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Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit
Fusion startup Realta Fusion this week announced a deal with Madison Gas and Electric that will place one of the first grid-connected fusion power plants in the country in Wisconsin. The partnership comes as utilities around the world have been…
Expert Advice For Startup CEOs Moving To A Formal Governing Board
As more founders raise later rounds and face pressure to professionalize governance, the move from an informal advisory group to a formal board is a major step for a startup, and one that changes more than the structure of leadership. Once…
Exclusive: German startup Atira raises $17.5 million to streamline cumbersome industrial sales process
When a company that builds fire trucks, rail-maintenance machinery, or electric vehicle chargers is invited to bid on a big contract, the request that lands in its inbox can run to thousands of pages of technical specifications. Developing the bid…
Billionaire family offices back health care and biotech startups in August
Family offices made 52 direct investments in private companies in August, according to Fintrx. About 20% of the month's investments went to biotech startups, including LifeMine Therapeutics, which raised $188 million from backers including Bezos…
Gal Gadot's Goodles Mac-and-Cheese Startup Acquired by Pasta Giant Barilla
Goodles, the mac-and-cheese brand co-founded by actress Gal Gadot, announced that it clinched a deal to be acquired by the Barilla Group, the world's largest pasta company. Gadot, best known for portraying Wonder Woman in DC's superhero films, and…
French train startup secures license to launch high-speed rail competitor
A French rail startup has secured an operating license to launch high-speed trains connecting cities from Paris. Velvet, France 's first independent high-speed train operator, said it received approval from the country's transport ministry to…
Gen Z doesn't want to go to college. This startup school wants to fix that-by ditching clubs, sports, and dining halls
Arguably, the most memorable parts of college have nothing to do with education. Participating in clubs, rooting for your team at athletic events, and making friends over food at the dining hall are likely among the fondest memories for alumni of…
Hugging Face goes from a 'scrappy' startup named after an emoji to $13 billion Nvidia acquisition
Welcome to Eye on AI. Emily Forlini here, filling in for Beatrice Nolan. In today's issue: Nvidia will purchase open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $13B OpenAI debuts GPT-6 Astra model Google debuts Gemini 3.8 Flash model ChatGPT experiences…
Nvidia to spend billions on Hugging Face, the startup that was hacked by OpenAI
Chipmaker Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Face for $13 billion. It's the latest deal by the company, whose processors are integral to the AI boom, and highlights Nvidia's push to champion increasingly popular…
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Newly Bought Tech Startup Will Stay 'Open, Neutral' After $13,000,000,000 Takeover, New Owner Vows
A major chipmaker claims the biggest platform for open-source artificial intelligence models will remain unbiased under its ownership. NVIDIA officially confirmed the roughly $13 billion deal to obtain New York-based AI startup Hugging Face in an…
AI visionary Ray Kurzweil is joining a Silicon Valley startup developing a brain computer system that involves snorting nano particles
Ray Kurzweil, the pioneering AI scientist and Google researcher and “AI Visionary,” is joining a Silicon Valley startup developing a method to put computers in the brain by snorting nano particles. Subsense, a four-year old company…
Nvidia buying Hugging Face for whopping $13B - behind Jensen Huang's bet for popular AI startup
Nvidia will buy popular developer platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, betting that support for open AI models will drive future demand even as its biggest customers develop their own chips to reduce reliance on the semiconductor giant. Shares…
Digital, Innovation, Startups, & AI Offers Across Sectors in Focus': EAM Jaishankar on India-Ukraine Trade
'Digital, Innovation, Startups, & AI Offers Across Sectors in Focus': EAM Jaishankar on India-Ukraine Trade | Image: X Kyiv, Ukraine: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has highlighted digital capabilities, innovation, startups and…
Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI
Updated: 10:38 AM EDT Sep 3, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI Updated: 10:38 AM EDT Sep 3, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nvidia announced on Thursday that it will buy…
Market research startup askpolly raises $3M to transform social media chatter into verifiable insights - SiliconANGLE
Artificial intelligence startup askpolly, officially known as Advanced Symbolics Inc., said today it has closed on a $3 million seed funding round to grow its platform that transforms social media insights into statistically valid market research.
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