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Seoul bets big on global startup platform as AI reshapes industries
Over the past seven years, Seoul's startup ecosystem has ballooned in value by more than $100 billion, generating tens of thousands of high-paying jobs and cementing the Korean capital as a premier global hub for innovation. Now, the city is…
Startup weekend' hopes to ignite Manx entrepreneurial spirit
The Isle of Man will host its first 'startup weekend' next month, with organisers saying it could 'help spark new businesses' and 'strengthen the island's entrepreneurial ecosystem'. The 10-12 July event in Douglas will see participants pitch…
Is QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) Set to Acquire a Startup?
QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) is one of the 10 Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy According to Billionaires. Reuters reported on June 24 that QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) is set to acquire AI startup Modular in an all-stock deal worth…
Prediction markets emerge in Japan, with shopping vouchers
Even as prediction platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi surged into the global mainstream in recent years, Japan — like its Asian neighbors China and South Korea — remained a no-go zone due to strict anti-gambling regulations. That…
Maruti Suzuki partners with five startups to boost efficiency and customer experience
In a boost to enhance operational efficiency and elevate customer experience, Maruti Suzuki India Limited has partnered with five startups. As per the release, Maruti Suzuki has partnered with MiniMines, Easework AI, Sarvam AI, Siftly and CodeMate…
Startups INERA, CropNXT in pact to bring biological agri-inputs to farmers across 5 States
Agri-startups INERA Crop Science and CropNXT Solutions have signed a multi-year strategic partnership to distribute biological crop inputs to smallholder farmers across five eastern States, the companies said on Monday. The tie-up will cover Uttar…
Caribbean Tech Founders Launch Food-Tech Startup to Expand Halal Food Access
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, June 26th, 2026, FinanceWire Caribbean technology entrepreneurs Che-Andre Gordon and Whitney Cameron have launched Din-A-Sured, a food-tech startup using technology, automation, and digital infrastructure to expand access to…
Only three AI models finished above starting capital in a 500-day startup survival test
Nano Banana Pro prompted by THE DECODER Researchers at Princeton University built CEO-Bench, a test where AI agents have to run a fictional software company for 500 simulated days. Most current models go broke, and a simple rule-based heuristic…
Founder of Real SF Startup Is Cutting Up Banned Target Bags and Calling Them Dog Raincoats. They're $2.
San Francisco has always had a knack for turning its own municipal neuroses into folk art, and a recent Facebook Marketplace listing from a local seller named Chris Fayemi may be the city's most inspired, possibly joke, product launch in recent…
AI-Native Firms Are Flatter, Leaner, And More Valuable: Threat Or Opportunity?
A graph showing how AI native startups consistently have fewer active employees than non-AI native startups in the Y-Combinator sample. Figure 4: AI Native Firms Analysis HBS Working Paper 26-090 A new Harvard Business School/INSEAD study of over…
Two hospitals in Japan to conduct pig-to-human kidney transplant clinical trials in 2028
Japanese startup PorMedTec announced Monday that it plans to conduct clinical trials of transplanting pig kidneys to humans at two hospitals in Japan as early as 2028. The startup, spun out of Meiji University, has been importing the cells of…
China establishes VLEO industry alliance as satellites demonstrate sustained low-orbit operations
HELSINKI — China has established a national very low Earth orbit industry alliance, as multiple satellites demonstrate sustained operations below 300 kilometers and propulsion startups attract investment. China established a national VLEO…
Cognition's CEO says token spend leaderboards are 'directionally correct' - but some people get carried away
Token leaderboards have a right idea, wrong execution problem, says the CEO of one red-hot AI coding startup. On an episode of the 'Founders' podcast released on Sunday, Cognition's Scott Wu said there are better ways to incentivize employees to…
IPO Market For AI Freezes Up While The Nuclear SPAC Market Runs Hot
While it looks like OpenAI's IPO has been put on ice as they try to paint SpaceX as the scapegoat, there's still one sector that simply can't launch the IPOs and SPACs fast enough. After an announcement earlier this year that saw nuclear industrial…
Intel CEO's Other AI Bet Just Jumped To A $10 Billion Valuation
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Intel Corp. CEO Lip-Bu Tan 's influence in the artificial intelligence chip race extends beyond the company he leads. According to The Information…
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