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Canada has everything for an AI startup boom except the strategy
AI-native startups are growing ten times faster than the rest of tech, but we've read a similar story before. The annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) was released by Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network at VivaTech Paris…
Red Bull Invests In Gen Z Founders As They Build Startups With Empathy
Red Bull Basement World Finals Top 10 Teams on Stage in San Francisco Ryan Taylor/Red Bull Content Poo;l Red Bull helps young innovators worldwide become entrepreneurs. Earlier this month, the company brought students from over 40 countries to San…
Google Taps Employee Alumni Network With AI Startup Incubator
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is backing a new incubator for former employees building artificial intelligence startups, deepening its ties with one of Silicon Valley's largest and most influential alumni groups. The 12-week program, supported by Google's…
Israeli AI startup sold to French media giant Netgem
BARY, an Israeli AI company founded in Tel Aviv, was sold to the French media and technology group Netgem, as part of another Israeli exit in the artificial intelligence sector. Netgem, which is traded on the Euronext exchange, said it is acquiring…
Crypto analytics startup Allium raises $40 million to tame blockchain data for Wall Street
Blockchains are public databases, but that doesn't mean they're legible. Even experts struggle to read their complicated strings of letters, numbers, and transactions. Still, with enough savvy, the troves of data on blockchains become more…
Startups are relocating the wrong person
Most startup relocation packages are built around the person signing the contract. That sounds logical, but it misses how relocation actually works. The employee is the one who gets the offer, the visa support, the relocation allowance, the…
Startup looks to reshape shipping | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
A Bay Area startup is trying to reinvent the semitruck by making the gas-guzzling giants electric, autonomous and designed for efficiency. Humble Robotics, founded last year in San Francisco, has raised $24 million to develop a cabless freight…
How astronomy, fireflies and forests become a business model for a village startup in Pune
The landscape decides where people want to stay. For many decades, Shilimb, located beside the Pawna Dam backwaters in Mawal taluka of Pune district, was a village that ambitious young people wanted to escape. Tucked into the rocky terrain of the…
India's MoEngage bets that the future of marketing is millions of AI agents
Indian customer engagement software firm MoEngage has acquired San Francisco-based startup Aampe in an all-cash deal, betting that AI agents that make decisions for individual customers will become the future of marketing. MoEngage did not disclose…
Indian startup head Kunal Shah appointed as new WhatsApp boss
MUMBAI: Meta has tapped Indian fintech founder Kunal Shah as the new head of WhatsApp, as the US tech giant seeks ways to monetise the messaging app's massive user base. The announcement, made Monday night (Jun 22), was accompanied by news that…
AI Factory Startup Hadrian Denies Reported $1 Billion Funding Round
Bloomberg reported these figures Tuesday (June 23), citing unnamed sources, and added that a Hadrian spokesperson said the information is “inaccurate” and declined to say more. The reported valuation would more than quadruple the $1.6…
Cymru Premier announces multi-year partnership with Anglesey startup
From the 2026/27 season, all 16 Cymru Premier clubs will have access to Pelly to manage their internal operations and recruitment. The agreement allows clubs to centralise their day-to-day operations, which are currently spread across spreadsheets…
A US Startup Wants To Sell You A $21,500 Ameri-Kei Pickup With A Manual
A new American company wants to sell an affordable pickup truck. REO's gas engine deliberately skips modern direct injection. The base truck ships without a radio or finished door cards. Slate isn't the only young American outfit chasing the idea…
Cypriot startups make mark at record-breaking VivaTech event in Paris
Cyprus reaffirmed its growing reputation as an emerging technology and innovation hub during its participation in the VivaTech 2026 international exhibition, held in Paris from June 17 to June 20, 2026. The Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry…
Drones startup Stark confirms €500m raise backed by Sequoia and Founders Fund
Berlin-based defence startup Stark has confirmed it has raised €500m to expand research, development and manufacturing capacity across Europe, confirming earlier reporting by Sifted that the company was in talks for a blockbuster funding…
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