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Japanese space startup to launch lunar lander using H3 rocket
Japanese space startup Ispace said Wednesday it will use Japan's H3 rocket for the launch of a lunar lander scheduled for 2028, marking the company's first mission using a domestically developed rocket. The company signed a contract for launch and…
Alexandr Wang: startups are now in a 'Goliath versus Goliath' fight
It's never been easier to take on the big guys, says Alexandr Wang. At a talk at a Y Combinator event, the Scale AI founder, who now leads Meta's Superintelligence Labs, said that AI has been a game changer for startups. 'It's probably a once in a…
AI Companies Are Paying This Indian Startup To Strap Cameras To Housekeepers' Heads
On a Tuesday evening in early July, Anushka Ahuja, a dentist in Gurgaon, India, opens the door for the house help she booked ten minutes ago on Pronto, an app that provides instant professional cleaning services like sweeping, mopping and laundry…
Scholarship For Startup Audio Developers
US Sociatech offers a year of free marketing support to one startup audio company 30/07/26 Sociatech, the marketing and strategy consultancy which has, for the past 18 years, assisted some of the most iconic brands in professional audio and music…
Lilian Weng rejoins OpenAI after leaving Thinking Machines Lab over the startup's grueling pace
Lilian Weng, a cofounder of the AI startup Thinking Machines Lab who stepped down this week, is rejoining OpenAI. The researcher will lead a team focused on accelerating internal research at the ChatGPT maker, as part of OpenAI's bid to develop AI…
Robotics startup Generalist AI is in talks to raise a new funding round at a $3 billion valuation
Robotics startup Generalist AI is in talks with investors to raise a new funding round that would value the company at $3 billion. Venture firm 8VC is expected to lead the round, according to people familiar with the discussions. The round is in…
SF robot startup faces class action lawsuit for allegedly not paying workers
A San Francisco robot startup, already embroiled in a local controversy over an Airbnb rental, is now facing a class action lawsuit from former workers who say the company failed to pay them. Former contract workers are suing the Bot Company, also…
Tech people need to stop': Startup faces backlash after suggesting its AI can save bad relationships
AI companies claim their assistants can do just about anything these days. But when it comes to dating, the technology has stayed somewhat on the sidelines—mostly helping to shape algorithms for dating apps or providing generic advice to…
Exclusive: Former Meta And Slack Engineers Raise $15M For New Startup Centralize To Build A 'Deal GPS' For Enterprise Sales
While working as a product tech lead at a startup, Rachit Kataria watched a multi-hundred-thousand-dollar enterprise account suddenly fall into jeopardy. After pausing his entire engineering team's workload for two weeks to ship a requested fix, he…
The Ultra-Wealthy Pay Up to $100,000 a Year for Elite Healthcare. This Startup Wants to Bring It to Everyone for a Fraction of the Price.
Max Marchione struggled for years to get a real diagnosis, an experience that led him to found Superpower, now valued at more than $500 million. For $199 a year, members get a full blood panel, an AI health protocol and care team access.
Cloud observability startup Groundcover raises $100M in funding
Groundcover Inc., a startup with a platform for monitoring cloud environments, today announced that it has raised $100 million in funding. One Peak led the Series C round. It was joined by Morgan Stanley, Zeev Ventures, Angular Ventures, Heavybit…
Pet wellness startup Golden Child launched at Atomic names DTC veteran as CEO
Golden Child, a Miami-based pet wellness brand, announced today that consumer industry veteran Connor Stastny is its new Chief Executive Officer. Stastny joins the startup following a successful tenure scaling high-growth direct-to-consumer brands…
Exclusive-Intel providing chip technology to startup led by co-investor of Tan in rare deal
SAN FRANCISCO/WILMINGTON, Delaware, July 29: Intel has provided access to some of its processor technology to a new startup, according to a source and documents reviewed by Reuters, in a rare move for the U.S. chipmaker. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and…
Optical interconnect startup Eliyan raises $145M in funding to solve the AI chip cluster connectivity crunch
Silicon Valley-based chip interconnect startup Eliyan Corp.'s valuation has increased to $1 billion after it closed on a $145 million Series C funding round today. Seligman Ventures led the round, with Cisco Ventures and Lumentum also backing the…
How to Get Startup Ideas in 2026 (Paul Graham Was Right, and Here's the Update)
Paul Graham wrote 'How to Get Startup Ideas' over a decade ago. It's still the best thing ever written on the topic. But a lot has changed since 2013 — especially for developers. AI tools have made it easier than ever to build something.
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