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The Author As CEO: Why You Should Treat Your Book Like A Startup
J.D. Barker is owner of Hampton Creek Press, host of the podcast Writers, Ink., and a New York Times and international bestselling author. Most authors think their job ends when they draft the last page. Write the book, hand it to the publisher…
Hungarian Startup Plans US Foothold With Non-Military Drones
ABZ Innovation, a Hungarian startup, is planning to begin non-military drone production in the US over the course of next year after expanding output at home, according to its chief executive officer. ABZ opened a new production facility in…
Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve
Elisa de Martel, who was chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo, has been hired to the same position at buzzy self-driving vehicle startup Wayve. Outgoing CFO Max Warburton, who held the position at Wayve since 2024…
Exclusive: Fintech Offers Startups Alternative To Venture Debt With A New Model To Finance Customer Acquisition Costs
Technology companies routinely spend heavily to acquire customers who may not generate enough revenue to cover those costs for months or even years. A new fintech company, Skalar, wants to finance that gap without taking equity or requiring…
Maye Musk says she still had to mediate Elon and Kimbal's fights after they became startup founders
Maye Musk said she helped her sons navigate the early days of building their startup, Zip2. In her memoir, 'Timeless,' released September 15, Maye described her sons' differing management styles and the family meetings she held to help them work…
States bet big on rural health startups, with a Silicon Valley twist
States are spending rural health dollars on tech startups, betting that untested companies will succeed where doctors have vanished and hospitals have collapsed. Louisiana's call for innovative technology drew more than 200 pitches, seeking from…
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: Floating Nuclear Power, Robot Report Cards And Voice AI For Farmers
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals that may have flown under the radar. Check out our previous entry here. From putting nuclear reactors on barges to grading how well AI models can control robots, this…
EyeROV: Indian Deep-Tech Startup Showcases its Underwater Drones to World Leaders
At the Bharat Innovates Exposition, organised by the Ministry of Education as part of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, the EyeROV pavilion was visited by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi; President of Russia Vladimir Putin;…
Scaling global startups on distributed SQL - TechNewsDaily - Technology News & Reviews
CockroachDB Serverless provides a free tier with 250 million Request Units and 10 GiB of storage per month. Users pay $1 for every additional 10 million Request Units or $1 for every additional gigabyte of storage. This model eliminates capacity…
AI as co-founder: Rethinking early startup hiring… - Inblix
The traditional playbook for early-stage startups is undergoing a radical rewrite. Where founders once rushed to fill their first ten roles with human talent, many are now pausing to ask if an AI agent could do the job faster and cheaper. This…
Canada tries to stop tech startups from moving to U.S.: 'American VCs were hungrier
When Miles Schwartz co-founded payment company Zūm Rails Inc. in Montreal in 2019, he knocked on almost every Canadian venture capitalist's door looking for funds. They all turned him down. So by 2024, Zūm Rails was working on a US…
Mangaluru Technovanza 2026 to bring startups, investors and GCCs together
Mangaluru will host the sixth edition of ‘Mangaluru Technovanza 2026' on September 22 and 23. This initiative of the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) under its ‘Beyond Bengaluru' vision will bring together government…
Compliance automation startup Comp AI raises $34M to push into security - SiliconANGLE
Compliance automation startup Comp AI today said it has raised $34 million in new funding to advance its software for preparing companies for security audits. Comp AI plans to spend the money on monitoring that keeps running long after an audit is…
Weeks-Old AI Startup Emulate Approaches $4 Billion Valuation
The U.K.-based company is in advanced discussions with prospective investors to raise up to $700 million, valuing Emulate at $3.7 billion, the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (Sept. 17), citing sources familiar with the matter. Emulate was…
Viral research firm says AI robots are a coming mega-trend in markets
Citrini Research says that AI-enabled robotics are a budding mega-trend for investors to pay attention to. The firm, which went viral for a hypothetical AI doomsday scenario, laid out its bullish thesis on robotics as the next growth phase of the…
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