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Switzerland's Startup Factory Wrestles With Europe's Funding Gap
When Clara Lepsius graduated from ETH Zurich, she went to Harvard University to do her thesis. In the US, she teamed up with another ETH alum on a startup that merges tech with infant nutrition. Today, both are back in Zurich. They chose to develop…
Burning Man is a vacation from Big Tech, but startups are still everywhere
BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. — Every year, 70,000 people flock to Nevada's Black Rock Desert to leave behind their worldly troubles and exist in a bubble that is Burning Man. The temporary city in the desert was once an oasis for people to ditch…
This Startup Wants to Reach Alpha Centauri in 80,000 Years. And It'll Only Cost $15 Million
The founders of a Seattle-based nonprofit want to be the first to launch a spacecraft toward the nearest star system, although they're hoping they will be among the last to get there. This week, the Fermi Explorer Mission announced an ambitious…
Gen Z Is Fed Up With Fizzy Alcohol Drinks and Startups Are Cashing In: 'No Bubbles, No Troubles
Bars are getting flatter. Vodka waters are replacing vodka seltzers, tequila and soda is now tequila and water. It turns out Gen Z is fussy about the fizz in their drinks. Non-carbonated drinks made up 38% of new product launches in the $22 billion…
Bureau of Prisons faces scrutiny over startup's exclusive deal to sell non-FDA-authorized nicotine pouches to prisoners
A Florida company that was established in May won an unusual and potentially lucrative deal to be the only business permitted to stock the commissaries of the Bureau of Prisons' 118 institutions with flavored nicotine pouches. The brand of 6-mg…
Cyprus Business Now: startups, retail, Keravnos, Geely, AI strategy, BoC, CSE
33East said Piney's progress demonstrated what could happen when a founder used Cyprus as a proving ground before taking a business into international markets, highlighting the company's expansion across five European markets before its recent…
Great products don't market themselves
At a recent board meeting, someone suggested that we needed to go hard on PR and marketing to “build hype.” When the phrase “build hype” came up, the rest of the room soured immediately. To many, hype was synonymous with…
A SAP executive predicts a shakeout among software's winners and losers
A SAP executive says the 'pendulum will swing back' from the SaaSpocalypse. Like many software companies, the German software giant has seen its stock hit hard over the past year amid competition from AI tools. This stock sell-off of…
OpenAI Astra Cybersecurity Reveal: Skip Legacy Cybersecurity, Buy Zscaler (ZS)
Zscaler is rated a buy due to its leading zero-trust cybersecurity solutions, which are well-positioned to counter escalating AI-driven threats. Despite recent stock underperformance and slowing growth (~25% YoY), I expect ZS to benefit from a…
XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
Less than three months after emerging from stealth, XDOF, a startup that collects real-world teleoperation data for training general-purpose robots, is in late-stage talks to raise a Series B at a valuation of about $1.2 billion valuation led by…
Translational research is key to bridging the Valley of Death: Mirik Gogri, Founder, ITRI
Venkatesh Kannaiah: Tell us about the need for translational research. Mirik Gogri: Researchers or startups need to test their ideas at the laboratory level before they are converted into technologies or products. Several academic and research…
He waited nearly 20 years to start a company. Now he's the cofounder of a double unicorn.
Earlier this month, the AI hacking startup Horizon3 achieved a rare milestone: a $250 million funding round pushed its market valuation above $2 billion, making it a so-called double unicorn. CEO Snehal Antani said he spent nearly two decades…
Barilla's Goodles acquisition reflects growing health food M&A trend
Barilla's acquisition of Goodles follows a familiar formula of pairing startup innovation with multinational scale.
Anthropic IPO Marketing Expected to Start in Mid-October
Anthropic is expected to begin marketing its initial public offering in mid-October at the earliest, as the artificial intelligence company adjusts the timeline for what could become one of the largest IPOs in history. The AI startup could complete…
Funding the future: A look back on federal tech investment
In 1992, Klee Dienes was an MIT undergraduate working as a manager of the university's web server and paying for cheeseburgers with student loans. Around him, a government research network called ARPANET was becoming the internet. One day, he…
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