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Puduvai Industry Innovation challenge launched to link startups with local industry needs
The Puduvai Industry Innovation Challenge, a programme aimed at linking startups with problem statements from local industries, was launched at Startup Rendezvous 2026, the annual founders' meet of the Atal Incubation Centre–PEC Foundation…
Adobe acquires Indian market intelligence startup Rilo
Adobe has acquired India-based marketing intelligence startup Rilo in a deal involving licensing and team acquisition, TechCrunch learned and the company confirmed. This is Adobe's second acquisition from India after it bought video platform…
The IPO Window Is Closing. Here Are 8 Startups To Watch.
The 2026 IPO class already has a record-setting headliner in SpaceX. Now, with the public-market window narrowing and the post-Labor Day filing sprint upon us, attention is turning to which venture-backed companies might still make a move in coming…
AI Startup Wonderful Raises Funds at $5 Billion Valuation
Wonderful has closed a fundraising round that values the Israeli-Dutch startup, which builds software that coordinates artificial intelligence agents, at $5 billion. Insight Partners led the $550 million round, which also included investment from…
AI Fund Chief Urges UK Government to Think Like an Investor to Boost Startups
The head of the UK's £500 million ($675 million) Sovereign AI Fund urged the government to adopt an investor mindset as ministers seek to spur growth in the domestic industry. Britain often struggles to support small startups, meaning it's…
Exclusive | AI Startup Wonderful Hits $5 Billion Valuation, Plans 1,000-Strong Team
Wonderful, a startup that helps large enterprises deploy artificial intelligence, has raised $550 million at a $5 billion valuation to fund a worldwide hiring spree. Insight Partners, a returning investor, led the Series C round with a $150 million…
AI Startup Cognition Set to Raise Around $1 Billion at a $47 Billion Value
Artificial intelligence coding startup Cognition AI Inc. is set to close a new round of funding that would vault its valuation to about $47 billion, according to people familiar with the efforts. The company is raising around $1 billion in its…
Startups want to rent your idle gaming PC for AI tasks - Startups pitch an 'Airbnb for AI inference,' but profitability remains unproven
If, like mine, your gaming rig spends most of its life doing nothing these days, a pair of startups would be willing to pay you something close to minimum wage for its downtime. Abu Dhabi-based Far Labs and Austin-based Evolving Edge are building…
AI startup Wonderful's valuation more than doubles to $5 billion in latest funding round
02 Sep 2026 09:16PM (Updated: 02 Sep 2026 10:25PM) Sept 2: Wonderful, an AI operating system provider for enterprise, said on Wednesday its valuation had more than doubled to $5 billion in less than six months as businesses increasingly adopted AI.
8 startups to watch in Wisconsin
Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Artificial intelligence continues to lead the way in Wisconsin's startup scene in 2026. These eight…
A startup in California is renting out humanoid robots to clean your home
A San Francisco startup is renting out humanoid robots to clean your house. Tau Robotics is charging $30 an hour for the service and these robots can vacuum floors, wipe down kitchen counters and even take out the trash. They can also clean up…
From drones to space tech, Japan looks to startups to strengthen its defences
SENDAI, Japan: From interceptor drones designed to take down aerial threats to nanoparticles that could reduce dependence on rare metals, Japan is looking to an unlikely source to strengthen its defences: startups. Tokyo is stepping up efforts to…
UK startups need UK backing
If we want the economic growth, jobs and tax revenues that come with a buzzing entrepreneurial economy we need to back our startups, writes Hargreaves Lansdown's Nicholas Hyett The UK is a startup factory. Over 800,000 companies were incorporated…
Did OpenAI's rogue agents form a 'civilization'? The AI industry can't agree
New details about a swarm of AI agents that escaped OpenAI's test environments and that were involved in a cyberattack on startup Hugging Face are dividing the tech industry, inspiring fresh concerns about the speed of AI development and debate…
HR software startup HiBob raises $166M after annualized revenue tops $400M - SiliconANGLE
HiBob Inc., the developer of a popular cloud-based human resources platform, today announced that it has raised $166 million in funding. Salesforce Inc. provided most of the capital. It was joined by Farallon Capital, which led HiBob's previous…
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