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Danish robotics startup enters the industrial truck market already crowned a winner
The award points to a broader shift in warehouse automation. While the industry has spent years developing fully automated systems, most pallet handling in warehouses and factories is still done manually. For many companies, especially small and…
Seoul bets big on global startup platform as AI reshapes industries
Over the past seven years, Seoul's startup ecosystem has ballooned in value by more than $100 billion, generating tens of thousands of high-paying jobs and cementing the Korean capital as a premier global hub for innovation. Now, the city is…
Quantum computing startup says it will leapfrog everybody
A short time back, we covered an announcement by Amazon that it would be hosting a useful quantum computer from its partner QuEra as soon as sometime in 2028. The system promised some eye-popping numbers compared to anything on the market today:…
Don't Be Afraid of Self-Improving AI, Says a16z-Backed Startup Mirendil
According to many true-believers, the biggest promise of AI is its potential to accelerate scientific discovery; once-in-a-generation breakthroughs could one day become routine, thanks to algorithms. By extracting patterns from troves of data far…
Startup weekend' hopes to ignite Manx entrepreneurial spirit
The Isle of Man will host its first 'startup weekend' next month, with organisers saying it could 'help spark new businesses' and 'strengthen the island's entrepreneurial ecosystem'. The 10-12 July event in Douglas will see participants pitch…
Crunchbase Data: Q2 Brought The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021
Startup exits valued at $1 billion or more are now more numerous than at any point since the 2021 market peak, Crunchbase data shows. That's the trend we're seeing for the second quarter of 2026. This period has brought us both the largest…
This Startup Is Challenging Waymo and Tesla With Its 'Off-the-Shelf' Self-Driving Technology
Tesla and Waymo have been racing to build self-driving cars for years. A British startup called Wayve is taking a different lane. Instead of building its own vehicles, it's selling its AI driving system as an off-the-shelf solution to traditional…
AI's next bottleneck is power. That's why I left the creator economy to build a data center startup.
Leonhard Soenke cofounded Throne, a creator economy startup, in 2021 to help influencers create wishlists where fans could buy and send them gifts. Five years later, Soenke and his cofounder Patrice Becker are setting out on a new venture. It's not…
New Megaconstellation Startup Eclipse Space Targets Sovereign Market
New megaconstellation startup Eclipse Space, built by a group of SpaceX alums, recently emerged from stealth mode with the aim of making constellation ownership possible for sovereign governments and enterprises. Eclipse Space is founded by a…
The President of a $159 Billion Startup Says College Students Should Use This Strategy to Stand Out in a Competitive Job Market
John Collison is the cofounder and president of the $159 billion payment processing startup Stripe. He says college still matters and advises students to double major in two different fields to broaden their skills. The idea isn't new; influential…
NWA startups seek emerging tech talent
Northwest Arkansas' would-be tech workers have a chance to interview next month with local startups. The big picture: The startup hiring event is built for recent graduates, career changers, self-taught builders and people reentering the workforce…
We're childhood friends who scaled our startup to $13M by age 21. Dropping out of college was the right move - if anything, we did it too late.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with 21-year-old cofounders, Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan, based in New York. Their words have been edited for length and clarity. Rudy Arora: The goal wasn't to build a million-dollar company we'd…
New platform for healthcare startup growth
SINGAPORE - Healthcare startups here are getting some heavyweight support to survive the long journey towards commercialisation. Healthcare venture-building platform Sante Accel Singapore, which will support the creation and growth of such…
Scheme aims to attract more startup capital
The Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday expanded a government-led investment program to help attract more private capital to start-ups by collaborating with venture capital (VC) firms. Under the revised “Corporate Venture Capital…
Prediction Markets Emerge in Japan, With Shopping Vouchers
Even as prediction platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi surged into the global mainstream in recent years, Japan — like its Asian neighbors China and South Korea — remained a no-go zone due to strict anti-gambling regulations. That…
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