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The Minimum Viable Audience: Why Startups Should Market To Fewer People, Not More
A practical guide to defining your startup's minimum viable audience. Learn why narrowing your target market accelerates traction and improves product-market fit. Most founders begin with the instinct to reach as large an audience as possible. It…
Warner Music Settles Lawsuit With AI Music Startup Suno
Warner Music Group said Tuesday it settled its lawsuit accusing AI music company Suno of training its models on copyrighted material, marking the first settlement after the three major record labels and the Recording Industry Association of America…
OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren't sweating it
With holiday shopping on the horizon, OpenAI and Perplexity both announced AI shopping features this week, which integrate into their existing chatbots to help users research potential purchases. The tools are markedly similar to one another.
Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit
Warner Music Group (WMG) announced on Tuesday that it has reached a deal with Suno, settling its copyright lawsuit against the AI music startup. WMG said in a press release that the deal with Suno will “open new frontiers in music creation…
What Startups Are Selling For The Person Who Has Everything
In recent years, we've witnessed continued shrinkage in investment to consumer-facing product startups, particularly those selling gadgets and giftable goods. While there's no single explanation for the decline, it doesn't help that this has been a…
Google, Accel partner to back Indian AI startups
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google and venture capital firm Accel will partner to fund at least 10 early-stage Indian AI startups, marking the U.S. technology giant's first such funding partnership, top executives at the companies said on…
Vibe coding startups face a big copycat risk, says a founder who sold his company
Maor Shlomo, who built a vibe coding startup and sold it for about $80 million, has a warning for the fast-growing vibe coding market: These tools are easy to clone, and that makes them fragile businesses. The founder and CEO of Base44 said in an…
How a Jazz musician built a startup solving employee retention-With a platform that plays to every strength
A jazz musician by trade, Curtis Forbes received an invaluable piece of advice from his music school mentor decades ago that's guided his professional journey ever since: sometimes you must make the gig where there is no gig. “It really…
Stablecoin issuer Paxos to acquire wallet startup Fordefi for more than $100 million
Paxos, the veteran stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure firm, is leaning further into DeFi. On Tuesday, the company announced that it had acquired Fordefi, a New York-based startup that helps customers store their digital assets. The…
Exclusive: Wiz founders back AI security agent startup in $36M round
Clover Security has nabbed $36 million in funding from a slew of high-profile industry stalwarts, including Wiz co-founders Assaf Rappaport and Yinon Costica and executives from Cato Networks, Snyk, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Atlassian and…
Google, Accel partner to back Indian AI startups
Alphabet's Google and venture capital firm Accel will partner to fund atleast 10 early-stage Indian AI startups, marking the U.S. technology giant's first such funding partnership, top executives at the companies said on Thursday. The move comes as…
Robinhood CEO's math-focused AI startup Harmonic valued at $1.45 billion in latest fundraising
Harmonic, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, has raised $120 million in new funding, valuing the company at $1.45 billion, as it tackles AI 'hallucinations' — or incorrect or nonsensical answers…
Global e-commerce startup funding hits 2020s low, while 2025 U.S. holiday spending could break records
The Retail Super Bowl is upon us: Black Friday through Cyber Monday is here. And 2025 is expected to be record-breaking: The National Retail Federation anticipates that, for the first time, U.S. holiday spending will cross $1 trillion. Now, a…
The Bay Area startup banishing bad office coffee for good
By Lauren SlossPhotography by Morgan Ellis Welcome back to the office, San Francisco professional! Here's your mediocre-at-best cup of coffee dispensed from a hulking batch brewer. Or, maybe not. Because a Bay Area startup is hoping to transform…
Chip startup Rapidus reportedly plans to build 1.4-nanometer fab
Rapidus Corp., a Tokyo-based chip manufacturing startup, reportedly plans to build a fab capable of making 1.4-nanometer processors. Nikkei Asia reported the initiative today. The fab could create more competition for Taiwan Semiconductor…
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