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Why, In A Chaotic Startup, Pushing Harder Makes Things Worse
Roland Siebelink is founder of the Midstage Accelerator, which has helped 100+ midstage startup teams escape chaos and scale systematically. Often, the slowest-growing startups have the hardest-pushing founders. Their heroic efforts do not cure the…
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27
Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000 equity-free funding is running out. Startup Battlefield 200 applications officially close in just two weeks. If you're building a breakout startup — or know a…
The vet startup that gets down to dog level
News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. When James Lighton was three months into the planning of…
Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose last startup, Bench, imploded
Ian Crosby, whose previous startup Bench Accounting famously shut down in 2024 before being bought for scraps, is taking another shot at building a business out of automating the arduous work of bookkeeping. His new startup, Synthetic, aims to…
Chinese EV startup Xpeng in talks with Volkswagen to buy European factory, FT reports
Chinese electric vehicle startup Xpeng (9868) is in talks with Volkswagen and other automakers about buying a factory in Europe, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The development comes days after Volkswagen…
Anduril Raises Another $5B As Defense Tech Startups Shatter Funding Records
Defense tech startup Anduril Industries said Wednesday that it has raised another $5 billion in funding at a $61 billion valuation — double the valuation of $30.5 billion it received less than a year ago. The Series H round, led by…
Peter Thiel-Backed Startup Bets Its AI Can Boost Hiring
Artificial-intelligence coding startup Cognition is expanding across Asia, looking to plug a “software deficit” with an automation tool it bets can lead to more hiring, not less. The Peter Thiel -backed company, valued at over $10…
Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI
Microsoft is shopping for artificial-intelligence startups as the software company prepares for a future independent of its once-vital partner OpenAI, five people familiar with the matter said. The potential acquisitions could help…
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AI Startup Spyne Expands Automotive Retail Presence With Tekion Collaboration
AI-powered automotive retail technology startup Spyne has partnered with Tekion to integrate its conversational AI platform ‘Vini' with Tekion's Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC), as dealerships increasingly adopt AI-led tools to streamline…
Exclusive: 'We're spending millions to stop threats that cost thousands': Startup Furientis wants to build missiles like IKEA furniture
Brody Franzen is showing me his missiles and his comically large American flag. His company Furientis, operates out of Lenny Kravitz's old studio in Los Angeles. He puts his head next to two mach three (three times the speed of light) nose cones…
Startup SPAN teams with Nvidia to put data center nodes in your backyard
Even though many communities are in open revolt against massive data centers needed to power artificial intelligence, a startup is betting that homeowners will welcome miniature data centers in their backyards. The startup, an intelligent power…
Beauty's AI Gold Rush: What L'Oréal's Startup Program Really Tells Us About The Industry's Future | Metaverse Post
How L'Oréal's startup program reveals beauty's AI transformation — from personalisation and agentic commerce to a $33bn market reshaping the entire industry. When L'Oréal announced this week the third edition of its Big Bang…
Data center cooling tech startup Iceotope aims to scale after raising $26M
Liquid cooling system startup Iceotope Technologies Ltd. said today it has closed on a $26 million Series B round of funding as it strives to accelerate the adoption of its data center-focused hardware. Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate…
Exclusive-Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI
SAN FRANCISCO / NEW YORK, May 13: Microsoft is shopping for artificial-intelligence startups as the software company prepares for a future independent of its once-vital partner OpenAI, five people familiar with the matter said. The potential…
SecurityScorecard acquires internet scanning startup Driftnet to bolster third-party risk platform
Cyber risk management company SecurityScorecard Inc. announced today that it has acquired Driftnet Ltd., a U.K.-based internet scanning and threat intelligence startup, in a deal aimed at bolting real-time global internet visibility onto the…
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