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Korea eyes creation of 100 defense-focused startups by 2030
Korea will provide support to nurture 100 defense-focused startups by 2030 in an effort to strengthen the defense industry's growth potential and better adopt cutting-edge technologies, government officials said Monday. As part of the blueprint to…
Exclusive | The Fundraising Tactic AI Startups Are Using to Juice Valuations
AI startup Serval closed a private deal with venture-capital giant Sequoia in December that valued it at less than $400 million. Days later, Serval announced a new milestone from another funding round. This time, its valuation had topped $1…
I'm a startup founder who allows a dog in the office. It's become our best productivity hack.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sophia Kianni, a 24-year-old startup founder based in New York City. It's been edited for length and clarity. When my startup was raising $35 million in Series A funding, it was naturally a very…
Google Exec Warns AI Wrapper Startups Could Be in Trouble
Darren Mowry, who heads Google's global startup organization, told TechCrunch in an interview published Saturday (Feb. 21) that companies built around LLM wrappers and AI aggregators have their “check engine light” on. Wrappers, the…
From Startup Failure to Viral Inspiration: Jia Jiang's 100 Days of Rejection
Almost twelve years ago Jia Jiang, an aspiring Chinese businessman who came to the US to build his life, had arrived at a point in life where he received his first rejection from a failed business pitch. But instead of feeling let down and…
5 startups chosen for next cohort in downtown Norfolk accelerator
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 757 Accelerate, a mentor-driven startup acceleration program, announced five companies selected for its next cohort. The nine-week program, which launched on Monday, aims to move businesses from the…
China's brain-computer interface industry is racing ahead
While Elon Musk's Neuralink likes to say it's “ pioneering ” brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), China's BCI industry is already quietly moving from research to scale. A new wave of startups is racing to commercialize both implantable…
SBI actively investing in startup-focused funds to strengthen MSME ecosystem, says MD Ravi Ranjan
State Bank of India (SBI) is actively investing in startup-focused funds and financial market infrastructure through direct equity participation as part of its MSME strategy, a top official said on Saturday. 'We have been actively investing in…
Deel's global start-up competition offers $15m. in funding
The barriers to launching a company have never been lower. Cloud infrastructure is cheaper, development cycles are faster, and technical expertise, once limited to a select few, is now accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Yet, this…
Quantonation's double-sized second fund shows quantum still has believers
Quantum computing will not be replacing supercomputers in 2026, let alone reaching industrial scale. And yet, investor appetite for companies pursuing the elusive quantum advantage hasn't dwindled — it has increased. Quantonation Ventures, a…
Regulations tighten after Coupang data breach
Feb. 22 (Asia Today) -- Regulatory scrutiny of South Korea's online platform industry is intensifying following a personal data breach at Coupang, raising concerns that expanding oversight could dampen innovation among startups. As the government…
I built AI tools that roast your startup ideas so your investors don't
I got tired of pitching bad ideas to polite friends. You know the drill, you share your latest 'revolutionary' concept, and everyone nods. 'Sounds cool.' 'Interesting.' 'You should totally build that.' Then six months later you realize nobody ever…
I've been a product manager at one of China's biggest tech firms. Here's how Chinese AI products are built differently.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Yilin Zhang, an AI product manager at AI startup Kuse who worked at Meituan for more than three years. It has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider has verified his employment and…
TechCrunch Mobility: Waymo makes its defense
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! Earlier this month, Waymo chief safety…
Autodesk (ADSK) Invests $200 Million in World Labs
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) is one of the Most Promising Stocks to Invest In Before They Take Off. On February 19, Reuters reported that World Labs, founded by Fei-Fei Li, raised $1 billion in a funding round that included investors such…
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