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The Space Startup Building Infrastructure For A Trillion-Dollar Frontier
The founding team of Mantis Space Scott Foley Photography, LLC. Courtesy of Mantis Space, Inc. A new generation of space businesses is turning ideas into reality, raising major funding and redefining what is possible beyond Earth. McKinsey…
Launching A Tech Startup? Here Are Today's Most Common Challenges
Cloud infrastructure, AI-powered development tools and more accessible funding channels have made it faster and cheaper than ever to turn an idea into a working tech product. But while the barriers to building a tech product have dropped, the…
The 4-Hour Workweek Is Killing Startups. Here's What To Do Instead.
The 4-hour workweek is killing startups. Here's what to do instead. Millions of people read Tim Ferriss's best-selling book and started systemising their business. They delegated, eliminated and automated their work until only freedom remained.
'This is not a hippy thing': the startup recycling urine to make natural fertiliser
When staff answer the call of nature at the European Space Agency's headquarters in Paris, their urine is not simply flushed away – it is turned into something much more useful. While urine-diverting toilets are often associated with smelly…
Why Pfizer And Eli Lilly Are Betting On This $1.3 Billion AI Drug Discovery Startup
Chai Discovery cofounders Josh Meier (left) and Jack Dent ast June, when AI drug discovery startup Chai Discovery was just 15 months old, it released a new model that could design antibodies. Nearly 20 pharma companies reached out to talk.
This startup will clean your apartment for free, if AI can watch
In New York City, where almost nothing is free, a startup called Shift Robotics is offering to clean your apartment for $0. There is, of course, a catch: The cleaners wear head-mounted cameras that record first-person footage as they do dishes, mop…
Active Startup Investors Didn't Hold Back In May
These days, U.S. startup investors are putting more money to work than ever, but they're concentrating capital into a smaller number of deals. That trend is reflected in the May tallies for most active investors. Crunchbase data showed top…
This startup is trying to make peace between AI companies and creatives
“It was a dark and stormy night. In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind…” The words at the beginning…
Watch Cancer Therapeutics Startup Earli on China Biotech Lead
Cancer Therapeutics Startup Earli on China Biotech Lead Cyriac Roeding, CEO and co-founder of cancer therapeutics startup Earli, gives his assessment of China's biotech developments, after predicting a decade ago that the country would become a…
AI Startup Collate Raises $95 Million To Automate Life Sciences Paperwork
In this week's edition of InnovationRx, we look at cancer breakthroughs from the ASCO conference, Clear's move into healthcare, Harrison.ai's U.S. expansion, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Just 17 months after emerging from…
Next.js 16.2: 400% Faster Dev Startup, Faster Rendering, and Deeper Tooling for AI Agents
Vercel recently released Next.js 16.2, the latest version of its open-source React framework, shipping with performance improvements, better debugging, new tooling for AI agents, and over 200 Turbopack fixes and improvements. The headline of the…
There's a looming copper shortage. This South Carolina startup wants to mine it from waste instead of ore
The world faces a looming copper shortage: By 2040, demand could grow by 50%, driven by everything from electric cars to the surge in data centers. At the same time, supply is expected to drop, leaving a shortfall of 10 million metric tons…
The latest class of Pittsburgh startups takes the stage
A group of startups made their pitch Wednesday to the region's burgeoning AI, robotics and life science industries. Why it matters: Pittsburgh wants to expand its tech industry and create an AI hub to rival bigger markets like Silicon Valley and…
30 interceptions a minute: An Israeli startup's drone solution
The threat from Hezbollah's drones has aroused concern in Israel and represents a considerable challenge for the IDF in protecting its ground forces and settlements on the northern border. In addition to the Iron Beam laser interception system from…
This Iowa bioenergy startup is turning almond shells, old wood floors, and grass clippings into aviation fuel
When the floor of the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa—home to the Iowa State University Cyclones basketball team—was ripped up during a renovation in 2023, some of the historic hardwood was preserved for superfans looking for the…
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