A single quarter of startup investment hit $330 billion for the first time in history, and 10 deals swallowed more than $206 billion of that record pile
A wire transfer lands in a startup's account, then another, then seven more in the same week. The checks are not small. Several run to tens of billions each, wired to companies that had not yet turned a profit. By the time the quarter closed, a…
Octopus Energy buys Danish startup BD Energy to bolster automated power trading
The deal, announced on Tuesday, brings the Aarhus-based company into Octopus Energy Trading, the division of Octopus Energy Group that buys and sells electricity and helps manage the changing supply of renewable power. The transaction takes effect…
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