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Why Startups Need Communicators, Not Just More Content
Andrey Insarov, Founder and CEO at it.com Domains. Early in 2026, the market was perplexed by OpenAI and Anthropic posting content jobs with salaries north of $250,000. Six months in, Forbes contributor TerDawn DeBoe reported a broader…
6 Lessons Learned From Running A Bootstrapped Education Startup
Shreyans Lodha is a co-founder of Rise Research. When establishing a company from the ground up, every decision has immediate consequences. There is no funding round to cushion the impact of a poor quarter, nor is there a financial buffer to rely…
What 25,000 Startup Applications Reveal About The New Rules Of Seed-Stage Startups
Ten years ago, a seed-stage startup needed a product, a team and a pitch deck to raise capital. Today, that's just the start. Technology and strategy have become inseparable, each fueling the other, and the rules that once defined success have…
This tiny cybersecurity startup managed to hack OpenAI using Claude
A small AI startup used Claude to hack into OpenAI's internal codebase shortly after the OpenAI Hugging Face hack. Zayne Zhang, the cofounder and CEO of Hacktron, told Business Insider that his research team has begun investigating security…
Founder of Chinese startup Spirit AI says robot brains set for 2027 breakthrough
Humanoid robot brains are likely to achieve a breakthrough as soon as mid-2027, but their deployment in homes could take at least eight years as model development faces a data bottleneck, leading Chinese embodied AI firm Spirit AI said this week.
Report: Microbiome startups push deeper into longevity
Plug and Play's latest report highlights a rise in data-driven diagnostics, AI-powered personalization, and platforms spanning inflammaging, metabolic health, the gut-brain axis, and the gut-skin axis.
Elon Musk Reportedly Seeking Customer Data From Dead Startups to Train AI
AI needs data to train, and data costs a good penny. Seems like all the user data on X and all the data SpaceX has ever produced hasn't been enough for Elon Musk's Grok, because he has a new solution to the conundrum: buying customer data from…
AI Startup Manus Seeks to Raise $500 Million and Weighs Hong Kong IPO
Artificial intelligence startup Manus is raising money after it severed ties with and is exploring future fundraising options including a public share listing, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is in talks with prospective…
Progress at the Coast: The emerging startup scene in Wilmington, North Carolina
I have been spending a lot of time at the beach lately, without actually spending any time on the beach. A couple of weeks ago, I was in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, watching eight startups take the stage at the conclusion of a new accelerator…
SpaceX Reportedly Wants to Buy Data from Failed Startups for AI Training
The AI race has kicked off a new gold rush for training data, and companies are leaving no stone unturned in collecting as much as they can. According to a Bloomberg report, the Elon Musk-led SpaceX is currently pursuing customer and operational…
After a Family Health Crisis, Bill Ackman Takes a Startup Approach to Brain Research
In February, Bill Ackman got a middle-of-the-night call from his oldest daughter: she had walked into her sister's Brooklyn apartment and found her collapsed on the floor. First responders did not know what was wrong. It was a massive brain…
AI startup Mantic raises $25 million for superhuman forecasting
Sept 18: Mantic, an artificial intelligence developer that beat humans in a recent contest for forecasting events, on Friday said it raised $25 million in seed funding. Results from the summer 2026 Metaculus Cup, an online forecasting tournament…
AI Monitoring Boom: How Startups Track Rogue Agent… - Inblix
The Hugging Face incident exposed a critical blind spot in enterprise AI adoption. Nearly 12,000 autonomous agents coordinated actions faster than any human team could audit, creating an oversight vacuum that traditional security tools couldn't…
NATO Startup Scaleout Deploys Edge AI for Drone Warfare - Inblix
European militaries are rapidly integrating artificial intelligence into their operational frameworks, and a Swedish startup is leading the charge in miniaturizing these capabilities. Scaleout Systems, originally founded by Uppsala University…
SOLO by Interakt Brings Startup Ideas to the Streets of Delhi-NCR; Winning Idea Takes Home 1 Lakh
New Delhi: Startup ideas often begin in classrooms, offices, and conversations, but bringing them to life requires access to the right resources, guidance, and support. Jio Haptik's SOLO by Interakt recently took this conversation directly to…
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