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techcrunch.com - Kate Park - Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M
Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M
TechCrunch

Japan is pouring billions of dollars into its burgeoning space industry and easing restrictions on defense exports, efforts designed to build a homegrown aerospace sector filled with domestic startups that have a global reach. Letara, a…

techcrunch.com - Dominic-Madori Davis - How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48-hours
How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48-hours
TechCrunch

Rillet co-founder and CEO Nicholas Koop seems justifiably confident as we talk over Zoom a day after his company announced a $100 million raise at a $1 billion valuation. The US has has a shortage of accountants right now, which is driving growth…

techradar.com - Efosa Udinmwen - US startup Vatn lands Taiwan undersea drone partnership
US startup Vatn lands Taiwan undersea drone partnership
TechRadar

Vatn Systems will help Taiwan build AI-powered undersea drone command systems Neither side has revealed how much money this partnership actually involves Taiwan explores Vatn's modular S12 drones for its future undersea defense needs Vatn Systems…

townhall.com - Dmitri Bolt - California Leads the Nation in Startup Investment. The Credit Does Not Belong to Gavin Newsom.
California Leads the Nation in Startup Investment. The Credit Does Not Belong to Gavin Newsom.
Townhall

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking a victory lap after The Wall Street Journal reported that Golden State startups have attracted a record $366 billion in venture-capital investment this year, more than three times the total raised across the…

spacenews.com - Andrew Jones - Chinese radio-frequency intelligence startup StarRF closes new funding round
Chinese radio-frequency intelligence startup StarRF closes new funding round
SpaceNews: The space industry's source

HELSINKI — A Chinese startup building a constellation to detect and geolocate radio-frequency emissions from orbit has closed a funding round as China's commercial sector expands. Tianjin-based Xingkan Jiuzhou Technology, using the English…

iol.co.za - Nokubonga Ndlovu - How the India-South Africa startup session is paving the way for cross-border innovation
How the India-South Africa startup session is paving the way for cross-border innovation
IOL

Consul General of India in Cape Town Ruby Jaspreet speaking at Stellenbosch University. Entrepreneurs, innovators and academics from India and South Africa gathered at Stellenbosch University on Friday to explore how stronger cross-border…

channelnewsasia.com - Orbital data center startup Starcloud valued at $2.3 billion in latest funding
Orbital data center startup Starcloud valued at $2.3 billion in latest funding
CNA

Aug 21: Starcloud, a startup building data centers in space, said on Friday it had raised $250 million at a $2.3 billion valuation, as it looks to expand AI infrastructure through orbital data centers. SpaceX's blockbuster IPO has rekindled…

fortune.com - Sarah Glodek - Phoebe Gates took a secret Stanford class on how to 'rule the world'-and reportedly recruited employees for her startup accused of wire fraud
Phoebe Gates took a secret Stanford class on how to 'rule the world'-and reportedly recruited employees for her startup accused of wire fraud
Fortune

Long before Phoebe Gates cofounded the AI personal shopping assistant Phia, she was a student at Stanford University working towards a bachelor's degree in human biology. While her transcript reflects coursework in epidemiology and health policy…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - AICCI's startup summit significant initiative to take Thoothukudi to next level, says Minister Srinath
AICCI's startup summit significant initiative to take Thoothukudi to next level, says Minister Srinath
The Hindu

Fisheries Minister A. Srinath on Friday said the All India Chamber of Commerce and Industries (AICCI's) initiative to organise a major startup summit here was a significant effort to take Thoothukudi to the next level, noting that such summits were…

newsanyway.com - Stuart Mackay - Alexandr Wang: AI Agents Startup Opportunity Is Now 'Goliath vs Goliath' - News Anyway
Alexandr Wang: AI Agents Startup Opportunity Is Now 'Goliath vs Goliath' - News Anyway
Daily News Organization

Alexandr Wang says the AI agents startup opportunity has shifted so dramatically that well-funded new companies can now go toe-to-toe with the largest incumbents on equal terms, rather than hunting for clever angles around them. The Scale AI…

cyprus-mail.com - Cyprus Business Now: shipping forum, fuel prices, GSI, travelling, startups, CSE
Cyprus Business Now: shipping forum, fuel prices, GSI, travelling, startups, CSE
Cyprus Mail

Poullikkas, a professor of energy systems at Frederick University, pointed out that the debate over the Cyprus-Greece GSI project had focused heavily on its financial cost, particularly the contribution required from the Republic. While scrutiny of…

techcrunch.com - TechCrunch Events - Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today
Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today
TechCrunch

The lowest prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. Once that window closes, your chance to save up to $300 on your pass, or get an even larger discount on group pricing, will come to an end. If you've been circling around…

businessinsider.com - Katie Roof - Devoted Health is raising a new round of funding at a $25 billion valuation
Devoted Health is raising a new round of funding at a $25 billion valuation
Business Insider

Devoted Health is the latest startup to show that combining health and AI commands a premium valuation. Just months after announcing a new round of funding, the Medicare Advantage startup is in talks to raise another round that could value the…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Chery affiliate AiMOGA robotics prepares for IPO amid surging interest in humanoid robots
Chery affiliate AiMOGA robotics prepares for IPO amid surging interest in humanoid robots
The Standard

A robotics affiliate of China's largest auto exporter Chery Automobile is gearing up for an IPO to fund future growth and investments, its chief said on Wednesday, as competition intensifies in the country's fast-growing humanoid robot sector.

techcrunch.com - Connie Loizos - Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that's still alive
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that's still alive
TechCrunch

Michael Polansky is remarkably unassuming for someone operating in a corner of the world known for outsize egos. Seated at a leafy patio outside a popular bakery in Mill Valley, an affluent town about 15 miles north of San Francisco, Polansky…

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