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forbes.com - Nick Rogers - From Startup To Scale-Up: Why Real Growth Means Knowing When To Evolve
From Startup To Scale-Up: Why Real Growth Means Knowing When To Evolve
Forbes

Nick Rogers, Group Founder and Chair of Exacta Group. ​Every business has a beginning. Ours started in a place most wouldn't associate with long-term ambition: a small storage unit. There was no polished office, no detailed roadmap and no…

newsweek.com - Amanda Greenwood - Data centers? In space?! Startup raises $250 million
Data centers? In space?! Startup raises $250 million
Newsweek

A startup seeking to move AI data centers into space has raised a further $250 million from investors, including Nvidia, as it bets that some of the world's future computing infrastructure could operate beyond Earth. Starcloud, a Washington-based…

businessinsider.com - Melia Robinson - This startup sold Wall Street on AI. Its existential challenge is doing it again.
This startup sold Wall Street on AI. Its existential challenge is doing it again.
Business Insider

Hebbia helped popularize AI for Wall Street. Now it's trying to stay ahead of the companies chasing the massive opportunity. The startup, one of the earliest companies to use AI to analyze large collections of financial documents, is overhauling…

businessinsider.com - Ben Bergman - Everyone says SaaS is dead. Startup Linear just doubled its valuation.
Everyone says SaaS is dead. Startup Linear just doubled its valuation.
Business Insider

Artificial intelligence was supposed to kill software-as-a-service. Linear didn't get the memo. The startup behind a popular product management tool has doubled its valuation to $2.5 billion and surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue…

techcrunch.com - Aisha Malik - Hearing tech startup Legato emerges from stealth with $12M and a peek at its AI hearing glasses
Hearing tech startup Legato emerges from stealth with $12M and a peek at its AI hearing glasses
TechCrunch

Hearing loss affects an estimated 50 million adults in the United States, but only around 20% of those with diagnosed hearing loss seek treatment. Legato, a new hearing tech company, aims to close that gap. The startup is emerging from stealth on…

wwd.com - Roy Stephen Canivel - Startup Behind 'Shopping Passports' Secures $17 Million in Funding
Startup Behind 'Shopping Passports' Secures $17 Million in Funding
WWD

A Swedish startup eComID has secured $17 million in funding, giving it the boost it needs for international expansion. Although shopping through AI searches has been gaining momentum, eComID said the AI usually starts with almost no context of the…

afr.com - Rthvika Suvarna - AI startup that upends junior bankers' work targets Sydney
AI startup that upends junior bankers' work targets Sydney
Australian Financial Review

Singapore | An AI startup that counts some of the world's largest investment banks among its clients is hiring staff in key Asia-Pacific hubs, betting that more of the region's financial firms are ready to embed the technology deeper into their…

fastcompany.com - Adele Peters - Forget bamboo. This startup wants the next toilet paper to be made from rice straw
Forget bamboo. This startup wants the next toilet paper to be made from rice straw
Fast Company

Over the past decade, bamboo toilet paper started to go mainstream as an alternative to turning trees into something we flush down the drain. A startup called Paddy Paper now wants to use a more unusual alternative material: rice straw, a byproduct…

futurism.com - Victor Tangermann - NASA Set Up a Major Test of Its New Strategy Under Trump by Hiring a Startup to Launch a Daring Mission to Rescue a Dying Space Telescope in Orbit. The Unfortunate Result Will Have Long-Ranging Repercussions.
NASA Set Up a Major Test of Its New Strategy Under Trump by Hiring a Startup to Launch a Daring Mission to Rescue a Dying Space Telescope in Orbit. The Unfortunate Result Will Have Long-Ranging Repercussions.
Futurism | Science and Technology News

Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In 2022, billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman announced that he was willing to foot the bill for a daring rescue mission to fix NASA's aging Hubble Space Telescope. Isaacman, who…

billboard.com - Gil Kaufman - Lady Gaga's Fiancé Michael Polansky Has a Biotech Startup Involving AI & Living Skin
Lady Gaga's Fiancé Michael Polansky Has a Biotech Startup Involving AI & Living Skin
Billboard

Lady Gaga has a thriving skincare line in Haus Labs, the cosmetics brand she built from her kitchen floor to worldwide prominence. Now, fiancé Michael Polansky says the engaged couple are mixing up Polanksy's background in applied…

thehindu.com - Pti - Piyush Goyal proposes India-Japan 'Shark Tank' style startup series to boost investments, business ties
Piyush Goyal proposes India-Japan 'Shark Tank' style startup series to boost investments, business ties
The Hindu

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) proposed an India-Japan startup pitching series, on the lines of the popular 'Shark Tank' format, to connect young startups from the two countries with investors and…

siliconangle.com - Mike Wheatley - Autonomous drone intercept startup Mara raises $7M to secure the modern battlefield - SiliconANGLE
Autonomous drone intercept startup Mara raises $7M to secure the modern battlefield - SiliconANGLE
Homepage - SiliconANGLE

Defense technology startup Mara Inc. said today it has closed on a $7 million pre-seed round of funding led by Khosla Ventures to speed up the development and production of its low-cost, autonomous counter-unmanned aircraft system, Spike. Other…

heatmap.news - Ameya Hadap - The Startup Behind Lamppost-Mounted EV Chargers Enters the Parking Garage
The Startup Behind Lamppost-Mounted EV Chargers Enters the Parking Garage
Heatmap News

Voltpost, the company putting electric vehicle chargers on lampposts, is now expanding to parking garages. On Wednesday, the company unveiled two new configurations that can attach to the walls and ceilings of parking garages, lots, and other…

jewishjournal.com - David Adler - Israel Has No Shortage of Biomedical Startups, but Where Are the Global Companies?
Israel Has No Shortage of Biomedical Startups, but Where Are the Global Companies?
Jewish Journal

This may be Israel's blind spot. The system is exceptionally good at creating biomedical startups but not equally optimized for turning the strongest of them into enduring global companies. Israel has exceptional biomedical researchers, outstanding…

siliconangle.com - Mike Wheatley - Agentic web search infrastructure startup Keenable raises $26M - SiliconANGLE
Agentic web search infrastructure startup Keenable raises $26M - SiliconANGLE
Homepage - SiliconANGLE

Artificial intelligence startup Keenable.ai Inc. said today it has exited stealth with $26 million in funding to try and revamp a web search infrastructure that was built for humans, rather than the billions of autonomous agents that many believe…

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