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Two Boston startups join the race to create the next major weight-loss drug
Two major pharmaceutical companies have tapped two Boston area startups in their bid to create the next big oral weight-loss drug, as demand for GLP-1 medications skyrockets. Earlier this week, the Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo…
Why Raising VC Too Early Is the Fastest Way to Kill Your Startup
Here's how to build a customer-funded startup and grow on your own terms before bringing investors to the table. Founders today are conditioned to believe venture capital is the ultimate milestone — a rite of passage into…
Startup Space at 10: A Launchpad for the New Space Economy
As the Startup Space pitch competition celebrates its 10th anniversary at this year's SATShow Week, organizers, judges, and past-year winners say it has become a true on-ramp to the commercial space economy — especially for founders who once…
Brookfield's new AI unit Radiant valued at $1.3 billion after merger with UK startup, sources say
LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Brookfield Asset Management's new AI infrastructure company Radiant has been valued at $1.3 billion after merging with London-based cloud computing firm Ori Industries, according to three people with…
Jensen Huang's A.I. Bets Beyond GPUs: 10 High-Flying Startups Backed by Nvidia
Jensen Huang is best known for building the world's dominant A.I. chipmaker. But as surging demand for GPUs has turned Nvidia into a $4.5 trillion powerhouse, the company has quietly expanded its influence far beyond hardware, pouring billions into…
Barron Trump's Tea Startup Lists Donor's Palm Beach Mansion as HQ, Report
Barron Trump's latest business venture — caffeinated herbal tea — is drawing scrutiny after a Friday Newsweek report revealed it was registered to the Palm Beach home of a longtime friend and donor to President Donald Trump. Per the…
Taiwan ranks No. 2 in global startup business environment: GEM - Focus Taiwan
Taipei, Feb. 28 (CNA) Taiwan is ranked No. 2 in the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor's (GEM) National Entrepreneurial Context Index (NECI), which assesses the startup business environment in different countries. In its 2025-2026 global report…
OpenAI raises $110 billion in largest-ever private tech funding round, Nvidia throws in $30 billion - AI startup now valued at $730 billion
OpenAI announced this week that it has closed a $110 billion funding round backed by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank — the largest private tech financing in history — valuing the ChatGPT maker at $730 billion pre-money, or $840 billion…
Trump directs US agencies to toss Anthropic's AI as Pentagon calls startup a supply risk
WASHINGTON, Feb 27: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he is directing every federal agency to stop work with artificial intelligence lab Anthropic while the Pentagon declared it a supply-chain risk, capping a weeks-long fight over…
Founders Share 5 Realities Of Starting Your Own Business
5 key realities of launching and growing a successful new business Entrepreneurship is often portrayed as a journey of freedom, innovation and independence — the ultimate career pivot for professionals who feel constrained by traditional…
How South Korean micro-dramas are trying to break into a China-dominated market
Jake Kwon Seoul correspondent, Seoul 'More anger, more anger, please!' Director Kang Mi-so shouts across the set at an actor playing the role of the 'wicked' aunt. The camera rolls to the woman. Face scrunched up, she lets out a torrent of abuse:…
Why Founders Overestimate Their Grip On Information - Lessons From Nexus
Founders tend to believe they operate from a position of unusual clarity. They see the metrics before anyone else does. They sit at the intersection of product, hiring, finance, and strategy. From that vantage point, the company can feel…
Generate Biomedicines Shares Plummet After $400 Million Market Debut
Generate Biomedicines shares dropped nearly 21% Friday after the company's $400 million initial public offering, continuing an uneven recovery for biotech stock-market debuts. After a biotech IPO drought in 2025, Generate is the latest in a series…
AI skeptic Ed Zitron says Industry is scamming us into poverty
Ed Zitron has done the math on the AI industry. He does not like what he found. Zitron, a tech analyst and writer behind the popular newsletter Where's Your Ed At and podcast Better Offline, returned to Newsweek's The 1600 podcast for a second…
Exclusive | Nvidia Plans New Chip to Speed AI Processing, Shake Up Computing Market
plans to unveil a new processor specially tailored to help OpenAI and other customers build faster, more efficient tools, a major shake-up to its business that is poised to reset the AI race. The company is designing a new system for…
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