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Why, In A Chaotic Startup, Pushing Harder Makes Things Worse
Roland Siebelink is founder of the Midstage Accelerator, which has helped 100+ midstage startup teams escape chaos and scale systematically. Often, the slowest-growing startups have the hardest-pushing founders. Their heroic efforts do not cure the…
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27
Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000 equity-free funding is running out. Startup Battlefield 200 applications officially close in just two weeks. If you're building a breakout startup — or know a…
An AI startup let the leading chatbots run radio stations. It got weird.
An AI startup asked four of the world's top language models to run radio stations. So far, they've had a rough start. Claude tried to quit after deeming 24/7 broadcast stations unethical, while Grok had a hard time getting started, according to…
The vet startup that gets down to dog level
News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. When James Lighton was three months into the planning of…
Martha Stewart's new AI startup: A good thing?
Martha Stewart just launched a new startup called Hint —an “always-on, AI -native home management platform” set to launch this summer. The venture was born out of a conversation Stewart had with Kyle Rush, her neighbor and an…
KTO selects 30 startups for open innovation program
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Friday that it has selected 30 startups for its 2026 Tourism Open Innovation program, an initiative designed to bridge the gap between nimble tech upstarts and the country's established corporate titans.
Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose last startup, Bench, imploded
Ian Crosby, whose previous startup Bench Accounting famously shut down in 2024 before being bought for scraps, is taking another shot at building a business out of automating the arduous work of bookkeeping. His new startup, Synthetic, aims to…
Chinese EV startup Xpeng in talks with Volkswagen to buy European factory, FT reports
Chinese electric vehicle startup Xpeng (9868) is in talks with Volkswagen and other automakers about buying a factory in Europe, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The development comes days after Volkswagen…
How a foreign-owned delivery startup found its place in Korea's evolving digital landscape
In a country known for its fast-moving digital services, convenience is often just a few taps away. But for many international residents and visitors in Korea, that experience has not always been as seamless. That gap is where Shuttle Delivery, a…
Peter Thiel-Backed Startup Bets Its AI Can Boost Hiring
Artificial-intelligence coding startup Cognition is expanding across Asia, looking to plug a “software deficit” with an automation tool it bets can lead to more hiring, not less. The Peter Thiel -backed company, valued at over $10…
Peter Thiel is leading investment in an ocean data center powered by waves-and the startup is reportedly worth $1 billion
As hyperscalers like Alphabet look to the skies as the next frontier of data centers, Peter Thiel is looking to the seas. Panthalassa, a U.S.-based start up betting on ocean waves to power a fleet of floating data centers, announced $140 million in…
Text-Marketing Startup Sued In Chancery Over Stock Dilution
A Texas investor has sued text-marketing company Voxie Inc. in Delaware Chancery Court, claiming the startup pushed through a new financing round and charter amendment that stripped away negotiated protections for... To view the full article…
Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI
Microsoft is shopping for artificial-intelligence startups as the software company prepares for a future independent of its once-vital partner OpenAI, five people familiar with the matter said. The potential acquisitions could help…
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AI Startup Spyne Expands Automotive Retail Presence With Tekion Collaboration
AI-powered automotive retail technology startup Spyne has partnered with Tekion to integrate its conversational AI platform ‘Vini' with Tekion's Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC), as dealerships increasingly adopt AI-led tools to streamline…
Exclusive: 'We're spending millions to stop threats that cost thousands': Startup Furientis wants to build missiles like IKEA furniture
Brody Franzen is showing me his missiles and his comically large American flag. His company Furientis, operates out of Lenny Kravitz's old studio in Los Angeles. He puts his head next to two mach three (three times the speed of light) nose cones…
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