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Startup Battlefield 200 applications close before May 27
The deadline to apply or nominate for Startup Battlefield 200 is Friday, May 27. This program is your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000 in equity-free funding. If you're building a breakout startup — or…
This AI Startup Will Pay You ₹1.7 Lakh a Month to Masturbate
Yes, you read that right, and it's a real job posting. The artificial intelligence industry has produced chatbots, AI girlfriends, AI therapists, AI coding assistants, and AI-generated influencers. Now it has produced what may be the internet's…
The pitch trick that helped an eSports startup raise $20M when VCs only wanted AI
Earlier this year, Lucra Sports founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something that no one else has ever done. He landed famed public investor Cathie Wood and her ARK Invest Venture Fund as a lead in a startup fundraising round. Lucra announced last…
Lovable's Revenue Chief Ryan Meadows on the Swedish Startup's Explosive Growth
As interest in “ vibe coding” spreads rapidly, so is the footprint of Lovable, a Swedish startup known for its A.I. coding tools for non-technical users. After raising $330 million at a $6.6 billion valuation last December, the…
Space startup in Colorado working its own Project Hail Mary to save NASA telescope
On the edge of the main road connecting Denver to Boulder, a space startup's manufacturing facility in Broomfield has been racing against the clock for a once-in-a-lifetime mission. In a span of eight months, Katalyst Space Technologies has taken a…
Bag carriers of Delhi: Startup offers a hands-free shopping experience
In Shukla's backpack are a portable cellphone charger, a small umbrella, and a folded camping chair – in case someone's phone runs out of charge, their legs need rest, or the sun gets too hot. Shukla works on weekends, from 4.30 pm to 9.30…
MSME Growth Summit 2026: A.P. govt. forges key tie-ups to boost MSMEs, startups
The Andhra Pradesh MSME Development Corporation signed a series of major agreements with leading national and global organisations during the MSME Growth Summit 2026 held on Monday, in the presence of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. Mr. Naidu…
Startups navigate nuances in Vancouver's venture capital boom
Entrepreneurs need to be prepared to partner with investors, know where to go to get funding and understand what investors expect in return. It also helps for the entrepreneurs to be in a hot niche, such as life sciences or AI, longtime angel…
Barilla Opens Global Call for Startups Through Good Food Makers 2026
Barilla Group has opened applications for the 2026 edition of Good Food Makers, its global open innovation program designed to co-develop and test new innovative solutions with startups and innovators inside real industrial environments. This press…
What ClickUp's mass layoff tells us about the future of work
AI's biggest champions have argued for some time that the technology will usher in an era of unprecedented productivity gains, richly rewarding workers who harness it while displacing those who don't. Zeb Evans, CEO of the collaboration software…
Forecaster Nathan Young warns that market concentration could lead to a single AI system, increasing existential risk · Digg
— Tenobrus argues startups must build directly within this system. Original post @tszzl Isn't this basically the ‘doomer' case? If one AI company, why not one AI? If one AI, why care about humans? What separates this from thinking…
METR President Chris Painter argues AI policy must match real market power, while David Manheim advocates for flexible frameworks · Digg
— Painter says market concentration occurred independent of regulatory influences. Original post Also: Policy needs to respond to what the actual distribution of power is among AI companies, not what people wish it was. Since the time…
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[INTERVIEW] Thailand seeks deeper partnership with Korea through investment, innovation
Thailand and Korea are seeking to redefine bilateral relations long associated with tourism, food and cultural exchanges by building a deeper partnership centered on investment, industrial cooperation and innovation, Thailand's ambassador to Korea…
Mistral AI Takes Aim at Legal Sector Through Expanded Harvey AI Partnership
Mistral AI is bringing its models to the legal sector under a partnership with the startup Harvey AI, taking aim at a lucrative industry where rivals like Anthropic are expanding aggressively. The French artificial-intelligence company will feature…
Unicorns are not built by individuals - they are engineered by nations
The first successful ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary took place in 1953. During the decade that followed, only around 150 people managed to reach the summit. Today, however, Everest is climbed by hundreds every year. Did human capability…
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