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From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield's alumni now?
Some of the most consequential companies in tech history didn't launch with a splashy fundraising announcement. They started with a pitch. Dropbox demoed to a room of skeptics. Cloudflare took the stage before most people understood what edge…
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026
Google Cloud Next is taking place this week in Las Vegas, and one clear message has emerged: Google wants AI startups on its cloud. To that end, it made several startup-related announcements. The most significant is that the tech giant has…
AI Pioneers Back Startup Building Models to Predict Events
Sooth Labs, a new artificial intelligence lab founded by former Meta Platforms Inc. employees, is raising about $50 million in funding to build AI models meant to help businesses forecast the likelihood of specific geopolitical and market events…
I'm 40 and $300,000 in debt after my startup failed. I'm living on $10 a day in South Korea.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kang Gwang-sik, a 40-year-old content creator from South Korea. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. I'm the guy on Instagram with $300,000 in debt in South Korea, living on…
Cathie Woods' ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra - and it isn't AI
ARK Invest Venture Fund has made its first-ever lead investment in an early-stage startup called Lucra, firm founder Cathie Woods told TechCrunch. “We feel pretty excited about it,” Woods (pictured above) said in the recent interview…
Workers Sue $10 Billion AI Startup for Collecting and Exposing Personal Data
Training artificial-intelligence models demands massive amounts of fresh data. Mercor, a $10 billion startup that hires contractors to provide AI training feedback, is among those leading the high-stakes hunt. Sometimes that quest for data leads to…
What The Record Venture Funding Quarter Actually Means For Your Startup's Fundraise
Crunchbase just reported that $300 billion flowed into startups in Q1 2026, the biggest quarter in venture history. The eye-popping subtext? Four companies absorbed $188 billion of that, or 65%. If you're a seed-stage founder reading those numbers…
SpaceX strikes $60 billion deal for the right to buy AI coding startup Cursor
SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) on Tuesday announced that it had struck a deal with AI coding tool maker Cursor, which gives SpaceX the option to purchase the startup later this year for $60 billion. “SpaceXAI and @cursor_ai are now working closely…
SpaceX says it has option to acquire startup Cursor for US$60 billion
SpaceX said it has secured an option to either acquire code-generation startup Cursor for US$60billion later this year, or pay US$10 billion for their new partnership, as it pushes deeper into the lucrative market for AI developer tools. SCROLL TO…
The AI boom won't last, a top VC warns, as he urges startups to cash out
Elad Gil, Silicon Valley's top solo venture capitalist, has a stark message for AI founders: sell your company soon, while conditions are still favorable. 'Founders running successful AI companies should all take a cold, hard look at exiting in the…
A Better Way To Fail: How This Platform Aims To Turn Startup Shutdowns Into Something Salvageable
More than 90% of startups fail, but what happens after a company shuts down is far less understood, and often far more painful than it needs to be. SimpleClosure was founded in 2023 on the idea that winding down a startup shouldn't be chaotic…
How a software engineer grad weighed a Target internship vs startup offer after 2,000 applications
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dianna Dimambro, a 29-year-old incoming software engineer at a startup. She is based in Jupiter, Florida. Her identity and offers have been verified by Business Insider. The following has been…
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AWS Wants to Be More Than Cloud in India's Startup Story
India's startup story has often been told through the language of scale, funding, and founder energy. What is changing now is the tone of that story. AWS may be best known for cloud infrastructure, but its startup play has become much broader than…
From Daymond John to Billion-Dollar Startups - How This Media Strategist Turns Founders Into Headlines
This week on How Success Happens, I sat down with Zach Rosenfield, CEO and president of RMG, a 360-degree media strategy firm that shapes the narratives of everyone from billion-dollar brands to icons like Daymond John and Shaquille O'Neal. Zach…
Firstpoint VC launches with €50m fund to invest in AI-driven games and entertainment startups
New venture capital firm Firstpoint VC has launched with a €50 million fund to invest in AI-driven gaming and entertainment startups. General partners Burak Yılmaz and Mike Fischer lead Firstpoint, each with more than 30 years of…
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