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Is it time to 'refound' your startup?
Sometimes, founding a startup just once isn't enough. At least, that seems to be the case with companies like Airtable, Handshake, and Opendoor, which all announced in recent months that they are “refounding.” As reported in The New…
Startup Building 'Air Traffic Control' to Help Self-Driving Cars Get Through Chick-fil-A
Let's face it: American roads aren't friendly places for pedestrians. They often feature ungodly numbers of extra-wide lanes, infinite parking lots, and tons of active driveways for cars to access chain stores and restaurants. As it turns out…
Somali Startup Builds Speech-to-Text Tool to Help Organizations Process Community Feedback
Somalia has one of the smallest tech ecosystems in East Africa. Most startups remain small and access to capital is limited. The country has fewer than 500 startups, and only 53 of them have raised funding totaling $47.8 million. Investors have…
When MySQL InnoDB's Engine Redo Log Saved Your Startup
Think of InnoDB's redo log as a lighthouse keeper's journal. Before modern GPS, lighthouse keepers kept meticulous logs: '3:15 PM --- Ship passing north.' '4:22 PM --- Lit beacon for fog.' '5:03 PM --- Wind shifted west.' If anything went wrong…
This Startup With 60% Employees On The Autism Spectrum Beat Meta-Backed $14B Scale AI For $708 Million Pentagon AI Contract - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)
Artificial intelligence company Enabled Intelligence, with a majority neurodiverse workforce, announced on Nov. 24 that it has secured the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's largest data labeling contract. The contract win marks a…
Why OpenAI's AI Data Center Buildout Faces A 2026 Reality Check
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas - Sept. 23, 2025. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg © 2025 Bloomberg Finance LP A company with $20 billion in annual…
Pat Gelsinger wants to save Moore's Law, with a little help from the Feds
A year after being pushed out of Intel, Pat Gelsinger is still waking up at 4 a.m., still in the thick of the semiconductor wars — just on a different battlefield. Now a general partner at venture firm Playground Global, he's working with 10…
Silicon Valley has a new cool kid agency and it's behind TBPN's branding
How can a new media company make a big splash in the tech world? One answer: call Day Job, a Los Angeles-headquartered creative agency. That's what the hosts of the 'Technology Business Programming Network' — better known as TBPN —…
How do you get cheap military drones fast? 3D-print them on the battlefield.
The US is light years behind its adversaries in military drone production. A San Diego startup wants to help solve that problem by bringing 3D printers to the battlefield. Firestorm Labs has designed a small, mobile factory that the company says…
OpenAI says it's turned off app suggestions that look like ads
While OpenAI continues to insist that there are currently no ads — or tests for advertising — live in ChatGPT, the company's chief research officer Mark Chen also acknowledged that the company “fell short” with recent…
The Founder's Guide To Long-Term Business Resilience
When I ask founders what success looks like, I often hear some version of this: “We scale fast, raise a big round, and exit strong.” It's a compelling narrative reinforced by headlines, venture capital, and startup culture. But here's…
How would the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal reshape Hollywood?
It's only been a day since Netflix announced an $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros., and the acquisition has already been described as sending Hollywood into “ full-blown panic mode,” “ possibly a death blow to…
7 AR Shifts In 2025 That Could Upend Headsets, Software, And Prices
Anxious About 7 Shifts In 2025, AR's roadmap suddenly feels accelerated. News this week – from Meta's Phoenix delay to acquisitions and cheaper headsets – forces buyers and developers to rethink timing and budgets. One surprise:…
Creator IShowSpeed sued for allegedly punching, choking viral humanoid Rizzbot
In September, popular creator IShowSpeed live-streamed his meeting with the popular humanoid influencer Rizzbot. Rizzbot has more than a million followers (and 800 million views) across social media and is known for its comedic roasting of…
OpenAI Can't Use the 'io' Name for Its AI Hardware Device, Court Rules
OpenAI's hardware ambitions have hit a new roadblock after a court banned it from using the 'io' name for its upcoming AI device. Jony Ive—the former Apple designer who helped create the original iPhone during his decades-long career at…
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