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digitaljournal.com - Jennifer Kervin - Canada has everything for an AI startup boom except the strategy
Canada has everything for an AI startup boom except the strategy
Digital Journal

AI-native startups are growing ten times faster than the rest of tech, but we've read a similar story before. The annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) was released by Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network at VivaTech Paris…

forbes.com - Lydia T. Blanco - Red Bull Invests In Gen Z Founders As They Build Startups With Empathy
Red Bull Invests In Gen Z Founders As They Build Startups With Empathy
Forbes

Red Bull Basement World Finals Top 10 Teams on Stage in San Francisco Ryan Taylor/Red Bull Content Poo;l Red Bull helps young innovators worldwide become entrepreneurs. Earlier this month, the company brought students from over 40 countries to San…

digitaljournal.com - AFP - Indian startup head appointed as new WhatsApp boss
Indian startup head appointed as new WhatsApp boss
Digital Journal

Meta has tapped Indian fintech founder Kunal Shah as the new head of WhatsApp, as the US tech giant seeks ways to monetise the messaging app's massive user base. The announcement, made Monday night, was accompanied by news that Meta would also lead…

bloomberg.com - Guinevere Grant - Google Taps Employee Alumni Network With AI Startup Incubator
Google Taps Employee Alumni Network With AI Startup Incubator
Bloomberg

Alphabet Inc.'s Google is backing a new incubator for former employees building artificial intelligence startups, deepening its ties with one of Silicon Valley's largest and most influential alumni groups. The 12-week program, supported by Google's…

jpost.com - ANNA BARSKY - Israeli AI startup sold to French media giant Netgem
Israeli AI startup sold to French media giant Netgem
The Jerusalem Post

BARY, an Israeli AI company founded in Tel Aviv, was sold to the French media and technology group Netgem, as part of another Israeli exit in the artificial intelligence sector. Netgem, which is traded on the Euronext exchange, said it is acquiring…

fortune.com - Ben Weiss - Crypto analytics startup Allium raises $40 million to tame blockchain data for Wall Street
Crypto analytics startup Allium raises $40 million to tame blockchain data for Wall Street
Fortune

Blockchains are public databases, but that doesn't mean they're legible. Even experts struggle to read their complicated strings of letters, numbers, and transactions. Still, with enough savvy, the troves of data on blockchains become more…

cnbc.com - Priyanka Salve - How a $4 billion Indian startup won Meta's backing but lost its founder to WhatsApp
How a $4 billion Indian startup won Meta's backing but lost its founder to WhatsApp
CNBC

Indian fintech startup Cred will raise $900 million in funding at a valuation of over $4 billion on Monday. Meta led the funding round and will be a minority investor in Cred. Meta will not have access to CRED's customer data as part of the deal.

france24.com - Indian startup head appointed as new WhatsApp boss
Indian startup head appointed as new WhatsApp boss
FRANCE 24

The announcement, made Monday night, was accompanied by news that Meta would also lead a $900 million funding round in Shah's consumer finance firm CRED. 'Kunal built CRED into one of India's most important technology companies,' Meta chief Mark…

arkansasonline.com - Caroline Petrow-Cohen The Los Angeles Times (TNS) - Startup looks to reshape shipping | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Startup looks to reshape shipping | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Online

A Bay Area startup is trying to reinvent the semitruck by making the gas-guzzling giants electric, autonomous and designed for efficiency. Humble Robotics, founded last year in San Francisco, has raised $24 million to develop a cabless freight…

indianexpress.com - Dipanita Nath - How astronomy, fireflies and forests become a business model for a village startup in Pune
How astronomy, fireflies and forests become a business model for a village startup in Pune
The Indian Express

The landscape decides where people want to stay. For many decades, Shilimb, located beside the Pawna Dam backwaters in Mawal taluka of Pune district, was a village that ambitious young people wanted to escape. Tucked into the rocky terrain of the…

southwalesargus.co.uk - Elizabeth Birt - Cymru Premier announces multi-year partnership with Anglesey startup
Cymru Premier announces multi-year partnership with Anglesey startup
South Wales Argus

From the 2026/27 season, all 16 Cymru Premier clubs will have access to Pelly to manage their internal operations and recruitment. The agreement allows clubs to centralise their day-to-day operations, which are currently spread across spreadsheets…

carscoops.com - Brad Anderson - A US Startup Wants To Sell You A $21,500 Ameri-Kei Pickup With A Manual
A US Startup Wants To Sell You A $21,500 Ameri-Kei Pickup With A Manual
Carscoops

A new American company wants to sell an affordable pickup truck. REO's gas engine deliberately skips modern direct injection. The base truck ships without a radio or finished door cards. Slate isn't the only young American outfit chasing the idea…

channelnewsasia.com - AI startup Baseten hits $13 billion valuation as Australia's Blackbird makes record bet
AI startup Baseten hits $13 billion valuation as Australia's Blackbird makes record bet
CNA

SYDNEY, June 23: Baseten, a California-based artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Australians, said it raised $1.5 billion in a funding round that valued the company at $13 billion, underscoring the surge of capital flowing into AI firms.

cyprus-mail.com - Cypriot startups make mark at record-breaking VivaTech event in Paris
Cypriot startups make mark at record-breaking VivaTech event in Paris
Cyprus Mail

Cyprus reaffirmed its growing reputation as an emerging technology and innovation hub during its participation in the VivaTech 2026 international exhibition, held in Paris from June 17 to June 20, 2026. The Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry…

sifted.eu - Martin Coulter - Drones startup Stark confirms €500m raise backed by Sequoia and Founders Fund
Drones startup Stark confirms €500m raise backed by Sequoia and Founders Fund
Sifted

Berlin-based defence startup Stark has confirmed it has raised €500m to expand research, development and manufacturing capacity across Europe, confirming earlier reporting by Sifted that the company was in talks for a blockbuster funding…

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