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19 Startup Habits Tech Companies Should Never Outgrow
Startups often move quickly because they have to, making the most of limited resources and adapting as circumstances change. As tech companies scale, added layers of process, approval and hierarchy can gradually slow decision making and erode the…
In a San Francisco startup, office cats are winning the return-to-work battle
When it comes to luring employees back to the office, companies are betting on all kinds of perks. At San Francisco startup Mochi Health, that includes regular poker games, free DoorDash meals and workspaces that are more living room than…
Pentagon offers battery startup 6K $250M loan to build U.S. factory
Batteries are everywhere, even on the battlefield, which helps explain the Pentagon's recent interest in building more domestic manufacturing capacity. The 12-year-old, North Andover, Mass.-based startup 6K announced Thursday that it won…
Why Snowflake's former revenue chief is joining a little-known AI infrastructure startup
After departing the cloud giant Snowflake in April for 'personal reasons,' former revenue chief Mike Gannon is joining AI infrastructure startup Spectro Cloud as its chief revenue officer. The $1 billion startup Spectro Cloud creates software that…
Three tech startups win $10,000 in pitch competition
Three Rwandan creative-tech platforms have won a combined $10,000 in grants after emerging top in a competition organised as part of the first Rwanda–Israel Creative Industries & Technology Week. The competition was held at Norrsken House…
Family offices boost startup investments in October, backing women's health and caregivers
Investment firms of ultra-wealthy families made 56 direct investments in companies in October, up nearly 30% from the month prior, according to Fintrx data. Laurene Powell Jobs' Emerson Collective was the most active family-office investor with…
AI Designer Babies? Thiel-Backed Startup Claims 14-Point IQ Boost
A startup backed by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund says its latest model can sort IVF embryos by intelligence, with 14 IQ points between the top and bottom of a batch of ten. 'AI is rapidly getting smarter. Now, humanity can too,' Nucleus Genomics…
Delek Logistics raises 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $530M-$560M as sour gas system nears startup (NYSE:DKL)
Earnings Call Insights: Delek Logistics Partners (DKL) Q3 2026 'Today, DKL reported approximately $143 million in adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter' and 'we are raising full year adjusted EBITDA guidance to $530 million to $560 million'…
Creating Your Own Opportunity: How Graduates Can Use Pitch Decks to Approach Startup Founders
The file was called Deck_v6_final_FINAL.pdf, it ran to seven slides, and the founder of a twenty-person cold-brew coffee brand in Bangalore opened it on his phone at 11.20 on a Tuesday night, between a supplier's message and a payment reminder.
U.S. startup secures $9 million to scale production of 22.33%-efficient perovskite solar modules
US-based perovskite solar module manufacturer RadianX has secured $9 million in combined venture capital and project financing. The company plans to use the funding to scale up production of modules for connected devices, including sensors…
Apollo-Backed Dental Firm vVardis Seeks $228.6 Million in US IPO
vVardis Holding AG, a Swiss dental startup, is seeking to raise as much as $228.6 million in a US initial public offering. The firm, which counts Apollo Global Management Inc. and OrbiMed Advisors among its investors, is offering 9.524 million…
Guest Column: Hollywood remix? Filmmaker from La. sees industry's future on the margins
Wynton Marsalis calls jazz “the perfect metaphor for democracy.” Every player brings a voice, but the band can really only swing together. As the world celebrates the year Miles Davis would have turned 100, it's worth remembering…
You know the launch market is tough when satellite companies start building rockets
There are optimistic plans for spaceflight, and then there are optimistic plans. AST SpaceMobile is a Texas-based, publicly traded company building very large satellites to provide direct-to-cell communications on Earth. But it has been having…
The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Defense And Space Tech Lead For Large Rounds
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week's Top 10…
How much big tech firms that signed Trump AI deal lost in stock market rout
Several big tech firms whose leaders signed President Donald Trump's artificial intelligence accord in September lost billions in market value on Thursday as a brutal sell-off swept through Wall Street following Democrats' big win in Tuesday's…
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