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The Military Desperately Needs More Missiles. Startup Castelion Wants to Fix That.
Castelion founders (left to right): Sean Pitt, Bryon Hargis, Andrew Kreitz In late 2022, a Navy officer called SpaceX government sales director Bryon Hargis with a desperate plea: He needed a new manufacturer that could reliably supply hypersonic…
New York Times sues AI startup for 'illegal' copying of millions of articles
The New York Times sued an embattled artificial intelligence startup on Friday, accusing the firm of illegally copying millions of articles. The newspaper alleged Perplexity AI had distributed and displayed journalists' work without permission en…
This Robotic Surgery Legend Is Pouring $100 Million Into Next-Gen Medical Startups
Dr. Fred Moll left the practice of medicine more than four decades ago. But he's responsible for some 3 million surgeries a year, done by robots that he helped invent as the cofounder of Intuitive Surgical, the leader in robotic surgeries with more…
Alarm Over Hypersonic Missile Gap Fuels Startup Boom
The Pentagon is getting serious about hypersonic weapons, a technology that has eluded the U.S. military for decades. It is looking to startups, with no experience but billions of dollars backing them, to fill an increasingly glaring hole in the…
Nagercoil Corporation gives impetus to startup growth with subsidised workspaces
In an effort to boost the development of startup companies in Kanniyakumari district, the Nagercoil Corporation has provided workspace to 10 startup firms that are registered under Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and…
The 10 Hottest Cybersecurity Startups Of 2025
For cybersecurity startups in 2025, the emergence of AI and agentic have rapidly come to dominate—though there are plenty of signs that it's not just marketing hype. Beyond the massive funding rounds for many startups offering AI-powered…
Bill Gates' daughter snags $30M for AI startup backed by celebs, Silicon Valley heavyweights
Bill Gates' youngest daughter has clinched a blockbuster new funding round — vaulting her AI-driven shopping startup into one of the most closely watched ventures in tech's hottest category. Phoebe Gates is raising $30 million for Phia, the…
India's Private Sector Expands in Space, Nuclear Industries; Calls for Stronger Industry-Academia Collaboration
India's private sector is set to play a significantly larger role in the country's space and nuclear industries, a shift that was unimaginable a decade ago, Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said on Friday. Speaking at the…
Carlsbad startup prepares to mass-produce solar-powered car that can run on sunshine alone
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Imagine a vehicle that can truly power itself with just sunshine alone. A Carlsbad-based startup says that the future is almost here. Aptera Motors is preparing to mass-produce what it calls the world's first solar-powered…
Energy storage industry set aggressive goals for 2025 - and already crushed them
Nearly a decade ago, when the energy storage market was in its infancy, an industry organization set a dreamy goal: By the end of 2025, the U.S. would deploy 35 gigawatts of batteries connected to the grid. So how'd the storage industry do? In the…
Data Backup Startup Eon Raises $300M In Series D Funding Round
The new capital raises the company's total financing to $500 million and boosts its valuation to $4 billion. Next-generation cloud data backup provider Eon has raised $300 million in a Series D funding round that boosts the startup's valuation to…
India's Industry-Academia 'Golden Triangle' Gap Must Close: Reliance, HUL Leaders Urge at CII Summit
At the CII Global Summit on Industry-Academia Partnership on Friday, industry leaders stressed that India must narrow the gap between research and real-world needs to keep pace. CII identified both a problem and an opportunity. Speaking to ANI on…
A Startup Backed By Mark Cuban Tried To Make 'Buy American' A Shopping Habit. No One Cared, And The Team Had To Pivot
Mark Cuban isn't blaming politicians for the decline of American manufacturing jobs –he's blaming consumers. The billionaire entrepreneur said the real force behind offshoring wasn't Washington or Wall Street, but ordinary Americans who…
US defense giants are fighting to write drone warfare's future. Billions of dollars are at stake.
Silicon Valley disruptors and defense industry heavyweights are locked in a fight to shape the future of drone warfare. The competition pits agile startups like Performance Drone Works and Anduril against the big primes — large, traditional…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Discusses How To Stay Committed To An Unproven Startup Before It Takes Off: 'Manifest Your Belief As Deeply As You Can' - NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said earlier this month that he could see his company's evolution in his head before it translated into reality. 'Manifest your belief as deeply as you can,' Huang said in the interview at the University of Cambridge on Nov.
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