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Here are the VCs judging in Startup Battlefield 200 Disrupt 2026
A great pitch doesn't win Startup Battlefield 200. A great company does. That's why the VCs sitting in the judges' seats matter so much. They aren't looking for polished presentations or clever demos — they're looking for founders solving…
Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve
Elisa de Martel, who was chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo, has been hired to the same position at buzzy self-driving vehicle startup Wayve. Outgoing CFO Max Warburton, who held the position at Wayve since 2024…
Former Infosys chief's AI startup nabs another $53M
Hang Ten Systems, an AI startup founded by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka just four months ago, has expanded its seed funding by another $53 million. This new investment round was closed just five weeks after the initial $32 million seed round was…
How Founders Can Enter The Next Wave Of AI Consumer Startups
Pranjal Saxena, Principal, Strategy, Google. The consumer internet is experiencing its biggest platform shift since the launch of the smartphone. Generative and agentic AI are no longer novel tech demos; they are rapidly being adopted to discover…
Maye Musk says she still had to mediate Elon and Kimbal's fights after they became startup founders
Maye Musk said she helped her sons navigate the early days of building their startup, Zip2. In her memoir, 'Timeless,' released September 15, Maye described her sons' differing management styles and the family meetings she held to help them work…
Exclusive: Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years' worth of nuclear fuel
The U.S. has ambitious plans to triple the capacity of its nuclear power plants by 2050, but that goal might hit a roadblock if plant operators can't buy fuel at reasonable prices. Prices for yellowcake, a form of unrefined uranium, are up 75% in…
EyeROV: Indian Deep-Tech Startup Showcases its Underwater Drones to World Leaders
At the Bharat Innovates Exposition, organised by the Ministry of Education as part of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, the EyeROV pavilion was visited by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi; President of Russia Vladimir Putin;…
Scaling global startups on distributed SQL - TechNewsDaily - Technology News & Reviews
CockroachDB Serverless provides a free tier with 250 million Request Units and 10 GiB of storage per month. Users pay $1 for every additional 10 million Request Units or $1 for every additional gigabyte of storage. This model eliminates capacity…
The Old Startup Playbook Won't Cut It Anymore. Here's What It Takes to Build a Successful Company Today.
Business fundamentals need to be continually reexamined as technology, customer expectations and the nature of work evolve rapidly. Every generation of entrepreneurs inherits rules from the generation before it. The smartest ones figure out which…
AI as co-founder: Rethinking early startup hiring… - Inblix
The traditional playbook for early-stage startups is undergoing a radical rewrite. Where founders once rushed to fill their first ten roles with human talent, many are now pausing to ask if an AI agent could do the job faster and cheaper. This…
Kerala Startup Mission joins national initiative to promote ST-led startups
The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has partnered with Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) to develop a national ecosystem for identifying, incubating, mentoring and financing startups and enterprises led by members of Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities.
Inference hardware startup Delos Data raises $100M+ in funding - SiliconANGLE
Delos Data Inc., a startup that develops hardware for artificial intelligence clusters, has raised more than $100 million in funding. The capital was provided by Matrix, Playground, Socratic Partners, Capricorn, Matter Venture Partners and IAG.
States Bet Big on Rural Health Startups, With a Silicon Valley Twist
When Josh Fleig, Louisiana's chief innovation officer, learned his state had set aside $20 million a year, for five years, to invest in startup rural health companies, his reaction was not surprising: “Wow!” In rural America, where…
MARKET MAP: 89 VC-Backed Startups Changing Finance, Audits, Banking & Compliance
As AI begins to transform the financial services industry — from investment banking to wealth management to the CFO's back-office toolkit — AI native startups and legacy players alike are scrambling for position. VCs are backing…
Quantum Valley Pakistan to open new pathways for youth, startups, high-tech businesses: Ahsan
By |Sep 17, 2026 |Updated 1 minute ago Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday expressed confidence that Quantum Valley Pakistan would open new pathways for the country's youth, startups and…
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