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I'm 22 and I bet $80,000 of my savings on an industrial AI startup. Now I'm dropping out of college to go all-in.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Anderson Chen, 22, the Taiwanese founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Operon Solutions, an industrial AI startup backed by Y Combinator. It has been edited for length and clarity. I'm taking…
AI hardware startup Nominal triples valuation to $3B in 8 months
Nominal, a four-year-old, Austin-based startup that offers an AI platform purpose-built for engineering and testing complex hardware, like aircraft, nuclear reactors, and smart factories, has raised another big round of financing that triples its…
Meet the legal startup generating $150 million in revenue without chasing Big Law
While Harvey and Legora battle for Big Law, another legal tech startup is carving out a sizable business in Small Law. EvenUp, a seven-year-old company that sells AI software to plaintiff-side law firms, has grown to $150 million in recurring…
Series A In 2026: Capital Is Flowing Faster, But Fewer Startups Are Making The Cut
More money is pouring into Series A rounds, but it isn't opening the door to more startups. U.S. companies have raised $42 billion at that stage this year through October, up roughly 60% year over year, while deal counts remain on pace with the…
Calif. startup promises Costco food court delivery - for 1,100% markup
Hankering for a Costco hot dog for lunch today, but don't have time to step out and snag one for yourself? Jack Chen says he can help — for a price. Chen is the brains behind a new Southern California service that aims to connect hungry…
Bay Area beer startup Fathers Brewing gets $2M in funding for organic lager
Bay Area-based Fathers Brewing has secured $2 million in funding for its organic beer that includes an investment from a Food Network star. The Lafayette -based company said in a news release on Thursday that celebrity chef Robert Irvine, who is…
Stellar Startup Cloud Software Vendors To Know In 2026
Managing In A Multi-Cloud World IT environments now reach far beyond the data center, operating across extensive multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud networks. Businesses and organizations are running more of their applications and storing more of their…
Stellar Startup AI Technology Vendors To Know In 2026
Top Executive: Jithin V.G, Co-Founder, CEO Bud Ecosystem develops Bud AI OS, an eight-layer enterprise AI operating system spanning hardware abstraction to agentic automation, enabling enterprises with cost-effective AI adoption across the U.S.…
On The Leading Edge Of Innovation: Stellar Startups You Need To Know In 2026
Our annual Stellar Startups special report spotlights some of the most exciting channel-focused startup companies with ground-breaking technologies that are creating new opportunities for solution providers. The IT industry continues to undergo a…
Hardware-testing and engineering startup Nominal raises $240M at $3B valuation - SiliconANGLE
Artificial intelligence-powered hardware-testing and engineering software startup Nominal Inc. today announced it raised $240 million in new funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Insight Partners. The investment triples the company's…
Meta Strategy Chief Dave Wehner Departs for AI Startup Fireworks
I announced earlier this week that I am leaving Meta. I am deeply grateful to Mark Zuckerberg for showing what a truly founder-led company can achieve. I am incredibly optimistic for Meta's future. At Meta, I was able to witness the most exciting…
The Future Of Revenue Is A Living System
Rick Kickert is the CEO | Co-Founder of revlogic, GTM Leader, Investor and Advisor for high growth startups. For the past six months, I have been in meetings talking about what is next for revenue teams. But after I built our next deck, I…
The Buzzy Learning Startup Seeking to Serve Billions
Nir Zicherman, co-founder and CEO of Oboe, an ambitious AI-driven learning startup, joined me to share his big vision for the future of learning that helped Oboe secure $16 million in Series A funding led by a16z. We talked about how his personal…
A Seoul chip startup closed a $620 million round this fall and saw its valuation nearly quadruple to $2.9 billion, and its inference chip claims twice as many users per kilowatt as a leading rival card
A server rack hums in a data hall outside Seoul, drawing less power than the racks beside it while pushing through the same flood of AI queries. Inside sits a palm sized chip built to answer, not to learn. Its maker just closed one of the largest…
Departing Binance CFO Kaiser Ng Plans Tokenization Startup as CZ Floats YZi Labs Backing
Ng says his new company will bring assets from basketball to gold onchain, after Binance named Airwallex finance veteran Justin Yek to replace him in a handover it says took six months to plan. Posted November 9, 2026 at 4:45 am ET. Binance's…
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