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techcrunch.com - Tim De Chant - US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense
US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense
TechCrunch

U.S. battery startups hit a rough patch when the One Big Beautiful Bill eliminated battery and EV incentives, undercutting a chunk of future demand. But recently, they've found a lifeline in the defense world, helping to power everything from…

techcrunch.com - Kate Park - Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M
Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M
TechCrunch

Japan is pouring billions of dollars into its burgeoning space industry and easing restrictions on defense exports, efforts designed to build a homegrown aerospace sector filled with domestic startups that have a global reach. Letara, a…

techcrunch.com - Dominic-Madori Davis - How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48-hours
How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48-hours
TechCrunch

Rillet co-founder and CEO Nicholas Koop seems justifiably confident as we talk over Zoom a day after his company announced a $100 million raise at a $1 billion valuation. The US has has a shortage of accountants right now, which is driving growth…

techradar.com - Efosa Udinmwen - A tiny startup wants to bring nuclear power back to California
A tiny startup wants to bring nuclear power back to California
TechRadar

Bluecore's floating reactor could power about 15,000 homes near the port California has banned new nuclear reactor construction since 1976 The reactor would sit on a barge leased at Berth 48 The Port of Long Beach is exploring small modular…

techradar.com - Efosa Udinmwen - US startup Vatn lands Taiwan undersea drone partnership
US startup Vatn lands Taiwan undersea drone partnership
TechRadar

Vatn Systems will help Taiwan build AI-powered undersea drone command systems Neither side has revealed how much money this partnership actually involves Taiwan explores Vatn's modular S12 drones for its future undersea defense needs Vatn Systems…

newsanyway.com - Stuart Mackay - Alexandr Wang: AI Agents Startup Opportunity Is Now 'Goliath vs Goliath' - News Anyway
Alexandr Wang: AI Agents Startup Opportunity Is Now 'Goliath vs Goliath' - News Anyway
Daily News Organization

Alexandr Wang says the AI agents startup opportunity has shifted so dramatically that well-funded new companies can now go toe-to-toe with the largest incumbents on equal terms, rather than hunting for clever angles around them. The Scale AI…

cyprus-mail.com - Cyprus Business Now: shipping forum, fuel prices, GSI, travelling, startups, CSE
Cyprus Business Now: shipping forum, fuel prices, GSI, travelling, startups, CSE
Cyprus Mail

Poullikkas, a professor of energy systems at Frederick University, pointed out that the debate over the Cyprus-Greece GSI project had focused heavily on its financial cost, particularly the contribution required from the Republic. While scrutiny of…

superpowers4good.com - Chandan Saha - New Impact Offerings, Angel-Crowd Investing, How Impact Investors Choose Startups, Live Pitch, Starting Impact Investing with $10, Climate-Friendly Dog Food, and Farm to Pet's Crowdfunding Journey!
New Impact Offerings, Angel-Crowd Investing, How Impact Investors Choose Startups, Live Pitch, Starting Impact Investing with $10, Climate-Friendly Dog Food, and Farm to Pet's Crowdfunding Journey!
Superpowers for Good

You can advertise in Superpowers for Good. Click to learn more about our affordable options. Each week, Superpowers for Good shares a curated list of new investment offerings added to FINRA-registered crowdfunding portals and by broker-dealers.

businessinsider.com - Chris Lunday - Inside Germany's roughly $14 billion plan to deter Russia with a new arsenal of deep-strike missiles
Inside Germany's roughly $14 billion plan to deter Russia with a new arsenal of deep-strike missiles
Business Insider

BERLIN — The German government expects it will need almost €12 billion — roughly $14 billion — to build a new arsenal of long-range weapons aimed at deterring Russia, according to defense ministry documents seen by…

wnd.com - Sydney Rodman, Real Clear Wire - Unmasking Gates lies: The climate agenda * WorldNetDaily * by Sydney Rodman, Real Clear Wire
Unmasking Gates lies: The climate agenda * WorldNetDaily * by Sydney Rodman, Real Clear Wire
WorldNetDaily

One of President Trump's campaign promises was eliminating climate scams. As net-zero climate policies fade into the shadows, another climate scam is biting the dust. Bill Gates's daughter, Phoebe Gates, may not have her father's entrepreneurial…

businessinsider.com - Truman Dickerson - At China's robot Olympics, the finish line comes with a padded wall and a stretcher
At China's robot Olympics, the finish line comes with a padded wall and a stretcher
Business Insider

The robot uprising may have to wait. For now, the machines are still running headfirst into walls, both literal and metaphorical. That reality was on grand display at the second iteration of the World Humanoid Robot Games, a five-day competition…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Chery affiliate AiMOGA robotics prepares for IPO amid surging interest in humanoid robots
Chery affiliate AiMOGA robotics prepares for IPO amid surging interest in humanoid robots
The Standard

A robotics affiliate of China's largest auto exporter Chery Automobile is gearing up for an IPO to fund future growth and investments, its chief said on Wednesday, as competition intensifies in the country's fast-growing humanoid robot sector.

futurism.com - Victor Tangermann - Tesla Is Giving Up on Solar Roof Tiles as Elon Musk Leans Into Fossil Fuels
Tesla Is Giving Up on Solar Roof Tiles as Elon Musk Leans Into Fossil Fuels
Futurism | Science and Technology News

Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Elon Musk's Tesla is giving up on its Solar Roof — the latest sign that the EV company is shifting gears as its mercurial CEO continues to lean into fossil fuels to sustain…

techcrunch.com - Connie Loizos - Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that's still alive
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that's still alive
TechCrunch

Michael Polansky is remarkably unassuming for someone operating in a corner of the world known for outsize egos. Seated at a leafy patio outside a popular bakery in Mill Valley, an affluent town about 15 miles north of San Francisco, Polansky…

wsj.com - Emma Tucker - Investors Thought Moderna Was Left for Dead. Then Came a Cancer Breakthrough.
Investors Thought Moderna Was Left for Dead. Then Came a Cancer Breakthrough.
Wall Street Journal

After years of contending with steep stock drops, cash burn and political headwinds, Moderna delivered the kind of triumph biotech startups rarely enjoy twice. Positive trial results for its personalized melanoma vaccine triggered a massive Wall…

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