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10 Frequently Asked Questions About Startups
Behind every headline-grabbing business success story lies years of hard work. Starting a business is one of the most exciting and challenging undertakings an entrepreneur can pursue. Interest in entrepreneurship is at an all-time high, and there…
Startup Raises $27 Million To Solve Two Massive Data Center Problems
Data centers are one of the most controversial new builds today. They're also constrained by access to power. Green energy infrastructure startup TAR has just raised a $27 million seed round to provide scalable on-site plug-and-play power…
Forget Elon's Data Centers In Space. This Startup Wants To Float Them At Sea
Panthalassa began testing Ocean-2, a prototype data center node off the coast of Washington state, in 2025. Among big future businesses Elon Musk is selling investors in newly public SpaceX is his plan to put data centers in space: solar-powered…
The AI Startup Funding Boom Is Not A Global Phenomenon
The flood of AI-focused funding has pushed global startup investment to record levels this year. But the vast majority of countries have not partaken in the gains. So far in 2026, U.S. companies have pulled in nearly 80% of global seed- through…
Innocean, SBVA partner to support growth of AI, tech startups
Innocean, the marketing and advertising arm of Hyundai Motor Group, has partnered with venture capital firm SBVA to launch a corporate backing initiative for growth-stage tech startups, the companies said Monday. The program, dubbed “UP…
GPU infrastructure management startup Hydra Host raises $100M
Data center infrastructure startup Hydra Host Inc. said today it has bagged $100 million in a Series A round of funding led by Kindred Ventures. Investors piled into the round, with Nvidia Corp., Ark Invest, SPLY Capital, Era Funds, Comcast…
AI agent authorization startup Arcade nabs $60M investment
Arcade AI Inc., the developer of an authorization platform for artificial intelligence agents, today announced that it has raised $60 million in funding. SYN Ventures led the Series A round. It was joined by Morgan Stanley and Wipro Ltd., a…
AMD buys data center memory optimization startup Mext
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today it has snapped up the flash memory optimization startup Mext Corp. in an effort to help its customers solve their growing headaches around memory supply constraints in artificial intelligence data…
SailPoint acquires AI agent security startup Entro for reported $200M
SailPoint Technologies Inc. is acquiring Entro Security Ltd., a startup that helps enterprises secure their artificial intelligence agents. The companies announced the deal today without disclosing the financial terms. CTech reported that the…
Salesforce to acquire customer service automation startup Fin for $3.6B
Salesforce Inc. today announced plans to acquire Fin, a major provider of customer service software, for about $3.6 billion. The deal will help the cloud giant enhance its Agentforce suite of artificial intelligence services. Fin was founded in…
Innocean, SBVA launch startup growth platform
Innocean, the advertising and marketing arm of Hyundai Motor Group, said Monday it is partnering with venture capital firm SBVA to launch UP 2026, a growth platform designed to foster collaboration with high-growth startups and identify new…
India's HCLTech to buy 10.5% stake in Sarvam AI, valuing startup at $1.5 billion
15 Jun 2026 09:50PM (Updated: 15 Jun 2026 10:01PM) June 15: India's HCLTech said on Monday it will acquire a 10.5 per cent stake in domestic generative AI startup Sarvam AI for 14.27 billion rupees ($150.7 million) in cash, leading the firm's…
'Cyprus startups need more risk-takers'
Cyprus' startup ecosystem is entering a period of growing maturity, but challenges surrounding founder quality, access to capital and international scaling remain, according to Dionysis Partsinevelos, associate at venture capital firm 33East and…
Team building remains biggest challenge for deep-tech startups
Brussels hosted the European Innovation Council Summit 2026 this month, where Laurence Petit, Director of Innovation at France's CEA, shared insights on how Europe can transform scientific excellence into successful deep-tech companies. Speaking to…
Amazon is looking for the next generation of climate tech startups
Amazon opened applications today for its third annual Amazon Sustainability Accelerator (ASA) climate tech programme in Europe and the UK. The programme connects startups and scaleups with Amazon Operations to pilot technology, helping Amazon…
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