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North America's Startup Funding Falls In Q3 As AI Giants Eye The Public Markets

Funding to North American startups declined sequentially in the third quarter and came in well below the all-time peak. However, the dip is largely due to the absence of new megarounds for OpenAI and Anthropic and doesn't appear to reflect any…

Former Tesla Optimus Lead is Launching an Industrial Robot Startup

College students competing in 'America's Startup' contest use AI to start businesses from their dorms

One startup uses artificial intelligence to help winemakers better predict crop yields. Another uses insights gleaned from AI to enable earlier detection of skin cancer, while a third develops a seaweed-based hydrogel fire suppressant that's free…

From Ballet To Breach Prevention: How A Magician's Son Raised $4.2M In Seed Funding For His Cybersecurity Startup

Before William “Will” Cielen was building cybersecurity software, he was performing in his father's magic shows. The son of a magician and an acrobat, Cielen spent his first five years living on a cruise ship, followed by five years…

China's AI startups can match the U.S.'s models. They can't yet match the U.S.'s money

By many measures, China is fast catching up with the U.S. in AI development. Moonshot's Kimi K3—the world's largest open-weight model—has approached the performance of America's frontier systems. Analysts estimate the best Chinese…

Anthropic is offering startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits to kickstart their AI journey

Claude Startup is open to startups up to five years old Successful applicants get $1k API credits and free Claude Teams Office hours, marketplace access and more networking are also benefits Anthropic has confirmed plans to expand its Claude…

That Humanoid Fighting Robot Startup on Van Ness Just Got a Cease and Desist From the State

After a video went viral of an obviously dangerous cage match between a human and a humanoid robot, California state officials have ordered San Francisco-based Robot Entertainment Kombat to cease all such unlicensed cage fights. Robot Entertainment…

Nvidia, Samsung back $90M round for AI agent startup Nous Research - SiliconANGLE

Nous Research Inc., the developer of the popular Hermes artificial intelligence agent, today announced that it has raised $90 million in funding. Early-stage startup fund Robot Ventures led the Series B round. It was joined by Nvidia Corp., Samsung…

Anthropic expands startup programme for AI-native firms

AI major Anthropic has expanded its ‘Claude Startups' programme, offering early-stage founders, including AI-native businesses in India, up to $7,000 in products and credits. The US-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm will also provide…

Zscaler's Agentic SOC Launch Signals the Category Startups Built Is Now an Enterprise Requirement

Security teams are struggling to keep up with autonomous software. These programs make decisions and execute tasks on their own, but the tools used to monitor networks were built for a slower era. On September 9, 2026, Zscaler launched its Agentic…

Huge companies have dominated AI. Two startups with an entirely different approach think they can do better

(CNN) — Among the AI heavyweights, Europe has long been missing a contender. The US has produced OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta and SpaceXAI; while China has a whole host of AI labs. Now, one French startup is trying to best them all…

A Rocket Startup That's Not SpaceX Just Raised $1 Billion. Workers Near Retirement Can Get Richer on Paper Without Adding $1 to Their Social Security Record

Kent, Washington-based Stoke Space raised $1 billion in a Series E on Sept. 8. That brings its total capital raised to $2.3 billion. The company is readying its Nova Pathfinder rocket for a first orbital flight targeted for early 2027.

Big Tech is predicting the apocalypse. The real AI threat is much bigger

Consider the consequences of the American Medical Association's panic over what it perceived as an overabundance of doctors in the 1980s. It claimed a surplus would mean some doctors wouldn't perform certain procedures frequently enough to maintain…

Bloom raises $3.6M to become the 'Alibaba' of American manufacturing

When Justin Kosmides co-founded Bloom in 2023, his goal was to create a savior for the mobility industry. He had seen many e-bike and e-scooter companies fail because of an inability — or an unwillingness — to outsource some of the…

Karnataka Government's Vision For BFSI And FinTech Ecosystem

Karnataka's government is actively seeking deeper collaboration with the BFSI and FinTech industries to propel its technology ecosystem forward, fostering innovation and preparing for the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2026. The Government of Karnataka on…