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The hot new breakup line: 'It's not you, it's my startup
Among the more unexpected effects of the AI race is the rise of a breakup line: It's not you, it's my startup. Lee Beckman, the 30-year-old founder of an ed-tech startup, had been dating his girlfriend long-distance for about five months when he…
Fintech startup Parker files for bankruptcy
Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services for e-commerce businesses, has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down. The startup was part of Y Combinator's winter 2019 cohort, and its…
German Drone Startup May See $18b Valuation in Fundraising: FT
German drone startup Helsing GmbH may see its valuation jump to about $18 billion in a new financing round, up from about $14 billion implied in a fundraising last year, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Plans for a $1.2 billion funding…
Hana Financial launches 5th startup program focused on AI entrepreneurship
Hana Financial Group has begun recruiting participants for the fifth edition of “Hana Social Venture University,” its flagship entrepreneurship support initiative aimed at fostering young startup founders, the company said Sunday. As…
Hana Financial, Kyung Hee team up to foster regional startups
Hana Financial Group and Kyung Hee University are partnering to nurture young entrepreneurs outside Seoul as part of a government-led push to support regional startups. The financial group said Sunday it signed a memorandum of understanding with…
Defence sovereignty: Europe races to build the low-cost weapons of future
In a small workshop in England's East Midlands, engineers at the British startup Skycutter are designing weapons for Ukraine. A row of 3D printers make the fuselage for interceptor drones, while parts such as motors and navigation chips are slotted…
Voice AI in India is hard. Wispr Flow is betting on it anyway.
India's internet users already rely heavily on voice notes, voice search, and multilingual messaging. Turning those habits into a scalable AI business, however, remains difficult because of the country's linguistic complexity, mixed-language usage…
I was laid off from my banking job at 55 and left corporate America to build my own AI consultancy. Here's what I learned in the process.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with small-business-owner Kristina Martinelli, a 56-year-old AI consultant who formerly worked a corporate job. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Getting displaced at 55 years old…
Cape Verde bets on tech to reverse postcolonial brain drain
For much of its history since its discovery by the Portuguese in the mid-15th century, the Cape Verde archipelago off the coast of west Africa served as a hub of the international slave trade, with Africans forcibly transported to marketplaces…
SpaceX's blockbuster IPO is coming. This overlooked industrial company will be a big winner
Elon Musk 's SpaceX is planning the largest stock debut in history. One likely winner from the deal: an overlooked industrial company founded decades before the Wright brothers ever took to the skies. Industrial gases giant Linde has a small but…
Multinationals deepen engagement in China's new industrialization through intense innovation tours
A view of Lujiazui, Shanghai Photo: VCG Every minute counted on Pascal Daloz's itinerary during his visit to China. In just three days, the CEO of French industrial software giant Dassault Systèmes shuttled between six cities, including…
The electric scooter rental company Lime has filed for IPO
Lime, the micromobility company known for its electric scooters and bicycles which are dumped across city streets, has filed for an initial public offering. The rental startup, which is officially known as Neutron Holdings, filed with the…
H.eco Tech Festa 2026 casts climate tech as next growth market
Forum brings together more than 500 executives, startup leaders and students for talks on circular economy, ESG strategy and green careers Environmental challenges are no longer treated simply as matters of corporate responsibility, but as markets…
Jim Cramer on Shopify: 'You Want to Buy It When the Stock's Ice Cold'
Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOP) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer shared his thoughts on as he discussed Big Tech's AI spending. Cramer called the company the “envy of many businesses,” as he said Or how about Shopify? I just interviewed…
Hong Kong economy posts best quarter in five years, fueled by global AI boom
Hong Kong's economy has achieved its most robust performance in five years, driven by a powerful surge in trade that is directly linked to the global boom in artificial intelligence. This technological wave is reshaping the city's economic…
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