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Exclusive | This AI Startup Wants to Remake the $800 Billion Chip Industry
PALO ALTO, Calif.—On a quiet residential street a few blocks from Stanford University, two former Google researchers are launching a startup they hope will remake the $800 billion chip industry. Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini are trying…
This AI Startup Is Cutting Through Construction Red Tape
Francis Thumpaseri (left), cofounder and CEO, and Samuel Lam, cofounder and CTO, started PermitFlow in 2021 to help automate the permitting process. One of the biggest roadblocks for home builders and construction developers is the gnarly process…
One Major Reason Startups Fail: They Try To Change Customers
If you want customers to change a behavior, it's easier to do so in response to a real problem. Image created and provided by: Michele Van Tilborg and Erica Francisco If not, don't feel too bad. The “smart” juicing startup collapsed a…
How AI Startup Decagon Plans To Take On Salesforce And Sierra
On a Friday afternoon in late October, Jesse Zhang, the 28-year-old cofounder and CEO of AI customer service startup Decagon, strides through the lush greenery of San Francisco's Salesforce Park, a sprawling rooftop garden in the shadow of the…
Inside Valuation Intelligence: How AI Startup Pricing Defies Multiples
Tomas Milar is the Founder and CEO of Eqvista, an equity management platform. Artificial intelligence is not a mere buzzword anymore—it has become the engine powering global markets. Consider how academic research and corporate spending have…
Trump administration taking $150M stake in chip startup
The Trump administration plans to take a $150 million stake in xLight, a startup developing laser technology to advance semiconductor manufacturing. The Commerce Department said Monday that it has signed a non-binding preliminary letter of intent…
Microreactor startup Antares raises $96M for land, sea, and space-based nuclear power
Nuclear startup Antares said Tuesday it has raised $96 million in Series B funding as it pursues its small modular reactor design. The round, which was led by Shine Capital with participation from Alt Capital, Caffeinated, FiftyThree Stations…
Three best friends built an AI startup - and have a pact to drink one beer if it all collapses
When Ali Dastjerdi and Nathan Ondracek became freshman roommates at Harvard in 2015, they didn't expect they'd one day be cofounders together — or that they'd build a startup with a third friend they hadn't met yet. Ondracek met Samuel Ilkka…
Anthropic acquires developer tool startup Bun to scale AI coding
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic said on Tuesday it has acquired Bun, which helps developers run and manage codes more effectively, as the Claude maker looks to boost the speed and stability of its coding agent. Bun is…
Drone startups are racing to secure massive US government contracts - here's who's winning
Founders include: Palmer Luckey, Brian Schimpf, Trae Stephens, Matt Grimm, Joseph Chen Total funding: $6.8 billion, according to the company Key investors: Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, 8VC, Lux Capital, Valor Equity…
Reach Security Joins the Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program to Accelerate Agentic AI for E3/E5 Security Optimization
San Francisco, CA. December 2nd, 2025 – Reach Security, the AI-native assistant that turns security intent into enforcement across SaaS and on-prem environments, today announced its acceptance into the Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program.
Marvell to buy chip startup Celestial AI for $3.25 billion to boost networking portfolio
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Chipmaker Marvell Technology said on Tuesday it will buy semiconductor startup Celestial AI in a deal worth $3.25 billion and also forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates. Marvell's shares were down 6% in…
Nvidia-backed $4 billion AI startup announces major London expansion
Nvidia-backed video generation startup Luma AI is launching a hiring spree in London. The U.S. company announced a $900 million funding round led by Humain, which saw it hit a $4 billion valuation. Luma will look to hire around 200 employees in…
Sales And Use Tax: What Every High-Growth Startup Should Know About Compliance
For companies in rapid growth mode, sales and use tax compliance tends to sit low on the priority list. And then, it suddenly matters. But as companies scale across states and/or add new revenue streams, tax exposure also can quietly expand in the…
AI Startup Upstage Hires KB Securities, Mirae for Korea IPO
South Korean AI startup Upstage has hired KB Securities Co. and Mirae Asset Securities Co. to assist with an initial public offering as early as the second half of 2026, according to people familiar with the matter. The Seoul-based company plans to…
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