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Japanese space startup to launch lunar lander using H3 rocket
Japanese space startup Ispace said Wednesday it will use Japan's H3 rocket for the launch of a lunar lander scheduled for 2028, marking the company's first mission using a domestically developed rocket. The company signed a contract for launch and…
Alexandr Wang: startups are now in a 'Goliath versus Goliath' fight
It's never been easier to take on the big guys, says Alexandr Wang. At a talk at a Y Combinator event, the Scale AI founder, who now leads Meta's Superintelligence Labs, said that AI has been a game changer for startups. 'It's probably a once in a…
Huel Investor Highland Europe Raises €1.1 Billion Startup Fund
Venture capital firm Highland Europe has raised a €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) new fund, cementing it as one of the continent's largest startup investors during an industry liquidity crisis. It's the sixth fund for the firm, which has offices…
Startups That Monitor Patients Remotely Face a Shake-Up
Startups that provide remote-patient monitoring services are looking for ways to revamp their business in response to a proposed Medicare shift that would upend their industry. Remote monitoring uses connected devices, such as blood-pressure cuffs…
This ex-Y Combinator lawyer thinks startups are overpaying for legal work - and he's got a plan
Attorney Mitch Duncombe spent years inside Y Combinator, the tech world's startup factory, helping founders raise money. He also watched them hand a lot of it straight to their lawyers. Now he is trying to build a cheaper way for startups to get…
Battery Startup Raises $550 Million Amid Boom in AI Data Centers
Battery storage startup Antora Energy raised $550 million to expand production of its thermal batteries, which can help heavy industry and data centers lower costs and run on renewable energy. The Series C funding, co-led earlier this month by…
Scholarship For Startup Audio Developers
US Sociatech offers a year of free marketing support to one startup audio company 30/07/26 Sociatech, the marketing and strategy consultancy which has, for the past 18 years, assisted some of the most iconic brands in professional audio and music…
Lilian Weng rejoins OpenAI after leaving Thinking Machines Lab over the startup's grueling pace
Lilian Weng, a cofounder of the AI startup Thinking Machines Lab who stepped down this week, is rejoining OpenAI. The researcher will lead a team focused on accelerating internal research at the ChatGPT maker, as part of OpenAI's bid to develop AI…
Robotics startup Generalist AI is in talks to raise a new funding round at a $3 billion valuation
Robotics startup Generalist AI is in talks with investors to raise a new funding round that would value the company at $3 billion. Venture firm 8VC is expected to lead the round, according to people familiar with the discussions. The round is in…
Don't Start a Travel Startup
The best advice I can give a travel startup founder, fourteen years into building Skift, is this: don't start a travel startup. Start a startup inside a travel power struggle. Travel is a $10 trillion industry, and every pitch deck leads with that…
SF robot startup faces class action lawsuit for allegedly not paying workers
A San Francisco robot startup, already embroiled in a local controversy over an Airbnb rental, is now facing a class action lawsuit from former workers who say the company failed to pay them. Former contract workers are suing the Bot Company, also…
Tech people need to stop': Startup faces backlash after suggesting its AI can save bad relationships
AI companies claim their assistants can do just about anything these days. But when it comes to dating, the technology has stayed somewhat on the sidelines—mostly helping to shape algorithms for dating apps or providing generic advice to…
The viral Chuvarbot 2.0 secures productisation grant from Kerala Startup Mission
In the weeks leading up to the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections, Tevanova Techtrade Private Limited was testing the prototype of its latest product, Chuvarbot 2.0, a CNC-based (Computer Numerical Control) wall painting machine. The name, a…
Cloud observability startup Groundcover raises $100M in funding
Groundcover Inc., a startup with a platform for monitoring cloud environments, today announced that it has raised $100 million in funding. One Peak led the Series C round. It was joined by Morgan Stanley, Zeev Ventures, Angular Ventures, Heavybit…
Pet wellness startup Golden Child launched at Atomic names DTC veteran as CEO
Golden Child, a Miami-based pet wellness brand, announced today that consumer industry veteran Connor Stastny is its new Chief Executive Officer. Stastny joins the startup following a successful tenure scaling high-growth direct-to-consumer brands…
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