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techcrunch.com - Tim Fernholz - This simulation startup wants to be the Cursor for physical AI
This simulation startup wants to be the Cursor for physical AI
TechCrunch

The promise of physical AI is that engineers will be able to program physical agents the same way they do digital ones. We're not there yet. Robotics is still held back by a paucity of data from physical spaces. To train their machines, companies…

standard.co.uk - The Standard - How to solve the business challenges facing startups
How to solve the business challenges facing startups
Evening Standard

Launching a new business is an exciting time for any budding founder, but it's also a challenging prospect in a crowded marketplace. And one of the biggest early difficulties for startups can be attracting funding to get plans off the ground.

techcrunch.com - Maggie Nye - From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product
From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product
TechCrunch

For a successful deep tech startup, the laboratory breakthrough is only the first step. To spin out an innovative technology into a scalable business, a founder has to navigate a complicated legal process. This week on Build Mode, Isabelle…

techcrunch.com - Connie Loizos - Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
TechCrunch

Physical Intelligence, the two-year-old, San Francisco-based robotics startup that has quietly become one of the most closely watched AI companies in the Bay Area, published new research Thursday showing that its latest model can direct robots to…

businessinsider.com - Ana Altchek - Startup CTO explains the shift in engineering hiring his company has made for the AI era
Startup CTO explains the shift in engineering hiring his company has made for the AI era
Business Insider

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Hsu, the cofounder and CTO of Speak, an AI-powered language learning app. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I'm a cofounder at Speak, a growth-stage AI-native startup.

wsj.com - Stuart Condie - Australian Design Startup Canva Avoiding Tech-Sector Layoffs
Australian Design Startup Canva Avoiding Tech-Sector Layoffs
Wall Street Journal

SYDNEY—Design-software developer Canva's longstanding profitability has helped the Australian startup avoid the large-scale layoffs seen at other technology companies as it builds toward a U.S. stock-market listing, its chief executive said.

cmu.edu - Carnegie Mellon University, AI Strike Team Bring Top AI Startups to Pittsburgh for High-Stakes Draft Competition
Carnegie Mellon University, AI Strike Team Bring Top AI Startups to Pittsburgh for High-Stakes Draft Competition
Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science

Carnegie Mellon University 's Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship and the AI Strike Team today unveiled the finalists for the Forge to Field AI Pitch Competition, a Draft Week event dedicated to identifying the biggest breakthroughs at the…

crunchbase.com - Mary Ann Azevedo - Exclusive: Repeat Founders Raise $20M For Spektr, A Fintech Compliance Startup, In NEA-Led Series A
Exclusive: Repeat Founders Raise $20M For Spektr, A Fintech Compliance Startup, In NEA-Led Series A
Crunchbase

For the founders of Spektr, the journey didn't start with the Danish startup's inception in 2023; it began a decade ago while working in the trenches of a payments company. “We have this saying between the two of us,” explains CEO…

wsj.com - Angel Au-Yeung - Exclusive | An Investor Dared Him to Quit School. Now He's Building a $1.5 Billion AI Startup.
Exclusive | An Investor Dared Him to Quit School. Now He's Building a $1.5 Billion AI Startup.
Wall Street Journal

In the crowded arena of AI coding, another startup has raised its flag. Factory, which makes autonomous artificial intelligence bots or agents that code, is in talks to raise $150 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. Khosla Ventures will lead the…

makeuseof.com - Tashreef Shareef - I replaced Task Manager, Startup apps, and Event Viewer with three better Microsoft tools
I replaced Task Manager, Startup apps, and Event Viewer with three better Microsoft tools
MakeUseOf

If something goes wrong with your PC, be it sluggish performance, slow startup issues or even frequent crashes, Windows offers a few built-in tools to know what's wrong. For instance, Task Manager can tell you if sluggish performance is due to high…

siliconangle.com - Maria Deutscher - Developer tooling startup Expo nabs $45M investment
Developer tooling startup Expo nabs $45M investment
SiliconANGLE

Expo, the developer of a popular open-source tool for building cross-platform applications, today announced that it has raised $45 million in funding. Developers often implement web application interfaces using an open-source library called React.

tomshardware.com - Anton Shilov - Legendary Qualcomm, Apple, and Nuvia alumni form new CPU startup - Nuvacore promises to 'rewrite the rules of silicon
Legendary Qualcomm, Apple, and Nuvia alumni form new CPU startup - Nuvacore promises to 'rewrite the rules of silicon
Tom's Hardware

Just several months after leaving Qualcomm, distinguished CPU and system architects Gerard Williams, John Bruno, and Ram Srinivasan, who are celebrated for their high-performance processors developed at Apple, Nuvia, and, more recently, Qualcomm…

heatmap.news - Alexander C. Kaufman - This American Nuclear Startup Aims to Supply India's Reactor Boom
This American Nuclear Startup Aims to Supply India's Reactor Boom
Heatmap News

Thorium bulls are rare. Of all the competing visions for what kind of technology should dominate a global nuclear renaissance, thorium-fueled reactors have remained avant garde even as other once-experimental concepts such as high-temperature…

cityam.com - Anna Moloney - Octopus CMO: I was warned against joining an energy startup
Octopus CMO: I was warned against joining an energy startup
City AM

Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City's great and good. Today, Octopus CMO Rebecca Dibb-Simkin takes us through her career, from being warned off joining an energy startup to her love of Greggs chicken bakes, in Square Mile and Me…

cyprus-mail.com - Kinisis Ventures startups report strong sales and market expansion in 2026
Kinisis Ventures startups report strong sales and market expansion in 2026
Cyprus Mail

Kinisis Ventures portfolio companies opened 2026 with stronger sales, product rollouts and market expansion across both KVF I and KVF II, as several startups moved from development into commercial execution during the first quarter, according to…

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