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Want free solar panels? This startup can help
Building a large solar farm typically takes years, thanks to permitting and grid connection delays. But a startup called Resilience Energy is rolling out a faster way to add clean energy: It pays to install solar and batteries across a network of…
Growing Pains for Startups in the ChatGPT Generation
Good day: ChatGPT's arrival kicked off a surge in artificial intelligence startups scoring their first venture funding. The number of venture-capital first financings for AI startups in the U.S. went from about 2,150 in 2022 to almost 3,400 last…
A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup from a former Spotify leader for making music apps
As AI rages on, new startups are creating tools for people to create music using generative AI prompts in the style of any artist they want. A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya, a startup that sounds more like an indie band name, is focused on releasing a…
A legal AI startup has a plan to take on Lexis Nexis and Westlaw
Legora helped sell lawyers on artificial intelligence. Now it wants to keep bad law out of their files. In legal terms, a case is 'good law' when a lawyer can still safely rely on it. It has not been overturned, superseded by a new statute, or…
Dead Weight On The Cap Table: The Startup Equity Problem Causing Litigation And How You Can Fix It
An overwhelming majority of early venture-backed startups utilize a standard four-year vesting schedule with a one-year cliff. It seems like the ultimate one-size-fits-all template. Yet almost no one talks about how this default framework routinely…
Defense, space startups take SPAC route as investor interest soars (ITA:BATS)
Risks include shareholder dilution, less scrutiny than IPOs, limited revenues, heavy dependence on government contracts, supply-chain disruptions, and need for additional financing. Increased government spending supports demand growth, encourages…
Little-known AI startup Micro1 tries to trump Google's bid for banrkupt Spirit Airlines' data
In a sign of just how valuable corporate data has become to AI companies, a little-known startup has swept in to try to preempt Google's bid to purchase decades-worth of documents, emails, and data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines. Micro1, which was…
Indian chip startups have raised 1.4 billion dollars, half of it since 2025
Technology The curve matters more than the total. Karnataka leads on tape-outs, which is the honest measure. Indian semiconductor startups have raised $1.4 billion in equity to date, with half of that arriving since 2025 and roughly $228 million in…
Oxfordshire climate startups win £30,000 PR boost
Lotus Matter and Pipeline Organics, both members of the Oxfordshire Greentech network, were named winners of the 2026 Oxfordshire Greentech PR Accelerator and will each receive £15,000 worth of communications consultancy from Mixology…
High demand for startup funding highlights growth in Cyprus tech scene
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) has received a record 284 proposals for its PRE-SEED programme, highlighting growing interest in creating and developing startups with international ambitions in Cyprus. The submission process for the…
A San Francisco startup valued at $3 billion raised $300 million, and its software splits a single AI job across completely different chips at the same time
Every time you send a message to an AI assistant, a data center somewhere runs a sprint. It moves through two very distinct phases. Most data centers today handle both on one kind of chip. That is the part a San Francisco startup is now betting is…
Oxford student's quantum clock startup wins £25,000 prize
Cloq, co-founded by Christ Church physics student Joel Klein, is developing miniaturised, low-cost quantum clocks and secured the top award at the forum, now in its fourth year. The winning pitch was delivered by teammate David McMahon, a DPhil…
Microsoft sets limits for future AI models as industry throttles frontier development
Microsoft issued a code of conduct that sets limits on its future artificial intelligence models. The company will listen to outside input before rolling out an update. The release comes as AI figureheads propose slowing the pace of AI evolution…
Deep tech rises in Korea's venture market, while global ties remain weak
Korea's venture market is shifting toward deep-tech industries including artificial intelligence (AI) chips and robotics, but weak ties with global investors remain a drag on the country's startup ecosystem, a senior industry official said Monday.
AI Agents Are Becoming More Humanlike. Are Entrepreneurs Ready to Embrace the Future?
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft are escalating the generative AI race, focusing on intelligent agents that streamline multifaceted tasks. Entrepreneurs can harness these AI agents as quasi-co-founders, encouraging innovation and business…
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