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AI Startups With No Revenue Are Using This Tactic To Supersize Their Valuations
I n November 2025, David Silver, the renowned former scientist at Google DeepMind, dialed into a Zoom meeting with a venture capital firm to pitch his new startup Ineffable Intelligence. Silver, who spent over a decade at Google, believed the…
Samsung Teams Up With US Battery Startup Seeking Pentagon Cash
Samsung SDI Co. has agreed to provide $20 million and engineering support to Forge Nano Inc., a US battery startup aiming to build cells for the US defense and aerospace industries at a new plant in North Carolina. The agreement, which also calls…
Singapore Video Startup Founded By Tencent's Former AI Head Bets Big On World Models
On paper, Video Rebirth is too small to compete in the capital-intensive AI video battleground. Less than two years old, the startup has $80 million in funding and a team of 30 operating out of its Singapore headquarters and an office in Hong Kong.
Cursor Deal Puts US On Track For Record Startup M&A Year
When someone spends $60 billion to buy a startup, M&A spending suddenly starts looking pretty robust. Those were the unsurprising findings of a Crunchbase analysis of U.S. startup acquisition outlays in 2026. So far this year, acquirers have spent…
Former Infosys chief has a new startup that wants to challenge the IT services world
For decades, IT services firms made billions of dollars by allowing companies to outsource tech tasks like customizing, integrating, and maintaining enterprise software. Vishal Sikka, former CEO of Infosys, one of the largest such firms in India…
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[CONTRIBUTION] Seongsu's success comes at a cost for startups
One of the defining features of Seoul's Seongsu-dong is its abundance of pop-up stores — retail spaces that operate only for a limited time. Because the neighborhood attracts young consumers and international tourists, companies frequently…
Exclusive | Startup Arca Raises Fresh $48.5 Million to Disrupt the Wealth Advisory Business
Arca Financial has raised $48.5 million in fresh capital from investors led by General Catalyst, betting that integrating artificial intelligence and financial advisers will create a massive opportunity in wealth management. Index Ventures and…
See the pitch deck AI observability startup Sazabi used to raise $8 million seed round from YC and J2 Ventures
Sazabi has raised $8 million to expand its AI observability platform. The San Francisco-based startup says its monitoring, debugging, and incident response platform is designed for fast-moving engineering teams at startups using AI coding tools…
Seoul revamps 'OASIS' program to turn expat tech startups into global players
When Ravi Pandit Shankar arrived in Korea, navigating the country's dense corporate laws and tax codes felt like an insurmountable hurdle. But after completing a specialized municipal program, his tech startup, Konnect — a 'super-app'…
Hunting for Small-Town Talent; Gautam Adani Launches 'Vande Bharatam' Startup Search
Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, celebrated his 64th birthday on Thursday by launching a massive national search program called 'Vande Bharatam'. The initiative wants to find and help promising innovators, problem-solvers, and small-town…
EBRD and Microsoft Partner to Help African Startups Adopt AI and Scale
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Microsoft have entered a partnership aimed at helping promising African startups use artificial intelligence to improve their operations and prepare for expansion. The organizations signed a…
Agentic infrastructure startup Seltz raises $12.5M to help AI agents search the web for answers
Agentic search startup Seltz Inc. said today it has bagged $12.5 million in seed funding to build a more optimal infrastructure so that artificial intelligence agents can find their way around the web. The round was led by Speedinvest and B…
Japan's Largest Startup Conference - IVS Is Back, Introduces IVS CORE with Crypto Stage Returns
Kyoto, Japan, June 24th, 2026, Chainwire IVS2026, Japan's largest startup event, will take place over three days from July 1 to 3, 2026, in Kyoto. In addition to the main venue at Miyako Messe, IVS introduces “IVS CORE” —an…
Visionaries general partner Judith Dada joins AI startup Langdock as co-CEO
Judith Dada, general partner at VC firm Visionaries, is joining Berlin-based AI startup Langdock as co-CEO. She will remain a senior partner at the firm as it gears up for a new fundraise later this year. Langdock integrates multiple different AI…
Snap Spins Off Its AI Video Team Into New Startup Dotmo - Memeburn
Snap just spun out an entire AI team rather than keep funding it. The company separated its generative AI video team into a new independent startup called Dotmo in June 2026, retaining equity and a technology license while letting the team raise…
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