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This simulation startup wants to be the Cursor for physical AI
The promise of physical AI is that engineers will be able to program physical agents the same way they do digital ones. We're not there yet. Robotics is still held back by a paucity of data from physical spaces. To train their machines, companies…
How to solve the business challenges facing startups
Launching a new business is an exciting time for any budding founder, but it's also a challenging prospect in a crowded marketplace. And one of the biggest early difficulties for startups can be attracting funding to get plans off the ground.
Startup CTO explains the shift in engineering hiring his company has made for the AI era
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Hsu, the cofounder and CTO of Speak, an AI-powered language learning app. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I'm a cofounder at Speak, a growth-stage AI-native startup.
Australian Design Startup Canva Avoiding Tech-Sector Layoffs
SYDNEY—Design-software developer Canva's longstanding profitability has helped the Australian startup avoid the large-scale layoffs seen at other technology companies as it builds toward a U.S. stock-market listing, its chief executive said.
Allbirds, once a buzzy shoe startup, pivots to AI
The shoe brand that was once a favorite of the Silicon Valley tech scene is moving away from footwear and onto what its wearers have been obsessing over the most: AI. Allbirds announced on Wednesday that it would be pivoting to focus on AI compute…
India's vibe-coding startup Emergent enters OpenClaw-like AI agent space
Emergent, an Indian startup known for its vibe-coding platform, has launched “ Wingman,” a messaging-first autonomous AI agent, as it expands into a growing category of software that runs in the background to complete tasks —…
Elon Musk's xAI plans to supply AI computing power to coding startup Cursor
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, plans to put its stockpile of computing power to use in a new arrangement with coding startup Cursor, according to people familiar with the matter. Cursor plans to train its latest AI coding model, Composer 2.5, on xAI…
Exclusive: Repeat Founders Raise $20M For Spektr, A Fintech Compliance Startup, In NEA-Led Series A
For the founders of Spektr, the journey didn't start with the Danish startup's inception in 2023; it began a decade ago while working in the trenches of a payments company. “We have this saying between the two of us,” explains CEO…
Exclusive: Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers
After helping lead the lawsuit that bankrupted media firm Gawker, Aron D'Souza says he saw something broken in the American media system: People who felt harmed by coverage had little recourse to fight back. His solution is software. D'Souza says…
Legendary Qualcomm, Apple, and Nuvia alumni form new CPU startup - Nuvacore promises to 'rewrite the rules of silicon
Just several months after leaving Qualcomm, distinguished CPU and system architects Gerard Williams, John Bruno, and Ram Srinivasan, who are celebrated for their high-performance processors developed at Apple, Nuvia, and, more recently, Qualcomm…
Octopus CMO: I was warned against joining an energy startup
Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City's great and good. Today, Octopus CMO Rebecca Dibb-Simkin takes us through her career, from being warned off joining an energy startup to her love of Greggs chicken bakes, in Square Mile and Me…
OpenAI acquires personal finance startup
Key insight: OpenAI acquired a second PFM app as it builds personal financial advice capabilities into ChatGPT. What's at stake: Banks and fintechs are at risk of becoming disintermediated from their customers if they go to ChatGPT for finance…
Kinisis Ventures startups report strong sales and market expansion in 2026
Kinisis Ventures portfolio companies opened 2026 with stronger sales, product rollouts and market expansion across both KVF I and KVF II, as several startups moved from development into commercial execution during the first quarter, according to…
How Toronto Became the North American Capital of Finance-AI Startups - News Anyway
A founder is giving a presentation on algorithmic credit risk to a group of people who spend their days considering that issue on a gloomy Tuesday morning in the MaRS Discovery District, a vast innovation complex on College Street where the former…
eToro buys Israeli startup Zengo for $70m
Israeli online trading platform eToro (Nasdaq: ETOR) is making its first acquisition since its IPO last year. The company has entered into an agreement to buy Israeli custodial crypto wallet provider Zengo for an estimated $70 million, mainly in…
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