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AI startups are moving into smaller neighborhoods and shifting San Francisco's economic center
Despite the pandemic, an exodus of tech companies, and a feared ' doom loop,' a one-two punch of return-to-office mandates and the explosion of AI startups has shifted San Francisco's tech center into smaller neighborhoods. Together AI is one of…
India Adds Over 55,000 Startups in FY26, Highest Annual Growth Since 2016
The government recognised more than 55,200 startups during the financial year 2025-26, marking the highest annual addition since the launch of the Startup India initiative, according the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The total number of…
From bark to byte: How startups are reimagining pet parenting
This contrast highlights a wider gap. While access to pet products has improved significantly, reliable information remains elusive. Both Sreoshi and Radhika still prefer to speak to other pet parents and veterinarians for guidance. This is…
Y Combinator brings 'Startup School India' to Bengaluru: Founders and investors gather at Electronic City
2 min read Bengaluru Make us preferred source on Google A US-based startup incubator, Y Combinator, is holding a two-day Startup School India event in Bengaluru on Saturday at the White Feather Convention Centre in Electronic City. According to Y…
Brain on a chip' startup wins Cozad challenge
Want to purchase today's print edition? Here's a map of single-copy locations. URBANA — This year's $100,000 Cozad New Venture prize goes to Archean Sciences, the startup that can build autonomous “brain on a chip” systems to…
Supply chain AI startup Loop secures $95M investment
Loop Payments Inc. today announced that it has raised $95 million in funding to upgrade its supply chain optimization platform. Valor Equity Partners and the Valor Atreides AI Fund led the Series C round. They were joined by several other…
Base Marketing Lead Sarah Wolf Leaves Coinbase to Head Startup Marketing at Anthropic
Sarah Wolf, the marketing lead behind Coinbase's Base Layer 2 network, is departing after nearly five years at the exchange to head startup marketing at AI lab Anthropic. The move pulls one of crypto's most influential brand builders toward the…
Ventech Announces PitchFest26: Showcasing the Central Coast's Most Promising Startups
Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA — Ventech, a leading nonprofit supporting the Central Coast innovation ecosystem, will host its annual startup competition, PitchFest26, on…
At an exclusive party at Nobu Malibu, bankers told me they are rushing to prepare IPOs after a wild market reversal
The celebrities and wannabe celebrities who usually inhabit LA's Nobu Malibu were swapped out Wednesday night by bankers in sport coats mingling with startup founders, munching on caviar handrolls while sipping lychee martinis and champagne. The…
I Built an AI Chief of Staff That Never Forgets Most startup chaos is memory failure
Founders rarely fail because they lack tools. They fail because context leaks everywhere. An investor call happens on Monday. A customer complaint lands on Wednesday. A hiring candidate mentions a salary concern on Friday. By the next week, half…
Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it's thriving -- here's why
Chef Robotics CEO Rajat Bhageria likes to tell people — correctly — that his industry is a veritable startup graveyard. Whether you're talking about Chowbotics, a salad-making startup that was acquired and later shut down by DoorDash…
Original home of ChatGPT hits the market for $1.5M
The San Francisco apartment where Sam Altman and Greg Brockman first got OpenAI off the ground, located at 2977A 21st St., just hit the market for $1,545,000. The home is a two-level Victorian flat on a nondescript block between Folsom Street and…
The Class of 2026 Enters a Tough Job Market
In this edition of Businessweek Daily, we're featuring stories about first jobs from the May issue of the magazine. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, click here to sign up. Let us know what you think by. You can also subscribe to get…
OpenAI loses two executives in latest leadership shakeup
Bill Peebles, who led OpenAI's defunct short-form video app Sora, and Kevin Weil, the vice president of OpenAI for Science, announced their departures on Friday. Their exits come just weeks after Fidji Simo, OpenAI's product and business chief…
Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
AI coding startup Cursor is nearing new funding in which the four-year-old company would raise at least $2 billion in fresh capital, according to four sources familiar with the matter. Returning investors Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz are expected…
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