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Beyond AI: 5 Startup Sectors Seeing Big Funding Growth
Last year, AI grabbed half of venture dollars globally. But the sector's blockbuster growth hasn't necessarily come at the expense of other startup industries. Rather, areas that benefit from AI-driven automation such as legal tech, or that combine…
Read the pitch deck AI private security startup Guard Owl used to raise $3 million
A former SpaceX engineer thinks that private security is ripe for disruption. 'There's a lot of parallels to what SpaceX did with the aerospace industry,' Guard Owl cofounder and CEO Narek Kajikian told Business Insider. Kajikian, Edrees Tabibzada…
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DPIIT Redraws Startup Rules to Reflect DeepTech Reality
India's startup policy framework has taken a notable step away from one-size-fits-all definitions. With the latest notification, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has formally recognised DeepTech startups as a…
India's new startup rules for deep tech | Explained
STORY SO FAR: The Department for the Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade in India (DPIIT), of the Ministry of Commerce, last week issued a notification defining what constitutes a ‘deep tech' startup. ‘Deep-tech' is a buzzword…
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Maharashtra Tech Sees Funding Shift Towards Early-Stage Startups
In 2025, Maharashtra's technology ecosystem sent a clear signal to the market: capital is not pulling back, it is moving with intent. Total funding across Maharashtra-based tech companies stood at $2.5 billion, a modest 6% decline from 2024. Yet…
Inside The Global Innovation Forum 2026: Judging the World's Promising Startups
Attending the Global Innovation Forum at CES 2026 gave me a rare, concentrated look at how innovation is taking shape across the world's leading startup ecosystems. This year again, I participated as one of the judges for the forum's international…
Startup communities launched in two villages in Villupuram district
The Villupuram district administration on Saturday launched village startup communities at Vallam and Nolambur in Villupuram district, under the State's flagship Gramam Thorum Puthozhil scheme. According to Collector Sheik Abdul Rahman, the scheme…
Two biotech startups selected for Seoul-AstraZeneca joint program
Seoul City has announced the first results of its open-innovation partnership with global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, selecting two domestic biotech startups to receive yearlong R&D mentoring and support for overseas expansion. The city on…
NH Nonghyup Bank steps up venture investment in agri-food startups
NH Nonghyup Bank said Monday it held a strategy meeting at its Seoul headquarters, chaired by CEO Kang Tae-young, to step up venture capital investment in the agricultural and food sectors. The bank said the meeting aimed to expand investment in…
Indian startup Anthropic Software sues US-based Anthropic PBC
Anthropic Software Private Limited, a Belagavi-based technology company, has moved the Commercial Division of the District Court at Belagavi against US -based Anthropic PBC over the use of the name “Anthropic” in India. The Indian…
How startups are creating financial technical debt without realising it
Founders obsess over technical debt in their code. They'll delay shipping a feature to refactor a messy database or rewrite a buggy API. They know that quick and dirty code today means a slow and broken product tomorrow. Yet, when it comes to their…
Algolia v5 + Algolia Agent Studio + Next.js 16: Building a Startup Validator
This is a submission for the Algolia Agent Studio Challenge: Consumer-Facing Conversational Experiences Startup Roast is an AI-powered startup idea validator that provides brutally honest feedback by analyzing your idea against a database of 2,500+…
10th Man Report: AI Bubble And AI Recession Risks May Be Overstated (NYSEARCA:IVV)
AI bubble risks appear overstated; even a sector contraction is unlikely to threaten the global economy. Major AI players are highly profitable, cash-rich, and insulated from systemic contagion risks seen in past bubbles. AI investments are less…
Gambling stocks sag as prediction markets steal Super Bowl bets
The Super Bowl is supposed to be the highlight of the calendar for gambling companies. This year, though, a cloud has descended over the industry as the big game approached. The stock of Flutter Entertainment Plc, which runs one of the most popular…
OpenClaw creator makes a case for 'specialized intelligence' over superintelligence
In Silicon Valley, many investors, founders, and tech giants often frame AI as an all-powerful force — something approaching omniscience. They call it artificial general intelligence, or AGI, a hypothetical system capable of matching or…
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