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This startup is turning fallen leaves into biodegradable plastic
First-generation bioplastics were made from food crops like corn and sugar. A new biomaterials startup is using something very different: the autumn leaves collected by cities each fall. The startup, Perennial Polymers, extracts the natural…
This startup just raised $21 million to expose companies' messes of AI agents
AI agents are starting to outnumber humans in many high-tech workplaces, and they can be far trickier to monitor. Opsin, an AI security and governance startup, announced Thursday it raised $21 million to meet the moment. As employees across the…
FC Copenhagen Women have a 'startup-like' brand. Now they need results
On an August day in 2024, 5,165 fans gathered at Vanløse Idrætspark to watch FC Copenhagen (FCK) take on B73 Slagelse in their first league match. For Denmark's most successful men's club, with 16 league titles, it marked the…
Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battlefield finals at Disrupt 2026
Over the past two days, 20 startups have been pitching on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, presenting live demos and answering tough questions from our expert judges. Now it's time to unveil the five companies that will be competing in the Startup…
Chinese startup DexForce trains humanoid robots using virtual data to slash costs
At the offices of Chinese startup DexForce, a screen shows a virtual robot placing objects on a table. It repeats the task as the angle of its arms, the colour of the table and the objects themselves change. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT…
Nuclear Startup Kairos Raises $643 Million for Tennessee Project
Kairos Power LLC, a nuclear-energy startup, lined up $643 million in private and government funding to support construction of its demonstration reactor in Tennessee. The funding comprises $368 million from backers including Google Ventures and…
LinkedIn's top Israeli startups of 2026 ranking filled with AI, cybersecurity
LinkedIn shared its 2026 ranking of the best Israeli startups on Wednesday, with the newly unveiled identity security firm Oak, which was launched publicly in July with a $60 million seed investment, leading the ranking. Greylock Partners, Accel…
Startup Abby Care raises $82 million to turn family members into paid caregivers
As a kid, Havi Nguyen sometimes missed school to translate at doctor's appointments, and was managing Medicaid paperwork for her family, who had recently immigrated from Vietnam. Whatever life in a new country threw at them, Nguyen as the eldest…
Cyber and AI at the top: These are Israel's leading startups
LinkedIn, the world's largest business-social network, which has about 1.3 billion users and is owned by Microsoft, published on Wednesday the list of the top and most sought-after startup companies in Israel – which was entirely filled with…
Exclusive: Frontier secures deal with startup that stores CO2 in rocks
Frontier, the group of big companies jump-starting carbon removal markets, has brokered $11.7 million in new purchase deals with the startup 44.01. Why it matters: It's Frontier's first purchase using a promising but nascent method that turns CO2…
Space Startups Secure Record $20.8 Billion Funding in Q3
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX's Starship rocket is pictured after launching as seen from South Padre Island near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Gabriel V. Cardenas/File Photo Space startups attracted a record $20.8 billion in funding in…
Pantera Capital-backed startup Fission raises $10 million to help investors cash out of tokenized funds faster
Money can move into tokenized private funds much faster than it comes out. Even as asset managers use blockchain technology to turn fund shares into digital tokens, a lack of liquidity can mean investors must wait months to find a buyer. Fission, a…
Y Combinator 'Customer Surveillance' Startup Says 'Every Company Will Soon Assign an AI Agent to Every Customer to Watch Their Every Move'
The secret to ensuring that your company doesn't lose customers? Constant, AI agent-powered corporate surveillance. That's according to Josh Earle and Leo Paz, a pair of founders behind a vibe-coded Silicon Valley startup called Outlit. The venture…
TERN launches Refugee Venture Fund to 'close market gap' for ambitious, high-growth refugee startups
The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN) on Wednesday launched the Refugee Venture Fund, a new £300,000 pilot venture capital fund dedicated to refugee entrepreneurs, the first of its kind in the UK. TERN is a social enterprise that helps…
US startup Reflect Orbital books two launches on Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram rockets
California startup Reflect Orbital, focused on developing space-enabled infrastructure to deliver sunlight at night to precise locations on earth, has booked two Skyroot Aerospace launches to deploy future spacecraft. Dedicated launches such as…
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