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semafor.com - J.D. Capelouto - AI startups boost Hong Kong IPOs
AI startups boost Hong Kong IPOs
Semafor

Listings on Hong Kong's stock exchange reached a five-year high in the first quarter of 2026, driven by investor appetite for AI and chips. The two best-performing IPOs this year, Zhipu and MiniMax, are among China's “AI tigers,” a…

pymnts.com - PYMNTS - Belgian Crypto Startup Keyrock Sees Valuation Top $1 Billion
Belgian Crypto Startup Keyrock Sees Valuation Top $1 Billion
PYMNTS.com | Breaking News, Trends and Analysis

The company announced that valuation last week after securing “significant” Series C funding, and says it will use the financing to bolster its balance sheet, look for new acquisitions, and fund new innovations. “Our latest…

thehindubusinessline.com - Startups lead AI adoption, enterprises catching up: Microsoft's Jason Graefe
Startups lead AI adoption, enterprises catching up: Microsoft's Jason Graefe
BusinessLine

Jason R Graefe, Corporate Vice President, AI Partner Catalyst Team, Microsoft, discusses how the company is identifying and supporting the next wave of AI-native startups, the pace of AI adoption across startups and enterprises, and why India is…

gizmodo.com - Mike Pearl - I'm Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future
I'm Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published an article about AI entrepreneurs dropping out of college and being supported by venture capitalists. I'm a little worried about them: “While young founders have long dropped out of college to…

techcrunch.com - Kate Park - In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants
In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants
TechCrunch

Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan's push driven more by necessity than anything else. With workforces shrinking and pressure mounting to sustain productivity, companies are increasingly deploying…

cnbc.com - Elsa Ohlen - Silent killers': How AI start-ups are trying to solve one of the retail industry's biggest problems
Silent killers': How AI start-ups are trying to solve one of the retail industry's biggest problems
CNBC

A growing number of AI start-ups have emerged to provide virtual try-on technology, allowing potential customers to visualize fit and style before they buy. Online returns are a multibillion-dollar problem for the industry that's eating directly…

techcrunch.com - Kirsten Korosec - TechCrunch Mobility: 'A stunning lack of transparency'
TechCrunch Mobility: 'A stunning lack of transparency'
TechCrunch

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! You might recall the congressional…

scrippsnews.com - Stephanie Yang - How filming your chores could train the android butlers of the future
How filming your chores could train the android butlers of the future
Scripps News

The dream of deploying humanoid robots in every home has created a new type of job. The only requirements are a head strap, a smartphone and a list of chores. With the evolution of artificial intelligence, humanoid robots have become the latest…

bbc.co.uk - Nikita Yadav - Pronto, InstaHelp: You can hire house help in 15 minutes. But how fair is the system behind it?
Pronto, InstaHelp: You can hire house help in 15 minutes. But how fair is the system behind it?
BBC

On a Tuesday afternoon in Noida, near the Indian capital Delhi, Seema Kumari* arrives in a purple T-shirt and gets straight to work. Kitchen counters are wiped, the balcony scrubbed, bedsheets straightened and the floor mopped. Within 55 minutes…

fortune.com - Jacqueline Munis - Meet a former VC who has a plan to prepare American students for an AI-disrupted future
Meet a former VC who has a plan to prepare American students for an AI-disrupted future
Fortune

American schools are at a crossroads. Artificial intelligence companies say their technology will completely reshape the workforce, and no one knows how, as the definition of career readiness is being rewritten. Education advocate Ted Dintersmith…

techcrunch.com - Anthony Ha - Can orbital data centers help justify a massive valuation for SpaceX?
Can orbital data centers help justify a massive valuation for SpaceX?
TechCrunch

SpaceX has reportedly filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering in which the company would raise $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation. And according to CEO Elon Musk, orbital data centers will be a big part of SpaceX's…

gizmodo.com - Ece Yildirim - Trump Is Reportedly Going Full Steam Ahead with the Golden Dome
Trump Is Reportedly Going Full Steam Ahead with the Golden Dome
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The Pentagon has picked two companies to build prototypes for the key technology in Trump's controversial Golden Dome plan, a report says. Satellite startup Impulse Space and defense tech company Anduril were tapped to develop prototypes for the…

rediff.com - Rediff News - Shah reaches out to Kerala Christian community on Easter
Shah reaches out to Kerala Christian community on Easter
Rediff.com

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reached out to the Christian community on the occasion of Easter, requesting them to stand with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and help it form a government in Kerala where…

dmnews.com - Wesley Mercer - LinkedIn just handed B2B marketers a cheat sheet - and nobody's talking about it
LinkedIn just handed B2B marketers a cheat sheet - and nobody's talking about it
Direct Message News

Tension: B2B marketers chase vanity metrics and broad reach while the platform quietly reveals exactly who matters most. Noise: The obsession with AI-generated content at scale drowns out the strategic intelligence hiding in plain sight. Direct…

businessinsider.com - Elliott Harrell - I quit my corporate job at 25 to sell pizza with a friend. Now we have 9 locations.
I quit my corporate job at 25 to sell pizza with a friend. Now we have 9 locations.
Business Insider

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chris Brady, founder and president of Timber Pizza Co. It has been edited for length and clarity. By the time I started my second job in tech sales in my early 20s, I knew I had no desire to…

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