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America's HOAs are broken. This startup is trying to fix them
In 2012, Jonathan Gropper purchased a condo in a historic Philadelphia building after falling in love with its exposed wooden trusses, high ceilings, and other character. But beneath the charm, the roof leaked, the lobby's paint peeled, and the…
Startup Testing Drugs on Freshly Extracted Human Brains That Are Kept On Life Support
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A biotech startup called Bexorg is doing something that sounds like it was ripped straight from the pages of a cyberpunk novel — or from the script of “RoboCop,”…
Estonian Tech Startups Explore Collaboration Opportunities In India
Estonian tech startups are actively seeking collaboration opportunities with India to leverage its expansive market and explore partnerships in sectors like AI, cybersecurity, and digital technologies. Estonian tech startups are eager to…
Estonian startups keen to partner India, tap into its huge market
Several Estonian tech startups from diverse sectors such as AI, cybersecurity, defence and medicine have evinced interest in collaborating with India and tapping its huge market as the two countries seek to step up their economic partnership.
I built a startup from scratch and still nearly died because of a broken healthcare system. That's why I'm running for Congress
I did everything right.I started a company at 26 with nothing but a problem I needed solved: I wanted to print something in my neighborhood and couldn't find anywhere to do it. That simple frustration became PrintWithMe — now a nationwide…
AI Is Great At Analyzing The Past. Venture Capital Bets On The Future
VCs betting on the next big shift The venture capital world thrives on the notion that a handful of companies will reshape entire economies. Now the tools investors increasingly rely on to spot those companies may be working against them. Roughly…
Rejected 4 times in H-1B lottery, Google employee quit job and built startup
Rejected four times in the H-1B visa lottery, a Google employee feared he would have to leave the United States and move back to Nepal. Instead, he quit his high-paying job, launched an AI startup and eventually secured a green card. Karki recently…
Black founders raise highest amount of quarterly funding since 2022, but there's a catch
According to Crunchbase's latest data around black founders, $643 million has poured into US Black-founded startups since the beginning of the year — an amount not seen since 2022, when Black founders raised $653 million in funding. For…
How carbon finance could give a boost to Japan's ailing forestry industry
Japan's forestry sector is at a crossroads. Population decline and cheap imported timber are driving down prices. Forest ownership is fragmented and small-scale, further limiting profitability. The workforce is aging and shrinking. As a result…
Tech industry mutating before our eyes
The past week has seen aggressive layoffs in Israel's tech industry. The latest to join the trend are Amdocs, which will shed 10% of its global workforce, among them probably hundreds of employees in Israel, and cybersecurity company SentinelOne…
Stunning San Francisco mansion goes on the market for $3M - and you can buy it without cash
A real estate listing in San Francisco is catching attention not for its multi-million price tag but for what it accepts for payment: stocks in major artificial intelligence companies. The unusual payment method illustrates Silicon Valley's massive…
$130,000 rent and 500 cups a day: The reality behind Hong Kong's bubble tea boom
The continued popularity of Taiwanese-style bubble tea shops across Hong Kong has sparked interest in the business behind the trend, with one store owner sharing details of the high startup costs and operational challenges involved in opening a…
Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis
Box founder Aaron Levie got us talking this week with a social media post suggesting that tech CEOs are “uniquely prone to AI psychosis.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O'Kane, and I did…
AI Is Great At Analyzing The Past. Venture Capital Bets On The Future
The venture capital world thrives on the notion that a handful of companies will reshape entire economies. Now the tools investors increasingly rely on to spot those companies may be working against them. Roughly three-quarters of venture capital…
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