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businessinsider.com - Katherine Li - AI startups are moving into smaller neighborhoods and shifting San Francisco's economic center
AI startups are moving into smaller neighborhoods and shifting San Francisco's economic center
Business Insider

Despite the pandemic, an exodus of tech companies, and a feared ' doom loop,' a one-two punch of return-to-office mandates and the explosion of AI startups has shifted San Francisco's tech center into smaller neighborhoods. Together AI is one of…

republicworld.com - Asian News International - India Adds Over 55,000 Startups in FY26, Highest Annual Growth Since 2016
India Adds Over 55,000 Startups in FY26, Highest Annual Growth Since 2016
Republic World

The government recognised more than 55,200 startups during the financial year 2025-26, marking the highest annual addition since the launch of the Startup India initiative, according the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The total number of…

indianexpress.com - Tech Desk - From bark to byte: How startups are reimagining pet parenting
From bark to byte: How startups are reimagining pet parenting
The Indian Express

This contrast highlights a wider gap. While access to pet products has improved significantly, reliable information remains elusive. Both Sreoshi and Radhika still prefer to speak to other pet parents and veterinarians for guidance. This is…

indianexpress.com - Express News Service - Y Combinator brings 'Startup School India' to Bengaluru: Founders and investors gather at Electronic City
Y Combinator brings 'Startup School India' to Bengaluru: Founders and investors gather at Electronic City
The Indian Express

2 min read Bengaluru Make us preferred source on Google A US-based startup incubator, Y Combinator, is holding a two-day Startup School India event in Bengaluru on Saturday at the White Feather Convention Centre in Electronic City. According to Y…

news-gazette.com - LUKE TAYLOR ltaylor@news-gazette.com - Brain on a chip' startup wins Cozad challenge
Brain on a chip' startup wins Cozad challenge
The News-Gazette

Want to purchase today's print edition? Here's a map of single-copy locations. URBANA — This year's $100,000 Cozad New Venture prize goes to Archean Sciences, the startup that can build autonomous “brain on a chip” systems to…

siliconangle.com - Maria Deutscher - Supply chain AI startup Loop secures $95M investment
Supply chain AI startup Loop secures $95M investment
SiliconANGLE

Loop Payments Inc. today announced that it has raised $95 million in funding to upgrade its supply chain optimization platform. Valor Equity Partners and the Valor Atreides AI Fund led the Series C round. They were joined by several other…

coingape.com - Anas Hassan - Base Marketing Lead Sarah Wolf Leaves Coinbase to Head Startup Marketing at Anthropic
Base Marketing Lead Sarah Wolf Leaves Coinbase to Head Startup Marketing at Anthropic
CoinGape

Sarah Wolf, the marketing lead behind Coinbase's Base Layer 2 network, is departing after nearly five years at the exchange to head startup marketing at AI lab Anthropic. The move pulls one of crypto's most influential brand builders toward the…

independent.com - Indy Staff - Ventech Announces PitchFest26: Showcasing the Central Coast's Most Promising Startups
Ventech Announces PitchFest26: Showcasing the Central Coast's Most Promising Startups
The Santa Barbara Independent

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA — Ventech, a leading nonprofit supporting the Central Coast innovation ecosystem, will host its annual startup competition, PitchFest26, on…

businessinsider.com - Ben Bergman - At an exclusive party at Nobu Malibu, bankers told me they are rushing to prepare IPOs after a wild market reversal
At an exclusive party at Nobu Malibu, bankers told me they are rushing to prepare IPOs after a wild market reversal
Business Insider

The celebrities and wannabe celebrities who usually inhabit LA's Nobu Malibu were swapped out Wednesday night by bankers in sport coats mingling with startup founders, munching on caviar handrolls while sipping lychee martinis and champagne. The…

dev.to - I Built an AI Chief of Staff That Never Forgets Most startup chaos is memory failure
I Built an AI Chief of Staff That Never Forgets Most startup chaos is memory failure
DEV Community

Founders rarely fail because they lack tools. They fail because context leaks everywhere. An investor call happens on Monday. A customer complaint lands on Wednesday. A hiring candidate mentions a salary concern on Friday. By the next week, half…

techcrunch.com - Lucas Ropek - Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it's thriving -- here's why
Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it's thriving -- here's why
TechCrunch

Chef Robotics CEO Rajat Bhageria likes to tell people — correctly — that his industry is a veritable startup graveyard. Whether you're talking about Chowbotics, a salad-making startup that was acquired and later shut down by DoorDash…

sfgate.com - Kasia Pawlowska - Original home of ChatGPT hits the market for $1.5M
Original home of ChatGPT hits the market for $1.5M
SFGATE

The San Francisco apartment where Sam Altman and Greg Brockman first got OpenAI off the ground, located at 2977A 21st St., just hit the market for $1,545,000. The home is a two-level Victorian flat on a nondescript block between Folsom Street and…

bloomberg.com - The Class of 2026 Enters a Tough Job Market
The Class of 2026 Enters a Tough Job Market
Bloomberg

In this edition of Businessweek Daily, we're featuring stories about first jobs from the May issue of the magazine. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, click here to sign up. Let us know what you think by. You can also subscribe to get…

cnbc.com - Ashley Capoot - OpenAI loses two executives in latest leadership shakeup
OpenAI loses two executives in latest leadership shakeup
CNBC

Bill Peebles, who led OpenAI's defunct short-form video app Sora, and Kevin Weil, the vice president of OpenAI for Science, announced their departures on Friday. Their exits come just weeks after Fidji Simo, OpenAI's product and business chief…

techcrunch.com - Marina Temkin - Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
TechCrunch

AI coding startup Cursor is nearing new funding in which the four-year-old company would raise at least $2 billion in fresh capital, according to four sources familiar with the matter. Returning investors Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz are expected…

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