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IndiaAI Mission: Driving Global Expansion For AI Startups
The IndiaAI Mission has chosen 10 promising Indian AI startups for its Global Acceleration Programme, providing them with the resources and connections needed to expand their reach on a global scale. IndiaAI Mission selects 10 AI startups for its…
What bubble? AI startups score $242B in venture funding last quarter
The artificial intelligence industry continues to draw billions of dollars in funding, with investors shrugging off fears of a potential bubble and doubling down on the technology that promises to improve productivity and efficiency. Investors…
The startup Blackstone just backed to turn any exec's data question into instant answers
Ethan Ding sees the last decade of SaaS as a historical glitch. “In 30 years, we're going to look back and say ‘oh, remember that period of time where those crazy software companies were selling seats for 90 to 95% margins?'”…
Supply chain AI startup Loop secures $95M investment
Loop Payments Inc. today announced that it has raised $95 million in funding to upgrade its supply chain optimization platform. Valor Equity Partners and the Valor Atreides AI Fund led the Series C round. They were joined by several other…
Base Marketing Lead Sarah Wolf Leaves Coinbase to Head Startup Marketing at Anthropic
Sarah Wolf, the marketing lead behind Coinbase's Base Layer 2 network, is departing after nearly five years at the exchange to head startup marketing at AI lab Anthropic. The move pulls one of crypto's most influential brand builders toward the…
MeitY selects 10 Indian AI startups to spearhead IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Programme
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Friday said it has selected 10 cutting-edge Indian artificial intelligence startups for the second cohort of the IndianAI Startups Global Acceleration Programme, an international…
Poppi's cofounder pitched her startup on Shark Tank while 9 months pregnant and landed a $400,000 deal-now it's worth $2 billion
When Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth pitched her business with her husband on Shark Tank in 2018, she was nervous, excited—and about to have a baby. “I was nine months pregnant, so there was the ‘Hey, don't go into labor on…
Ventech Announces PitchFest26: Showcasing the Central Coast's Most Promising Startups
Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA — Ventech, a leading nonprofit supporting the Central Coast innovation ecosystem, will host its annual startup competition, PitchFest26, on…
Best Enterprise SEO Agencies Helping Tech Startups Scale in 2026
Tech startups in 2026 are operating in a radically different search landscape. Traditional SEO is no longer enough. With the rise of AI-driven search, generative engine optimization, and multi-platform discovery, enterprise SEO has become a core…
Exclusive: Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions
Supply chains are messy. San Francisco-based startup Loop isn't content helping companies merely clean up their supply chains. Instead, the startup is using AI to offer companies predictive, and even prescriptive, remedies — almost like an…
U.S. startup aims to make signing up for solar as easy as signing up for cell phone service
Florida-based solar-as-a-subscription startup Terra Energy is attempting to upend the traditional model of third-party owned residential solar. Rather than asking homeowners to sign up for a 20- or 25-year lease or power purchase agreement, the…
Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it's thriving -- here's why
Chef Robotics CEO Rajat Bhageria likes to tell people — correctly — that his industry is a veritable startup graveyard. Whether you're talking about Chowbotics, a salad-making startup that was acquired and later shut down by DoorDash…
The Class of 2026 Enters a Tough Job Market
In this edition of Businessweek Daily, we're featuring stories about first jobs from the May issue of the magazine. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, click here to sign up. Let us know what you think by. You can also subscribe to get…
OpenAI loses two executives in latest leadership shakeup
Bill Peebles, who led OpenAI's defunct short-form video app Sora, and Kevin Weil, the vice president of OpenAI for Science, announced their departures on Friday. Their exits come just weeks after Fidji Simo, OpenAI's product and business chief…
Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
AI coding startup Cursor is nearing new funding in which the four-year-old company would raise at least $2 billion in fresh capital, according to four sources familiar with the matter. Returning investors Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz are expected…
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