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The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn't make it
Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool built as an alternative to Zapier, shut down entirely on Monday. The product let users automate email and task workflows using AI agents, but as OpenAI, Google, and other larger platforms built similar…
This startup tried to take on Carta. It just announced it's shutting down.
Pulley, a software that startups rely on to track their funding, is shutting down after seven years. The company said in a statement published on its website on Tuesday that it will cease operations after December 8. Pulley had raised more than $50…
Take your startup from prototype to production at Disrupt 2026
AI has dramatically lowered the barrier to building impressive prototypes. Getting those prototypes into production is a different story. Every founder hopes their breakthrough becomes a product customers can rely on. Yet the path from prototype to…
The Gulf's female startup ecosystem is flourishing. So, where's the funding?
Why the Gulf's startup industry is missing half the picture Geopolitical tensions fail to diminish UAE's appeal among wealthy expats Abu Dhabi's Yas Island gets $3.3 billion boost How the UAE…
Why The Next Wave Of Medtech Startups Won't Build Their Own Hardware
Aaron Timm is the CEO of Openwater. Proprietary hardware was once nearly the only pathway to building a new medical device company. Every founding team faced a familiar sequence: invent the physics, build the factory, write the code and…
Why MENA Female-Founded Startups Still Struggle to Access Capital
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's startup ecosystem has become increasingly vibrant in recent years and boasts a string of unicorns and innovative businesses. But despite the progress that has been made, female founders remain…
These 2 Builders Discovered the Potency of Going Analog: Reflections on the Human Power of CMU's Startup Week
Carnegie Mellon University Startup Week brings thousands of people from the startup, research and investment worlds together to learn and swap ideas. Participants from last year's inaugural event attest that the gathering across campus provided…
AEO startup Profound hits unicorn valuation, raises $180M Series D 7 months after last round
Profound, which builds marketing software to help brands appear in AI search results, on Tuesday said it has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Series C. Sequoia and…
Cash Is King, Yet Growth Can Kill - Why Fast-Growing Startups Go Bankrupt
A startup can report strong revenue and healthy margins while still failing. Rapid growth often consumes cash before it produces it, since hiring, inventory, infrastructure and fulfillment costs arrive now while customer payments may arrive 30, 60…
This Startup's Unique Turbine Design Could Solve A Big Problem With Wind Energy
There's no denying that renewable energy will play an important role in the future, but critics often argue that initial costs make it less viable. There are valid disadvantages of wind energy that scientists are trying to overcome by using some…
Why Relay and Other AI Startups Are Failing Against… - Inblix
Relay, the five-year-old AI workflow automation startup, ceased operations this Monday. It offered a compelling alternative to Zapier by using AI agents to handle email and task automation. But standing alone became impossible when OpenAI, Google…
MIT startups inspire with impressive presentations at Demo Day 2026
The annual “Demo Day” event at MIT, which marks the end of the delta v startup accelerator, fell on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks this year, giving MIT entrepreneurs a chance to honor the memory of those lost that day…
Exclusive: Manufacturing AI startup CADDi valued at $1.2 billion in $114 million funding round
CADDi, a startup that sells AI software to help manufacturers organize and use their engineering and production data, has raised $114 million in a new funding round that values the company at $1.2 billion. Eight new and existing investors took part…
I'm a female founder with a liberal arts degree and my company has raised $280m. You don't need a PhD to build a robotics startup
Before I co-founded Dexory a decade ago, I had no experience in robotics. I am a go-to-market specialist with degrees in both liberal arts and business, a fiction and fantasy obsessed reader, and I am a woman who comes from a family of doctors. My…
This Las Vegas sports betting startup went to the sharks for funding - literally
Matt Bresler went to the sharks to finance Odditt, his Las Vegas-based sports betting tech startup. Not pool sharks, loan sharks or the wealthy investors known as sharks on the TV show “Shark Tank.” But prehistoric sharks. Bresler, a…
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