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An AI crypto startup says it's going 'AI-native' by slashing 25% of its workforce
Startups may be the next ones hit by a wave of AI-driven layoffs. 0G Labs, a San Francisco startup that builds blockchains for AI agents, says it's cutting a quarter of its staff because its agents are so good at doing human jobs. 0G Labs announced…
Finnish Satellite Startup Iceye in Talks to Raise €250 Million
Iceye, the Finnish satellite startup tapping into increased defense spending in Europe, is in talks to raise €250 million ($293 million) in a round that may nearly double its previous valuation, according to people familiar with the matter.
Chicken or the Egg? Why We Need to Rethink Data and Funding in Startups
During the early days of COVID-19, companies like Moderna and Pfizer demonstrated the speed and scale at which biopharma can transform healthcare. But this wasn't an anomaly. Despite ongoing societal disruption and a shifting geopolitical…
AI Computing Is a Memory Hog. An Nvidia-Backed Startup Has an Answer.
Some companies are trying to solve the computing crunch by making more efficient chips. A startup called RadixArk is trying to solve it by making chips more efficient—and its approach has gained the backing of some of the tech industry's…
Nvidia and Pulte are helping this startup put mini data centers on homes
Span, a California-based startup, has developled small, fractional data centers, or 'nodes,' called XFRA units. The idea is to take advantage of unused electrical capacity on local grids, which the Span smart panels can pinpoint. Nvidia GPUs are…
Step inside the gorgeous, futuristic offices of Vast, the startup designing the next-gen space station
A tall baobab tree greets people inside the Long Beach, California, headquarters of Vast, an aerospace company that is building the space station of the future. It's planted beneath a skylight in the center of a white-painted circular lobby…
Billion-Dollar AI Rounds Push April To Third-Highest Startup Funding Month In A Year
Global venture funding reached $56 billion in April, marking the third-largest monthly funding in a year. Funding was up 100% year over year from $26 billion, according to Crunchbase data. This increase was driven by large rounds to AI lab…
Waymo's CEO said early startups make one fatal mistake in every tech hype cycle
Waymo's CEO said early-stage startups often make one big mistake that kills them. In a Sequoia Capital podcast released Friday, co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov said startups tend to get excited by new technological breakthroughs but focus on quick solutions…
French Startup IPFC Unveils AI Rights Model to Protect and Pay Creators
In the run up to the Cannes Film Festival, French entrepreneurs Emmanuel Lipszyc and Thomas Cohen have launched IPFC, an ambitious new startup aiming to protect and monetize creative IP consumed by generative AI systems. Their model draws…
Startup develops software to help military tap commercial imaging satellites
DENVER — A boom in commercial satellites has flooded the market with imagery, but for military users the challenge has shifted from scarcity to access. Getting the right data at the right time still often depends on one-off arrangements with…
Exclusive: AI startup Vori raises $22 million to help grocery stores compete with Walmart and Amazon
Brandon Hill's parents met and fell in love in an independent grocery store. Decades later, the startup founder is trying to make sure stores like that don't get swallowed up by Walmart and Amazon. Hill is the cofounder and CEO of Vori, a San…
Andreessen Horowitz Raises $2.2 Billion to Fund Next Wave of Crypto Startups
Andreessen Horowitz said Tuesday that it has raised $2.2 billion for its fifth crypto fund, bringing the firm's total crypto capital under management to nearly $9.8 billion. The firm's a16z Crypto arm has backed some of the industry's biggest…
Haun Ventures Raises $1B to Fund Crypto, AI Startups
Haun Ventures has raised $1 billion to back early- and late-stage crypto startups, while expanding into artificial intelligence for the first time. The funds will focus on three areas: crypto financial infrastructure, tokenization and AI agents.
A Raleigh e-commerce startup led by Scot Wingo has raised a $13.6M seed round
A Raleigh startup trying to help e-commerce companies navigate new AI-based tech and trends has raised $13.6 million in a seed round from investors. Why it matters: The company, called ReFiBuy, is the latest startup from Scot Wingo, a serial…
Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre signs MoU with NABL to get global recognition for startups' research
To strengthen Karnataka's innovation ecosystem, the Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) to get global recognition…
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