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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

AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO

Cloud provider Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation, marking what could be its last private round before a planned 2027 IPO, according to The Wall Street Journal. Coatue Management and Blackstone are leading the…

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…

This Startup Led by an Ex-Apple Designer Thinks a GUI for AI Could Change Everything

You may remember Abidur Chowdhury as the industrial designer who introduced the iPhone Air during Apple's September 2025 keynote and then left Apple two months later, only to resurface as the head of design at the AI startup Hark. I wouldn't blame…

How to Say No to Investors, Partners and Opportunities So Your Startup Moves Faster

Run every opportunity through a three-question filter that checks whether it pays off within 90 days, fits the company you are today and justifies what it pulls you away from. Saying no applies to investor advice, funding terms and big-name…

The Future of AI, Robotics, and Technology Entrepreneurship Discussed at Moscow Startup Summit

As part of the second Moscow Startup Summit, international thought leaders discussed how artificial intelligence, robotics and new approaches to leadership will transform business and society. Leadership expert and bestselling author Robin Sharma…

Anthropic expands Claude Startups program in bid to snag founders and fast-growing companies

Anthropic announced it's expanding its Claude Startups program, which gives members access to thousands of dollars worth of Anthropic's Claude products and credits. The expansion marks the AI company's latest push to deepen its ties to founders and…

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…

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…

CrowdStrike Launches Startup Accelerator to Combat AI-Related Threats

The program, run in tandem with Nvidia and Amazon Web Services (AWS), is designed for “startups building the future of cybersecurity for the agentic era,” CrowdStrike said in its announcement Tuesday (Oct. 6). “The next…

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…

Compare Startup SMS Alerts Provider Templates - 4 US-EU Signature Tests

Operational constraint: a startup that needs to compare an SMS alerts provider cannot treat every failed message as proof that a recipient is invalid. The safer choice is to test templates and signatures inside a small delivery-event contract…