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I'm 22 and I bet $80,000 of my savings on an industrial AI startup. Now I'm dropping out of college to go all-in.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Anderson Chen, 22, the Taiwanese founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Operon Solutions, an industrial AI startup backed by Y Combinator. It has been edited for length and clarity. I'm taking…
Poppi founders are going after PepsiCo's Gatorade with new beverage startup Jetty
Poppi founders Allison and Stephen Ellsworth are launching Jetty, an everyday hydration brand with bottled drinks and electrolyte powders. The new brand pits the Ellsworths against PepsiCo, which bought Poppi for $1.95 billion last year. Jetty is…
Fal raises $1.3 billion as AI inference startup doubles valuation to $16B
Fal, a San Francisco startup that runs AI image, video and audio models for developers, has raised $1.3 billion in a Series F funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The deal, announced November 3, values the five-year-old company at $16…
Departing Binance CFO Kaiser Ng Plans Tokenization Startup as CZ Floats YZi Labs Backing
Ng says his new company will bring assets from basketball to gold onchain, after Binance named Airwallex finance veteran Justin Yek to replace him in a handover it says took six months to plan. Posted November 9, 2026 at 4:45 am ET. Binance's…
Why DIY nails are back and better than ever
Christy Llewellyn, founder of Loste, pictured above, didn't set out to shake up the nail industry: she simply wanted a decent set of press-on nails. But five years in, and fresh off the back of being crowned a runner-up in the AXA Startup Angel…
TechCrunch Mobility: The Cybertruck experiment is over
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility ! Almost seven years ago…
He arrested a hacker, then spent 18 months clearing his own name. Now he's a cybersecurity VC.
Every time venture capitalists write a check, they're secretly running numbers in their heads about different exit scenarios. It's their job as fiduciaries. But nearly all will tell you (publicly, anyway) that every portfolio company is headed for…
Penpot's future as Figma's acquisition fallout reshapes open-source design tooling - TechNewsDaily - Technology News & Reviews
Figma's market value collapsed to under $10 billion by June 2026, a sharp decline from its July 31, 2025 IPO close at $56.3 billion. This financial erosion followed the mutual abandonment of Adobe's $20 billion acquisition proposal in December…
NVIDIA announces Point2 investment and plans backing for Korean AI firms
NVIDIA announced an investment in Korean startup Point2 and plans to back three other companies working on artificial intelligence infrastructure, models and robotics, the chip company said on Nov. 9. The commitments extend NVIDIA's work with…
CHAPEA Mission 2 Crew Reflects After 378 Days on Simulated Mars
After 378 days without windows, the sounds of the outside world, or real-time calls with family and friends, four research volunteers stepped out of NASA's Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Oct. 31, completing the agency's second yearlong Mars surface…
SoftBank, ABB consider China carve-out to salvage robotics deal
SoftBank and Swiss engineering group ABB are exploring ways to salvage a blocked transaction, including carving out the Chinese part of a giant robotics deal, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…
Our World: The week of Nov. 9, 2026
Tim Backshall, Staff writer, Special correspondent Ryan Lenora Brown, Africa editor Ann Scott Tyson, Staff writer “A lot of excitement and a lot of wow” That's NASA astrophysicist Tom Statler, speaking about a quest to bring the first…
Poppi founder still thinks water's boring-her new beverage company is betting consumers feel the same
After selling her first company, prebiotic soda brand Poppi, to PepsiCo for nearly $2 billion in May 2025, Allison Ellsworth finally got to take time off. 'I went to the doctor for the first time in 10 years and started working out,' says…
He used OpenAI's AI agent to help move offices. It spammed the movers with hundreds of emails.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Robert Farlow, the 27-year-old founder of the AI startup Plato. He is based in San Francisco. This essay has been edited for length and clarity. OpenAI did not respond to Business Insider's…
Revolut enters Irish mobile phone market with €9.99 a month offer to first 25,000 customers
Revolut Mobile will be priced at €9.99 per month for the first 25,000 customers to sign up, rising to €12.99 per month thereafter. The mobile plan includes unlimited 5G-ready data, calls, and texts, as well as 20GB of data roaming…
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