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techcrunch.com - Tim De Chant - Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit
Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit
TechCrunch

Fusion startup Realta Fusion this week announced a deal with Madison Gas and Electric that will place one of the first grid-connected fusion power plants in the country in Wisconsin. The partnership comes as utilities around the world have been…

forbes.com - Expert Panel - Expert Advice For Startup CEOs Moving To A Formal Governing Board
Expert Advice For Startup CEOs Moving To A Formal Governing Board
Forbes

As more founders raise later rounds and face pressure to professionalize governance, the move from an informal advisory group to a formal board is a major step for a startup, and one that changes more than the structure of leadership. Once…

fortune.com - Jeremy Kahn - Exclusive: German startup Atira raises $17.5 million to streamline cumbersome industrial sales process
Exclusive: German startup Atira raises $17.5 million to streamline cumbersome industrial sales process
Fortune

When a company that builds fire trucks, rail-maintenance machinery, or electric vehicle chargers is invited to bid on a big contract, the request that lands in its inbox can run to thousands of pages of technical specifications. Developing the bid…

cnbc.com - Hayley Cuccinello - Billionaire family offices back health care and biotech startups in August
Billionaire family offices back health care and biotech startups in August
CNBC

Family offices made 52 direct investments in private companies in August, according to Fintrx. About 20% of the month's investments went to biotech startups, including LifeMine Therapeutics, which raised $188 million from backers including Bezos…

variety.com - Todd Spangler - Gal Gadot's Goodles Mac-and-Cheese Startup Acquired by Pasta Giant Barilla
Gal Gadot's Goodles Mac-and-Cheese Startup Acquired by Pasta Giant Barilla
Variety

Goodles, the mac-and-cheese brand co-founded by actress Gal Gadot, announced that it clinched a deal to be acquired by the Barilla Group, the world's largest pasta company. Gadot, best known for portraying Wonder Woman in DC's superhero films, and…

independent.co.uk - Natalie Wilson - French train startup secures license to launch high-speed rail competitor
French train startup secures license to launch high-speed rail competitor
The Independent

A French rail startup has secured an operating license to launch high-speed trains connecting cities from Paris. Velvet, France 's first independent high-speed train operator, said it received approval from the country's transport ministry to…

fastcompany.com - Jude Cramer - Gen Z doesn't want to go to college. This startup school wants to fix that-by ditching clubs, sports, and dining halls
Gen Z doesn't want to go to college. This startup school wants to fix that-by ditching clubs, sports, and dining halls
Fast Company

Arguably, the most memorable parts of college have nothing to do with education. Participating in clubs, rooting for your team at athletic events, and making friends over food at the dining hall are likely among the fondest memories for alumni of…

fortune.com - Emily Forlini - Hugging Face goes from a 'scrappy' startup named after an emoji to $13 billion Nvidia acquisition
Hugging Face goes from a 'scrappy' startup named after an emoji to $13 billion Nvidia acquisition
Fortune

Welcome to Eye on AI. Emily Forlini here, filling in for Beatrice Nolan. In today's issue: Nvidia will purchase open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $13B OpenAI debuts GPT-6 Astra model Google debuts Gemini 3.8 Flash model ChatGPT experiences…

scrippsnews.com - AP via Scripps News Group - Nvidia to spend billions on Hugging Face, the startup that was hacked by OpenAI
Nvidia to spend billions on Hugging Face, the startup that was hacked by OpenAI
Scripps News

Chipmaker Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Face for $13 billion. It's the latest deal by the company, whose processors are integral to the AI boom, and highlights Nvidia's push to champion increasingly popular…

dailycaller.com - Dylan Kresak - Newly Bought Tech Startup Will Stay 'Open, Neutral' After $13,000,000,000 Takeover, New Owner Vows
Newly Bought Tech Startup Will Stay 'Open, Neutral' After $13,000,000,000 Takeover, New Owner Vows
The Daily Caller

A major chipmaker claims the biggest platform for open-source artificial intelligence models will remain unbiased under its ownership. NVIDIA officially confirmed the roughly $13 billion deal to obtain New York-based AI startup Hugging Face in an…

fortune.com - Alexei Oreskovic - AI visionary Ray Kurzweil is joining a Silicon Valley startup developing a brain computer system that involves snorting nano particles
AI visionary Ray Kurzweil is joining a Silicon Valley startup developing a brain computer system that involves snorting nano particles
Fortune

Ray Kurzweil, the pioneering AI scientist and Google researcher and “AI Visionary,” is joining a Silicon Valley startup developing a method to put computers in the brain by snorting nano particles. Subsense, a four-year old company…

nypost.com - Reuters - Nvidia buying Hugging Face for whopping $13B - behind Jensen Huang's bet for popular AI startup
Nvidia buying Hugging Face for whopping $13B - behind Jensen Huang's bet for popular AI startup
New York Post

Nvidia will buy popular developer platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, betting that support for open AI models will drive future demand even as its biggest customers develop their own chips to reduce reliance on the semiconductor giant. Shares…

republicworld.com - Ankita Paul - Digital, Innovation, Startups, & AI Offers Across Sectors in Focus': EAM Jaishankar on India-Ukraine Trade
Digital, Innovation, Startups, & AI Offers Across Sectors in Focus': EAM Jaishankar on India-Ukraine Trade
Republic World

'Digital, Innovation, Startups, & AI Offers Across Sectors in Focus': EAM Jaishankar on India-Ukraine Trade | Image: X Kyiv, Ukraine: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has highlighted digital capabilities, innovation, startups and…

wbaltv.com - CNN Staff - Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI
Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI
wbal

Updated: 10:38 AM EDT Sep 3, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nvidia inks $13 billion deal to buy the AI startup that was hacked by OpenAI Updated: 10:38 AM EDT Sep 3, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Nvidia announced on Thursday that it will buy…

siliconangle.com - Mike Wheatley - Market research startup askpolly raises $3M to transform social media chatter into verifiable insights - SiliconANGLE
Market research startup askpolly raises $3M to transform social media chatter into verifiable insights - SiliconANGLE
Homepage - SiliconANGLE

Artificial intelligence startup askpolly, officially known as Advanced Symbolics Inc., said today it has closed on a $3 million seed funding round to grow its platform that transforms social media insights into statistically valid market research.

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