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Dungeon Crawler Carl's 7 Storytelling Hacks For Startup Founders
Rohit Jha is CEO and Co-Founder of Transcelestial | Writing about space, lasers, anime, AI, books, movies, research, telecom. Dungeon Crawler Carl transforms one of the most absurd premises in fiction, Earth vaporized for intergalactic reality TV…
Why Early Global Hiring Is Becoming A Superpower For High-Growth Startups
The fastest-scaling startups are looking overseas for talent. Launching a startup has never been easy, but today's founders face one of the most unforgiving business environments in decades. Globally, around 90% of startups fail, with nearly half…
The Crypto Startup Trying to Put a Barrel of Oil on Blockchain
The oil industry has spent more than a century pushing into new frontiers. Its engineers pulled crude from beneath deserts, oceans and frozen tundra. Its traders built markets that turned oil into the world's most actively traded commodity. Now a…
Charles Hudson shares the common mistakes he's seen after investing in 500+ startups
Charles Hudson has spent more than a decade investing in early-stage startups. As the founder and managing partner at Precursor Ventures, he's invested in hundreds of companies and has seen massive shifts in the markets that require…
Google for Startups Accelerator 2026: 20 Indian AI Startups Selected
Google has announced the selection of 20 innovative Indian AI startups for its prestigious 2026 Google for Startups Accelerator programme, reinforcing its commitment to fostering India's rapidly evolving artificial intelligence ecosystem. Google…
Crypto startup tries to put a barrel of oil on blockchain - TT
The Energy Substantiation team includes (from left) Wil Harris, Katie Oates, Lucas Harris and Chris Ericksen in Larkspur, Calif. (Bryan Banducci/Bloomberg) Energy Substantiation launched a blockchain token, WTIC, designed to represent one barrel of…
This Apple alum's AI startup wants to turn your iPhone into an AR messenger
A talking cat recently sat next to me on the couch, thanked me for interviewing his creator, and proceeded to tell me a series of dad jokes. It was the work of a company called Pixi Platforms, which recently launched an iPhone and iPad app that can…
Space Frontier Forum kicks off to draw attention to space startups
Panelists and guests of the Space Frontier Forum hosted by SpaceRadar and STIC Ventures pose at the event in Seoul, Thursday. From left are Mirae Asset Capital Managing Director Lee Choong-hwan, KT SAT CEO Choi Kyeong-il and Korea Times…
2 founders raised $3.2 million, then scrapped their AI startup. Here's how they pitched their pivot.
Tyler Maran and Anna Pojawis' startup had paying customers, growing traction, and $3.2 million in seed funding. Then, they decided the vision for it wasn't big enough. A year ago, the duo began to question whether OmniAI — which used AI to…
Former Speedboat Racer's Startup Is Europe's Newest Defense Unicorn
Mal Crease spent years breaking records as a speedboat racer before forming a company to build boats without crews. Now his firm, Kraken Technology Group, is the latest European defense startup worth north of $1 billion. The British company said on…
AI Startups Hire a Specific Type of Employee. Do You Fit the Mold?
AI companies hire 15% fewer entry-level employees than other startups without an AI focus, a new Harvard Business School and INSEAD study found. The typical AI startup new hire tends to be “male, more likely to hold advanced degrees, and…
Startup reveals prototype of floating survival pod designed to withstand tsunamis and extreme flooding
A French startup company has unveiled a prototype for a survival device that it says can save people from tsunamis and severe flooding. The prototype was revealed at a technology conference in Paris earlier this month. The company, Lifepods, says…
Geothermal drilling startup Hephae raised $17.8M
Hephae Energy Technology, a high temperature geothermal drilling startup, closed a $17.8 million Series A, co-founder and CEO Steve Krase tells Axios Pro. Why it matters: There's growing interest in the geothermal supply chain following Fervo…
AI unicorn Mercor acquires Deeptune after founder Brendan Foody backed the startup
Brendan Foody started Mercor when he was 19 years old. Now he's 23, worth billions on paper, and running one of the fastest-growing companies in AI history. On Thursday, his $10 billion business acquired startup Deeptune, a company Foody quietly…
David Gardner: 2026 is most significant year ever for SaaS startups and early-stage investors
As I was writing my newsletter last week on significant industry changes, it occurred to me that even now, just half way through the year, 2026 may already be the most important year that the SaaS industry (software running in a browser) as every…
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