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bloomberg.com - China AI Startup Moonshot Snags Funds at $18 Billion Valuation
China AI Startup Moonshot Snags Funds at $18 Billion Valuation
Bloomberg

Moonshot AI is seeking to raise as much as $1 billion in an expanded funding round that would value the startup at about $18 billion, more than quadrupling its valuation in just three months and underscoring growing interest in Chinese AI…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - New Mexico Bets Big On Fusion And Defense Startups
New Mexico Bets Big On Fusion And Defense Startups
Zero Hedge

New Mexico's $70 billion sovereign wealth fund is making a major push to attract advanced technology industries to the state, betting that sectors such as nuclear fusion, defense systems, and advanced manufacturing can generate both financial…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - BIRD organises FPO-Startup Immersion Programme
BIRD organises FPO-Startup Immersion Programme
The Hindu

Bankers' Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), a training establishment of NABARD, organised the ‘FPO-Startup Immersion Programme' on Friday, March 13, on its campus, in collaboration with a-IDEA, the Technology Business Incubator of…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - TIDCO backs two home-grown startups, invests ₹25 crore in each
TIDCO backs two home-grown startups, invests ₹25 crore in each
The Hindu

The Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) has announced an investment of ₹25 crore each in two emerging startups that originated in the State - Agnikul Cosmos and Raptee Energy for a minority equity stake. The board of TIDCO…

tomshardware.com - Denise Bertacchi - Chocolate 3D printer startup Cocoa Press levels up with former Prusa executive
Chocolate 3D printer startup Cocoa Press levels up with former Prusa executive
Tom's Hardware

Willy Wonka, step aside, chocolate printing is getting a major glow-up. Cocoa Press Founder Ellie Rose has been gathering some big-name talent to her tasty startup since its launch in 2023. Cocoa Press created the first consumer 3D printer that…

thehindubusinessline.com - IIT Madras hosts Delta Expo to showcase student innovations and startups
IIT Madras hosts Delta Expo to showcase student innovations and startups
BusinessLine

Students from the IIT Madras showcased their innovations and tech inventions at Delta Expo 2026, the flagship innovation and startup expo of the institute being held between March 14-15 2026. The expo, organised by the School of Innovation and…

businessinsider.com - Katherine Li - I never left': Travis Kalanick launches new company Atoms
I never left': Travis Kalanick launches new company Atoms
Business Insider

The former Uber CEO is venturing into robotics. Travis Kalanick announced that Atoms is out of stealth mode and expanding beyond food delivery infrastructure into industries such as food service, mining, and transportation. 'When I told my friends…

dev.to - BlayzexTM - I Built an AI Startup Operating System with Notion MCP - It Manages My Entire Company
I Built an AI Startup Operating System with Notion MCP - It Manages My Entire Company
DEV Community

Submission for the Notion MCP Challenge Running a startup is chaos. Tasks scattered across tools. Revenue tracked in spreadsheets. Blockers discovered too late. Decisions lost in Slack threads. I wanted ONE place to manage everything — and I…

fortune.com - Jason Ma - Travis Kalanick sees benefits of being in stealth mode for 8 years. 'You build a culture of people that want to build and do not need to be famous'
Travis Kalanick sees benefits of being in stealth mode for 8 years. 'You build a culture of people that want to build and do not need to be famous'
Fortune

Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick unveiled a robotics company for the food, mining and transport industries after being in stealth mode for eight years. The new company is called Atoms and sprang from his real estate company, City Storage Systems…

thestar.com.my - Uber co-founder Kalanick launches Atoms in specialized robotics push
Uber co-founder Kalanick launches Atoms in specialized robotics push
The Star Online

March 13 (Reuters) - Travis Kalanick, ⁠the co-founder and former chief executive of Uber, on ⁠Friday launched his startup, Atoms, focused on specialized industrial ‌robotics designed to automate tasks in the mining, transport…

seekingalpha.com - APAC Investment News - Sagging GDP Growth Is A Gut Punch And Accelerating Inflation Is A Hard Right Hook
Sagging GDP Growth Is A Gut Punch And Accelerating Inflation Is A Hard Right Hook
Seeking Alpha

Economic signals remain highly contradictory, with Q4 2025 GDP growth revised sharply down from 1.4% to 0.7%. Rising inflation and a weakening labor market are increasing risks, making defensive portfolio strategies more pressing. Geopolitical…

engadget.com - Jackson Chen - Meta is reportedly planning to cut up to 20 percent of its staff in upcoming layoffs
Meta is reportedly planning to cut up to 20 percent of its staff in upcoming layoffs
Engadget

Meta could be preparing for one of the largest layoffs in its history, according to a Reuters report. The tech giant is planning to cut about 20 percent of its workforce, according to the outlet's sources. According to the report, neither a date…

businessinsider.com - Joshua Nelken-Zitser - Thousands of tech workers have left Israel in recent years. War wasn't the only reason why.
Thousands of tech workers have left Israel in recent years. War wasn't the only reason why.
Business Insider

Elizabeth Schwartz Cohen lost count of how many times she found herself glued to her phone in her Tel Aviv apartment in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, bracing for the next missile alert and the scramble to a shelter. Now, Tel Aviv is under fire…

pcgamer.com - Tyler Wilde - Major investor is 'shocked and sad' that the games industry is 'demonizing' generative AI
Major investor is 'shocked and sad' that the games industry is 'demonizing' generative AI
PC Gamer

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techcrunch.com - Sarah Perez - Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools
Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools
TechCrunch

Digg — Kevin Rose's reboot of his once-popular link-sharing site — is laying off a sizable portion of its staff, the company announced on Friday. The startup is not closing, however, Digg CEO Justin Mezzell said. Instead, Rose will…

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