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The Only Startup Moats Left In The AI Era Are Data And Distribution
TOPSHOT - A robot using artificial intelligence is displayed at a stand during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, on May 30, 2024. Humanity is in a race against time to harness the colossal emerging…
No Summer Doldrums For Active Startup Investors In July
Active startup investors kept up the pace in July, with familiar names leading the tallies for deal count and size. Among lead investors, Khosla Ventures topped the ranks last month, while Y Combinator was by far the busiest backer by deal count.
The startup turning disused aircraft into Europe's would-be water bombers
Europe's escalating wildfire crisis is driving a renewed push for advanced aerial firefighting technology, with a French startup aiming to revolutionise the sector. Inside the shell of a disused turboprop aircraft, engineer Jonathan Beck…
Digital Sovereignty: What Rolex And Patagonia Can Teach Europe About Protecting Its Startups
Steward ownership flips the standard corporate logic. Instead of treating a company primarily as a financial asset to be bought, sold and optimized for exit, it separates control from pure economic extraction. Voting rights are held by stewards…
AMD to Buy AI Chip Startup Taalas
AMD has reached a deal to buy the AI chip startup Taalas at undisclosed terms. AMD said that the deal would strengthen its long-term AI ambitions by adding a differentiated inference technology and engineering expertise. Founded in 2023 and based…
How Israel taxes SAFE startup investments
From Silicon Valley to Sarona, techies and professionals know what a SAFE is. Unfortunately, others, mainly in Europe, have no idea. In one recent case, such ignorance nearly jeopardized a major Israeli hi-tech merger and acquisition (M&A) deal. So…
This Startup Will Pay You $50 to Let AI Read Your Mind
In 1908, a Columbia University psychiatry professor named Frederick Peterson claimed to have built a “psychometer”—a contraption which he said could read people's thoughts using, among other components, a mirror and a lamp.
AI Talent Wars: Why Startups Now Pay Like Big Tech
The traditional startup employment bargain was straightforward: accept a salary below what an established technology company might offer, receive equity and hope that years of risk eventually produce a lucrative exit. The rise of AI is disrupting…
Emissions-tracking startups see M&A opportunities
The move by US financial regulators to ditch corporate emissions reporting requirements may be a setback for climate action, but one emissions-tracking CEO sees it as a growth opportunity. Tokyo-based ASUENE, which provides software for companies…
AMD buys chip startup that hardwires AI models into its silicon
Advanced Micro Devices agreed to acquire Taalas, a startup that makes chips for inference. Taalas' accelerators are customized, or hard-wired for a single AI model. The deal comes just over seven months after Nvidia bought assets from startup Groq…
What Multibillion Dollar Industrial AI Deals Say About The Market
Illustration courtesy of Getty Creatives The global energy and industrial artificial intelligence segment is seeing accelerated levels of consolidation and strategic partnerships pointing to a survival of the cleverest. The last five years offer…
Environmental groups challenge FCC approval of startup's plan to beam on-demand sunlight from space
Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reverse approval of a startup's plan to beam on-demand sunlight from space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project's potential…
Center's startup scheme is a boon for youngsters: CII Chairman Krishna Mohan
Confederation of Indian Industries-Visakhapatnam Chairman G.Krishna Mohan on Friday that the Union government's Startup India Seed Fund Scheme would help youngsters to launch their own Startups and implement their innovation ideas very quickly.
AMD Buys Startup Taalas To Bake AI Models Straight Into Silicon
AMD is making a big bet on the future of AI hardware. The Santa Clara chip designer announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Toronto-based startup Taalas, a company taking an unconventional approach to inference by burning AI…
Conflict of interest in startup funding panel 'unavoidable', says Technology Development Board secretary
Conflict of interest in selecting expert panels to disburse public funds for technology startups is “unavoidable” and a matter “to be managed,” Technology Development Board (TDB) secretary Rajesh Pathak said on Friday.
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