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AI startup CVector raises $5M for its industrial 'nervous system'
Industrial AI startup CVector built a brain and nervous system for big industry. Now, founders Richard Zhang and Tyler Ruggles are tasked with a bigger challenge: showing customers and investors how this AI-powered software layer translates to real…
Startup Tech Talent In The Age Of AI Coding
What has truly changed in hiring engineers? Which traditional hiring signals are now misleading, and how should founders rethink technical interviews in the age of AI-assisted development? The rapid adoption of AI coding tools has unsettled one of…
Startup Software Architecture - You Never Really Throw It Away: A Conversation with David Gudeman
Michael Stiefel: Welcome to the Architect's Podcast, where we discuss what it means to be an architect and how architects actually do their job. Today's guest is David Gudeman, who is the co-founder and CTO of VelocityAI, a product that gives every…
Savvy signs MOU with Neom to help games startups move 'from incubation to acceleration'
Savvy Games Group and Neom have signed a new memorandum of understanding with the intention of making the path for Saudi games startups moving from 'incubation to acceleration' easier. Studios leaving the former's Nine66 Incubator Program will now…
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Startup Named After 'Despicable Me' Villain GRU Reveals Plans to Open Hotel on the Moon by 2032
A San Fransisco startup has announced plans to open a hotel on the moon by 2032 The announcement follows President Donald Trump's “Ensuring American Space Superiority' executive order urging NASA to build a lunar structure by 2030 The…
These are the European startups Nvidia backed in 2025, as it ramped up investing in the continent's AI companies
Augustin Pasquini | Afp | Getty Images In 2025, Nvidia hugely upped its investments in European tech companies, taking part in 14 funding rounds, compared to seven in 2024. The chip giant invested in leading European startups, including Mistral…
Nvidia and Alphabet VC arms back AI startup Synthesia at $4 billion valuation
British AI startup Synthesia has raised $200 million at a $4 billion valuation. The fresh funding nearly doubles the $2.1 billion price tag the company hit when it raised in January 2025. The round comes amid a surge of private investment in…
AI startup Synthesia raises $200M in funding from Nvidia, Google, others (NVDA:NASDAQ)
Artificial intelligence startup Synthesia has raised $200M in a new Series E funding round, the company said on Monday. Nvidia's (NVDA) venture capital arm, Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) venture arm, and venture firm Kleiner Perkins are among It enables…
Why two Gen Z college dropouts are combatting financial nihilism with a credit card startup
Are the kids alright? Covering fintech typically gives me a pretty bleak answer to the age-old question. From prediction markets to crypto to zero-day options, every new financial product targeted at Gen Z seems to fall under the category of…
California easily maintains its startup crown, despite naysayers
Some of California's most prominent venture capitalists are quick to slam their state, arguing that fiscal mismanagement and high taxes will cause startups to form elsewhere. So far that doesn't seem to be happening. For the record, I live near…
Saudi Arabia signs MoU to bolster pipeline for game startups
Savvy Games Group and NEOM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to clear the runway for video game startups Saudi Arabia. The two organizations said the move will help video game startups move from 'incubation to acceleration' with the…
Crypto Startup Entropy To Shut Down, Refund Investors
Written by Brian Quarmby,Contributor Reviewed by Rahul Nambiampurath,Staff Editor Entropy founder and CEO Tux Pacific says that, after four years and multiple pivots, the project was unable to find a scalable business model. Cointelegraph in your…
New Program Links Startups With Northwest Arkansas Health Organizations
A new innovation program out of northwest Arkansas has plans to directly connect startups with local health care organizations in need of technical solutions. HealthCatalyst NWA, led by HTA of Fayetteville and NXTUS Inc. of Wichita, Kansas…
Pivot Announces Second Edition Of Open Demo Day With Global Call For Startups
Pivot has announced the second edition of its Open Demo Day for January 2026, offering startups a global virtual platform, $100,000 in rewards, and access to investors, partners, and industry support. Pivot, a Web3 venture accelerator, has…
Bill Gates-backed silicon photonics startup develops optical transistors 10,000x smaller than current tech - optical chip can process 1,000 x 1,000 multiplication matrices
Neurophos, an AI chip started based in Austin, Texas and backed by Bill Gates' Gates Frontier Fund, says that it has developed an optical processing unit (OPU) that the company claims is ten times more powerful than Nvidia's latest Vera Rubin NVL72…
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