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2026 Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are open
Early-stage founders, this is your moment! Are you ready to put your startup to the test on the ultimate global stage? The Startup Battlefield is calling. Nominations for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200, the world's most iconic startup pitch…
Exclusive: Peter Thiel-backed industrial AI startup emerges from stealth in a16z 'American Dynamism' push
In a move that signals the next phase of the artificial intelligence boom, Emanate, an AI startup focused on the gritty reality of America's industrial supply chain, has emerged from stealth. Backed by venture capital heavyweight Andreessen…
Beyond AI: 5 Startup Sectors Seeing Big Funding Growth
Last year, AI grabbed half of venture dollars globally. But the sector's blockbuster growth hasn't necessarily come at the expense of other startup industries. Rather, areas that benefit from AI-driven automation such as legal tech, or that combine…
Read the pitch deck AI private security startup Guard Owl used to raise $3 million
A former SpaceX engineer thinks that private security is ripe for disruption. 'There's a lot of parallels to what SpaceX did with the aerospace industry,' Guard Owl cofounder and CEO Narek Kajikian told Business Insider. Kajikian, Edrees Tabibzada…
If You're Building a Startup, Daniel Chang Wants You to Hear This First
Daniel Chang, the newest Professor of Practice at the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management, knows that entrepreneurs need more than an interesting idea to build a business. They need a real customer problem to solve, the…
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DPIIT Redraws Startup Rules to Reflect DeepTech Reality
India's startup policy framework has taken a notable step away from one-size-fits-all definitions. With the latest notification, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has formally recognised DeepTech startups as a…
India's new startup rules for deep tech | Explained
STORY SO FAR: The Department for the Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade in India (DPIIT), of the Ministry of Commerce, last week issued a notification defining what constitutes a ‘deep tech' startup. ‘Deep-tech' is a buzzword…
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Maharashtra Tech Sees Funding Shift Towards Early-Stage Startups
In 2025, Maharashtra's technology ecosystem sent a clear signal to the market: capital is not pulling back, it is moving with intent. Total funding across Maharashtra-based tech companies stood at $2.5 billion, a modest 6% decline from 2024. Yet…
Global startup OpenFX growing from Miami, using stablecoin to speed money transfers
Aiming to move “money as freely as data,” OpenFX is quickly expanding worldwide, now handling more than $3 billion a month in foreign-exchange transactions and boosting its presence in Miami and across the Americas. The…
Startup aiOla strives to fix AI speech recognition woes with dynamic routing
Artificial intelligence startup aiOla says it's breaking new ground in its quest to develop machines that can understand human speech as well as people can. Today it has announced a new “Speech Intelligence Gateway” that's able to…
Two biotech startups selected for Seoul-AstraZeneca joint program
Seoul City has announced the first results of its open-innovation partnership with global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, selecting two domestic biotech startups to receive yearlong R&D mentoring and support for overseas expansion. The city on…
NH Nonghyup Bank steps up venture investment in agri-food startups
NH Nonghyup Bank said Monday it held a strategy meeting at its Seoul headquarters, chaired by CEO Kang Tae-young, to step up venture capital investment in the agricultural and food sectors. The bank said the meeting aimed to expand investment in…
Indian startup Anthropic Software sues US-based Anthropic PBC
Anthropic Software Private Limited, a Belagavi-based technology company, has moved the Commercial Division of the District Court at Belagavi against US -based Anthropic PBC over the use of the name “Anthropic” in India. The Indian…
How startups are creating financial technical debt without realising it
Founders obsess over technical debt in their code. They'll delay shipping a feature to refactor a messy database or rewrite a buggy API. They know that quick and dirty code today means a slow and broken product tomorrow. Yet, when it comes to their…
Algolia v5 + Algolia Agent Studio + Next.js 16: Building a Startup Validator
This is a submission for the Algolia Agent Studio Challenge: Consumer-Facing Conversational Experiences Startup Roast is an AI-powered startup idea validator that provides brutally honest feedback by analyzing your idea against a database of 2,500+…
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