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Apple acquires Ascend․io, an agentic AI engineering startup
Apple recently struck a deal to acquire Ascend.io, a company focused on agentic data engineering technology. Under the Digital Markets Act, Apple must now publicly report acquisitions above a certain size. This has given us new insight into the…
Can AI data centers be mass-produced like cars? This startup aims to find out
AI infrastructure company Runware is making news again, just months after unveiling the Sonic Inference Pod, a modular data center built in a factory and shipped to customers ready to install. Now the company has bigger plans. It told TechCrunch it…
US-Owned Startup Plans $600 Million Malaysia Rare-Earth Refinery
A US majority-owned startup plans to invest $600 million in a rare-earth refinery in Malaysia, seeking to develop a new source of the critical minerals as Washington pushes to reduce its reliance on China. DTEC Mineral and Metal Technology expects…
As Fundraising Gets Tougher, Tech Startups Need to Rethink Their Marketing. Here's Where to Start.
Invest in human-led branding, messaging and positioning to stand out to customers and investors rather than relying on generic AI-generated content. Define your ideal customer profile, map the customer journey, and establish strong lead-management…
Employee training startup raises $40 million
Israeli employee training video startup Bites reported on Thursday the completion of a $40 million Series A fundraising round, bringing its total fundraising to approximately $55 million since the company's establishment. The round was led by…
Southeast Asia's startups get 'a lot less oxygen': Rakuten Capital's Saemin Ahn
Saemin Ahn made his name betting on Southeast Asia. Now, as the region starts to pull itself out of a years-long venture funding slump, he's not sure the old model works for the region anymore. “I'm pretty pessimistic about the prospects of…
Kigali startup exploring AI's next big frontier
The first time I paid attention to the debate over collecting data for artificial intelligence, it was through a video of a barber at work. He appeared to be wearing camera equipment as he cut hair, turning an ordinary workday into material that…
Nigeria's ISN Plans Gathering to Match Startups With Investors
Nigeria's Innovation Support Network (ISN) is planning its seventh annual gathering to connect startup founders and innovation hubs with investors, putting commercial pathways for homegrown technology at the center of its program. The event, themed…
Utahns want to ask questions about a nuclear startup. So far, there's been no public hearing to let them.
Kim Wilcox wanted to ask about the heat that comes off a nuclear reactor. Wilcox owns a small ranch outside Wellington in Carbon County, where her 30 head of cattle live about a mile from where Valar Atomics is proposing to build a network of small…
Fragment Procurement Startup Launches With $56M Funding
A San Francisco startup called Fragment just came out of stealth mode with $56 million raised and a pitch that it can fix one of manufacturing's most tedious headaches: procurement paperwork that still eats up human hours despite decades of…
AI architecture startup Dream launches with $17M in funding - SiliconANGLE
Dream Technologies Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to generate building designs, launched today with $17 million in funding. Andreessen Horowitz led the seed round. It was joined by SV Angel, XYZ, Zigg Capital and several others. San…
As US airlines deploy AI pricing tools, startups help travelers cash in on fare drops
NEW YORK, Oct 30: US airlines are turning to artificial intelligence to help maximize revenue from airfares. Now startups are putting AI to work on the other side of the transaction, helping passengers automatically claw back savings when ticket…
A Startup Proposes Six Reactors on the Ohio River in Kentucky, a State That Has Never Had a Nuclear Plant
A Lexington-based startup has proposed building up to six nuclear reactors along the Ohio River in Lewis County, Kentucky, a state that has never had a commercial nuclear power plant. The Nuclear Company says its Prosperity One campus near…
Science robotics startup Opentrons raises $40M to standardize laboratory automation - SiliconANGLE
Opentrons Labworks Inc., a leader in artificial intelligence-driven robotic laboratory automation, today announced it raised $40 million in new funding to scale its robotics, software and data infrastructure tools. Healthcare investor Avego led the…
Supabase vs Firebase for Startups: An Honest Comparison
Supabase vs Firebase comes down to one question: do you want a relational Postgres database with SQL, or a document database that syncs to clients with almost no setup? For most SaaS products with users, teams, billing and reports, Supabase is the…
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