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entrepreneur.com - Jayachander Reddy Kandakatla - How This Startup Is Using AI to Bridge the Health Literacy Gap
How This Startup Is Using AI to Bridge the Health Literacy Gap
Entrepreneur

If your AI startup is just summarizing the internet, you have no moat. Your value lies in how you curate, verify and translate that data for a specific user's needs. In the age of AI, “boring” things like governance and compliance are…

businessinsider.com - Jacob Zinkula - I quit my $192K Microsoft job to build a startup. Weeks later, almost everything I owned was stolen.
I quit my $192K Microsoft job to build a startup. Weeks later, almost everything I owned was stolen.
Business Insider

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with David Chong, a 38-year-old startup founder in Toronto. He previously worked as a senior software engineer at Microsoft until resigning last September. The following has been edited for length…

techcrunch.com - Sarah Perez - A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky's app
A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky's app
TechCrunch

Here's something that you've never seen on Big Tech social platforms: the decentralized open social network Bluesky has integrated new technology from a startup called Germ Network in order to bring end-to-end encrypted (E2E) messaging to the…

globalnews.ca - Alessia Simona Maratta - Alberta startup launches AI 'lawyer' for personal injury claims
Alberta startup launches AI 'lawyer' for personal injury claims
Global News

An Alberta-based legal technology company says it is using artificial intelligence to help personal injury claimants navigate the court system. Painworth, founded in 2020, recently began offering personalized AI-assisted representation for accident…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - T-Hub, Hauts-de-France region forge partnership to support startups
T-Hub, Hauts-de-France region forge partnership to support startups
The Hindu

Startup incubator T-Hub and the Hauts-de-France region have entered into a partnership with an eye on strengthening startup-led economic cooperation between India and France. Facilitating reciprocal market entry through structured immersion…

theblock.co - Polymarket buys fresh prediction market API startup Dome, marking second official acquisition
Polymarket buys fresh prediction market API startup Dome, marking second official acquisition
The Block

Dome, which offers a unified API for prediction markets, was developed as part of startup accelerator Y Combinator's Fall 2025 cohort. The startup previously raised $500,000 from YC and a $4.7 million seed round. Onchain predictions market provider…

lesswrong.com - Be skeptical of milestone announcements by young AI startups - LessWrong
Be skeptical of milestone announcements by young AI startups - LessWrong
Transformative AI

Almost one year ago now, a company named XBOW announced that their AI had achieved 'rank one' on the HackerOne leaderboard. HackerOne is a crowdsourced 'bug bounty' platform, where large companies like Anthropic, SalesForce, Uber, and others pay…

deccanchronicle.com - PTI - T-Hub Partners with Hauts-de-France to Deepen Indo-French Startup Growth Corridor
T-Hub Partners with Hauts-de-France to Deepen Indo-French Startup Growth Corridor
Deccan Chronicle

The collaboration includes co-designed acceleration and market readiness programmes to support product localisation, business model refinement and international scale-up, alongside corporate–startup platforms featuring cross-border…

lesswrong.com - Milestone announcements by young AI applications startups are often extremely misleading - LessWrong
Milestone announcements by young AI applications startups are often extremely misleading - LessWrong
Transformative AI

Almost one year ago now, a company named XBOW announced that their AI had achieved 'rank one' on the HackerOne leaderboard. HackerOne is a crowdsourced 'bug bounty' platform, where large companies like Anthropic, SalesForce, Uber, and others pay…

techradar.com - Eric Hal Schwartz - ChatGPT and Gemini struggle with complex Indian languages - but this Bengaluru startup says it can do better
ChatGPT and Gemini struggle with complex Indian languages - but this Bengaluru startup says it can do better
TechRadar

Sarvam AI says its Sarvam Vision model beats Gemini and ChatGPT on key OCR benchmarks The startup focuses on all 22 official Indian languages Its “sovereign AI” approach aims to build technology tailored specifically to India's needs…

okmagazine.com - OK! Staff - Barron Trump Launches Ambitious Beverage Startup
Barron Trump Launches Ambitious Beverage Startup
OK Magazine

Article continues below advertisement Barron Trump, the 19-year-old son of former President Donald Trump, has made a significant leap into the business world with his new venture, Sollos Yerba Mate Inc. This endeavor indicates his aspirations that…

superpowers4good.com - Devin D. Thorpe - Startup Science Aims to Reduce Startup Failure Rates with Gregory Shepard's Innovative Ecosystem
Startup Science Aims to Reduce Startup Failure Rates with Gregory Shepard's Innovative Ecosystem
Superpowers for Good

Superpowers for Good should not be considered investment advice. Seek counsel before making investment decisions. When you purchase an item, launch a campaign or create an investment account after clicking a link here, we may earn a fee. Engage to…

taipeitimes.com - 台北時報 - UK startups turn to AI instead of costly new hires
UK startups turn to AI instead of costly new hires
Taipei Times

British entrepreneurship appears to be on the rise, with tens of thousands of new businesses popping up. The problem, for workers, is that these start-ups are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) and freelancers instead of taking on…

siliconangle.com - Mike Wheatley - Flexible agentic marketing startup Kana Intelligence scores $15M in seed funding
Flexible agentic marketing startup Kana Intelligence scores $15M in seed funding
SiliconANGLE

Marketing professionals have a mountain of artificial intelligence tools to choose from, but the founders of a new startup called Kana Intelligence Inc. believe there's still an urgent need for a platform that can adapt to user's needs. The company…

glassalmanac.com - Michael Reed - A16z Secrets Revealed: How This Huge Investment Fund Finds Promising Startups Even in Rural France!
A16z Secrets Revealed: How This Huge Investment Fund Finds Promising Startups Even in Rural France!
Glass Almanac

Historically linked with Silicon Valley, venture capital behemoth Andreessen Horowitz is now extending its influence far beyond the borders of the United States in a quest to identify the next big unicorn companies. From Stockholm to Paris, the…

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