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The hottest place for startups to strike a deal? The F1 paddock
Over cold drinks in the Florida heat, this TechCrunch reporter watched from the paddock as founders and investors — the rich and the richer — mingled in search of deals. Conversations barely paused, except for the occasional glance at…
$1.3 Billion Startup Scribe Builds AI Software To Record Employees' Work
Scribe cofounders Jennifer Smith and Aaron Podolny E very company these days wants to figure out how to automate people's work with AI. Turns out, AI can also help with that. Founded in 2019, San Francisco- based startup Scribe makes a browser…
The hot new breakup line: 'It's not you, it's my startup
Among the more unexpected effects of the AI race is the rise of a breakup line: It's not you, it's my startup. Lee Beckman, the 30-year-old founder of an ed-tech startup, had been dating his girlfriend long-distance for about five months when he…
Fintech startup Parker files for bankruptcy
Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services for e-commerce businesses, has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down. The startup was part of Y Combinator's winter 2019 cohort, and its…
IDF reservists created 150 new startups during 2025, 18x Elite Impact reveals
Some 150 startups were created by IDF reserve veterans, 18x Elite Impact, the entrepreneurship program focused on promoting companies founded by former soldiers, revealed at its one-year anniversary event on Sunday. These represent an important…
Hana Financial launches 5th startup program focused on AI entrepreneurship
Hana Financial Group has begun recruiting participants for the fifth edition of “Hana Social Venture University,” its flagship entrepreneurship support initiative aimed at fostering young startup founders, the company said Sunday. As…
Hana Financial, Kyung Hee team up to foster regional startups
Hana Financial Group and Kyung Hee University are partnering to nurture young entrepreneurs outside Seoul as part of a government-led push to support regional startups. The financial group said Sunday it signed a memorandum of understanding with…
Another Fintech Bankruptcy: SMB Banking & Credit Card Startup Parker Files Chapter 7
Happy Mother's Day to my fintech and banking moms out there. It's also the two-year anniversary of end users in the Synapse/Evolve debacle having their funds frozen for those who celebrate! After ~10 weeks in Mexico (and two side trips to the…
The Barbell Founder: Why I Chose to be a Part-timer to Protect My Startup
Stop optimizing for nominal wages. Start optimizing for cognitive surplus and time sovereignty. In the modern startup ecosystem, there is a piece of conventional wisdom that acts as a silent killer: “Get a high-paying, stable corporate job…
Defence sovereignty: Europe races to build the low-cost weapons of future
In a small workshop in England's East Midlands, engineers at the British startup Skycutter are designing weapons for Ukraine. A row of 3D printers make the fuselage for interceptor drones, while parts such as motors and navigation chips are slotted…
Voice AI in India is hard. Wispr Flow is betting on it anyway.
India's internet users already rely heavily on voice notes, voice search, and multilingual messaging. Turning those habits into a scalable AI business, however, remains difficult because of the country's linguistic complexity, mixed-language usage…
How to build a company that withstands any era | Eric Ries, Lean Startup author
The Lean Startup author on why most mission-driven companies are just mission-“hopeful,” why only 20% of founders remain CEO three years post-IPO, and the Delaware filing every founder should make Eric Ries is the author of The Lean…
I was laid off from my banking job at 55 and left corporate America to build my own AI consultancy. Here's what I learned in the process.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with small-business-owner Kristina Martinelli, a 56-year-old AI consultant who formerly worked a corporate job. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Getting displaced at 55 years old…
Cape Verde bets on tech to reverse postcolonial brain drain
For much of its history since its discovery by the Portuguese in the mid-15th century, the Cape Verde archipelago off the coast of west Africa served as a hub of the international slave trade, with Africans forcibly transported to marketplaces…
Multinationals deepen engagement in China's new industrialization through intense innovation tours
A view of Lujiazui, Shanghai Photo: VCG Every minute counted on Pascal Daloz's itinerary during his visit to China. In just three days, the CEO of French industrial software giant Dassault Systèmes shuttled between six cities, including…
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