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forbes.com - Amy Feldman - Billions In Prescriptions Go Unfilled. This Startup Is Using AI To Fix That.
Billions In Prescriptions Go Unfilled. This Startup Is Using AI To Fix That.
Forbes

N early one third of Americans never fill the prescriptions that their doctors order. Sahir Jaggi thinks AI can help. In 2023, he started Forus (then named Tandem) to develop AI software that can handle prescriptions' administrative backend. The…

bloomberg.com - Swati Pandey - Australia Capital Gains Tax Reform Risks Startups, PC Chief Says
Australia Capital Gains Tax Reform Risks Startups, PC Chief Says
Bloomberg

Australia's plan to scrap a capital gains tax discount risks “unintended consequences” for the startup sector, even as the budget delivered a credible package of productivity reforms, said Danielle Wood, chair of the Productivity…

techcrunch.com - Ivan Mehta - Google adds Gemini-powered Dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups
Google adds Gemini-powered Dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups
TechCrunch

Google announced Rambler, a new AI-powered voice dictation feature for Gboard — its widely used Android keyboard app — at its Android Show: I/O Edition 2026 event on Tuesday morning. The launch puts Google in direct competition with…

crunchbase.com - Gené Teare - European AI Funding Is Growing. Will That Boost The Region's Startup Scene?
European AI Funding Is Growing. Will That Boost The Region's Startup Scene?
Crunchbase

A growing percentage of European venture funding in 2026 was AI-driven. That includes investments in three new frontier model companies as well as startups working on data centers, semiconductors, robotics, aerospace, defense, biotech and…

businessinsider.com - Ben Bergman - Jack Altman's first Benchmark deal is an AI sales startup growing its revenue by 'seven figures' every month
Jack Altman's first Benchmark deal is an AI sales startup growing its revenue by 'seven figures' every month
Business Insider

Monaco had no revenue in February. Three months later, the AI sales startup says it is adding more than $1 million in revenue every month. That kind of hockey stick growth is what turned Benchmark's newest partner, Jack Altman, into a believer and…

techcrunch.com - Jagmeet Singh - AI voice startup Vapi hits $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring over 40 rivals
AI voice startup Vapi hits $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring over 40 rivals
TechCrunch

Amazon Ring, facing a surge in customer-support calls during last year's holiday season, evaluated more than 40 AI voice vendors before choosing startup Vapi to handle its inbound phone traffic. Today, Ring routes 100% of its inbound calls through…

broadwayworld.com - Cara Joy David - These Producers Want to Make Investing in Theater like Investing in a Startup - Will it Work?
These Producers Want to Make Investing in Theater like Investing in a Startup - Will it Work?
BroadwayWorld.com

It's no secret that investing in shows is riskier than ever. Many longtime investors are turning away from the industry. So when a release promising a new, more profitable investment model arrives, it warrants investigation. Producers Jeremiah…

sahanjournal.com - Binta Kanteh - Halal grocery delivery startup grows in Minnesota
Halal grocery delivery startup grows in Minnesota
Sahan Journal

Like many recent business school graduates, Ahmed Ali was looking for a start-up idea that catered to an unmet need. He found it in his Muslim and Somali community in Minnesota. Ali, 23, was born in South Africa and raised in northeast Minneapolis.

axios.com - Andrew King - Rev1's $700 million impact on the Ohio startup scene
Rev1's $700 million impact on the Ohio startup scene
Axios

Columbus' largest venture development studio generated more than $700 million in economic impact last year. Why it matters: Beyond massive AI companies, it's a challenging time for startups looking for funding, and Rev1 represents a public-private…

decrypt.co - Jose Antonio Lanz - Anthropic and OpenAI Warn Buyers: Unauthorized AI Startup Shares May Be Worthless
Anthropic and OpenAI Warn Buyers: Unauthorized AI Startup Shares May Be Worthless
Decrypt

Anthropic and OpenAI both updated their stock transfer policies on Tuesday, and the message is the same: If you bought shares through an unauthorized channel, you may not actually own anything other than an expensive piece of paper. Anthropic's…

tomshardware.com - Mark Tyson - Innovative startup pioneers 3D printing with recycled glass - new 'binder jet' process combines powder with adhesive agent in layering technique
Innovative startup pioneers 3D printing with recycled glass - new 'binder jet' process combines powder with adhesive agent in layering technique
Tom's Hardware

A startup called Vitriform3D has developed an innovative 3D printing process that makes use of the abundance of post-consumer glass. In collaboration with experts from Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL's) Manufacturing Demonstration Facility…

siliconangle.com - Duncan Riley - Agentic SOC startup Exaforce closes $125M round at reported $725M valuation
Agentic SOC startup Exaforce closes $125M round at reported $725M valuation
SiliconANGLE

Agentic security operations startup Exaforce Inc. today announced that it has raised $125 million in new funding to scale up its AI-driven security operations platform and expand its real-time threat reasoning capabilities. Though not confirmed…

siliconangle.com - Mike Wheatley - Celonis buys decision-intelligence startup Ikigai Labs to provide operational context for enterprise AI
Celonis buys decision-intelligence startup Ikigai Labs to provide operational context for enterprise AI
SiliconANGLE

Process mining software company Celonis SE said today it has snapped up the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-linked decision intelligence startup Ikigai Labs Inc. The startup's technology will power a new “context model”…

simonowens.substack.com - Simon Owens - This media startup is trying to reach readers exhausted by political noise
This media startup is trying to reach readers exhausted by political noise
Simon Owens's Media Newsletter

Straight Arrow News was founded around a simple observation: a growing number of Americans feel alienated from modern news coverage. Depending on where they get their information, people can walk away with completely different understandings of the…

castanet.net - The Canadian Press - A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots
A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots
Castanet.net

His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a database that will one day…

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