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VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back - and build - 'physical AI' startups
It takes just a skim of Eclipse's recent investments to see where this venture firm's interests lie — and where it is headed. The Palo Alto-based VC, which saw its median deal size explode over the past several years, has poured an…
5 Key Signals Your Startup Is Finally Hitting Product Market Fit
Product market fit emerges from consistent user behaviors, retention and organic expansion, not surveys alone. Early signals include urgent problem articulation, habitual product use and self-directed feature adoption. Customer language and…
AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost
Indian startup Rocket is betting that the next big opportunity is the part before vibe coding: having AI help people decide what to build. It has launched a platform that produces consulting-style product strategies. The startup, based in Surat…
Tech founders competed in a startup's glitzy $100,000 poker tournament. I took them on.
An AI startup you've probably never heard of just spent $200,000 on a poker tournament, complete with $100,000 in prizes, an array of Silicon Valley tech founders, and Tiffany jewelry. The goal wasn't gambling. It was marketing. A few weeks ago…
America's Most Underrated Startup Advantage: Veterans Who Build Like It's a Mission
Many talk about veterans like they're only meant for one chapter of life: enlist, serve, transition, repeat. But there's a second story hiding in plain sight — one that has less to do with uniforms and more to do with ownership. I come from…
Space startup inks deal with NSIL
Space startup Avantel Limited has received a purchase order valued at ₹11.59 crore (excluding taxes) from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), for the supply, installation, and…
SK Telecom opens applications for startup incubator focused on ESG
SK Telecom has launched a next-generation program, “SKTCH for Good,” to discover and incubate startups focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, and will accept applications through April 30, the company said…
Seoul Fintech Lab launches XRPL-based startup program with Ripple
Seoul Fintech Lab has launched a three-month program aimed at helping turn digital asset ideas into businesses, offering funding opportunities and hands-on support through the XRP Ledger (XRPL) ecosystem. According to the city-backed fintech…
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: A Credit Card Backed By Mineral Rights, Flying Ferries, And A Foundation AI Model For Plants
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals that may have flown under the radar. Check out our previous entry here. In a quarter when nearly two-thirds of global venture capital went to just four companies, it's…
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AI security checklist for startups: practical policies and controls for small teams
Generative AI is moving quickly from experimentation to real work inside startups. Teams are using it for support responses, sales emails, internal search, product documentation, coding help, research, and workflow automation. That speed creates an…
Ex-Miramax Exec Aims to Convert Military-Grade Tech for Immersive Event Cinema Startup
A new startup, MUS immersive (short for Modern Uprising Studio), has launched as an independent company with a goal to boost “a new category of entertainment: immersive event cinema” using spatial computing technologies. This type of…
Raleigh software startup Pendo joins the wave of tech layoffs, cutting 10% of its workforce
Pendo, one of the few Raleigh tech startups to reach a valuation of more than $1 billion, is laying off 90 positions, or around 10% of its workforce, a company spokesperson told Axios. Why it matters: Pendo is the latest tech company to lay off…
Crypto hedge fund Split Capital winds down as its founder nabs new gig as an exec at stablecoin startup Plasma
In January 2024, as crypto prices were soaring, Zaheer Ebtikar unveiled a new digital assets hedge fund called Split Capital. Two years later, he's winding that firm down as he pivots to one of the buzziest sectors in crypto: stablecoins, or…
AI agent security startup Trent AI launches with $13M in funding
Trent AI Ltd., a London-based artificial intelligence security startup, launched today with $13 million in seed funding. LocalGlobe and Cambridge Innovation Capital led the investment. They were joined by executives at Databricks Inc., Stripe Inc.
AI Startups Raised $221 Billion in Q1 as Venture Funding Shows No Slowdown
A handful of blockbuster rounds did most of the heavy lifting. OpenAI raised a record $110 billion in February in a round led by Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank, followed by an additional $12 billion round in March. Anthropic secured the next-largest…
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