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japantimes.co.jp - Yasutaka Tamura - TSE pitches itself as cross-border listing venue for Asian startups' IPOs
TSE pitches itself as cross-border listing venue for Asian startups' IPOs
The Japan Times

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is looking to strengthen its market for initial public offerings by pitching itself as a venue for cross-border listings by startups in Asia. The exchange is offering help in fundraising and IPO preparations with partners…

sonicstate.com - The Iconic PS2 Startup Sound
The Iconic PS2 Startup Sound
Sonic State

US Not the 6-pin mini-DIN connector 22/01/26 The Sony PS2 is the best selling console of all time, with some legendary games (Gran Turismo 3, Gran Turismo Concept, Gran Turismo 4 etc) - down in part to the fact it could play DVDs when dedicated…

bloomberg.com - Yasutaka Tamura - Tokyo Looks to Rev Up IPO Market by Luring Startups Across Asia
Tokyo Looks to Rev Up IPO Market by Luring Startups Across Asia
Bloomberg

Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. is looking to strengthen its market for initial public offerings by pitching itself as a venue for cross-border listings by startups in Asia. The exchange is offering help in fundraising and IPO preparations with partners…

thenyledger.com - Press Room - How startups can 'break through the noise' and grab attention, according to a marketer-turned-VC
How startups can 'break through the noise' and grab attention, according to a marketer-turned-VC
The New York Ledger

Startups don't just need cash to be successful. Like many of us, they also thrive on attention. Lindsay Kaplan, a former marketing executive and cofounder of Chief, a networking company for women, wants to coach startup founders on what it takes to…

bloomberg.com - Myles Miller - Blackstone Backs Startup Applecart at $700 Million Valuation
Blackstone Backs Startup Applecart at $700 Million Valuation
Bloomberg

Applecart, a marketing technology startup, raised $100 million in a minority funding round led by Blackstone Inc. 's growth equity business. The investment values the company at about $700 million, according to a person familiar with the matter…

thenextweb.com - Ana-Maria Stanciuc - Op-Ed: Can Europe's Digital Networks Act deliver for AI and Startups?
Op-Ed: Can Europe's Digital Networks Act deliver for AI and Startups?
The Next Web

As Europe races into the AI era, its policymakers are laying new pipes for the continent's digital future. The European Commission's proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA) promises to rewire the EU's telecom landscape, with big implications for…

fortune.com - Ben Weiss - Crypto startup ZBD raises $40 million to power video game payments
Crypto startup ZBD raises $40 million to power video game payments
Fortune

Gamers have long bought and sold digital items like swords, jewels, and spaceship parts. Cryptocurrencies, which are inherently digital, seem like an obvious tie-in. In a bid to make good on that combination and build blockchain payments rails for…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - Startup communities launched at two villages in Erode district
Startup communities launched at two villages in Erode district
The Hindu

Collector S. Kandasamy on Wednesday (January 21, 2026) launched the village startup communities at Thandampalayam and Annamalai Kottai villages under the State Government's “Gramam Thorum Puthozhil” (Establishing Startups in Every…

techcrunch.com - Julie Bort - OpenAI's former sales leader joins VC firm Acrew: OpenAI taught her where startups can build a 'moat'
OpenAI's former sales leader joins VC firm Acrew: OpenAI taught her where startups can build a 'moat'
TechCrunch

OpenAI's first sales leader, Aliisa Rosenthal, has found a new career: venture capital. She's joining Acrew Capital as a general partner, working alongside founding partner Lauren Kolodny and the firm's other partners, Rosenthal and Kolodny tell…

republicworld.com - Thomson Reuters - South Korea Launches Landmark Laws To Regulate AI, Startups Warn of Compliance Burdens
South Korea Launches Landmark Laws To Regulate AI, Startups Warn of Compliance Burdens
Republic World

Seoul: South Korea introduced on Thursday what it says is the world's first comprehensive set of laws regulating artificial intelligence, aiming to strengthen trust and safety in the sector, but startups fretted that compliance could hold them…

winnipegfreepress.com - Aaron Epp - New venture studio seeks to help support early-stage founders, develop Manitoba's startup ecosystem
New venture studio seeks to help support early-stage founders, develop Manitoba's startup ecosystem
Winnipeg Free Press

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billboard.com - Kristin Robinson - Splice Buys Kits AI Amid Growing Trend of AI Music Startup Acquisitions
Splice Buys Kits AI Amid Growing Trend of AI Music Startup Acquisitions
Billboard

Splice has acquired Kits AI, a startup that provides AI voice models for music makers. Founded in 2021, Kits AI has processed 80 million minutes of vocals for its user base of 7 million people, according to a press release. Now, as part of the…

nypost.com - Taylor Herzlich - AI startup known as 'ChatGPT for doctors' doubles valuation to $12B in latest funding round
AI startup known as 'ChatGPT for doctors' doubles valuation to $12B in latest funding round
New York Post

OpenEvidence, an artificial intelligence startup known as “ChatGPT for doctors,” clinched a funding round that doubled its valuation to a staggering $12 billion, the company told The Post. The Miami, Fla.-based startup, which trains…

observer.com - Rachel Curry - Zak Williams Brings His Mental Health Mission to This A.I. Startup: Interview
Zak Williams Brings His Mental Health Mission to This A.I. Startup: Interview
Observer

As ChatGPT moves to encompass the full scope of health care, others are taking a more nuanced approach. One is Headlamp Health, whose new intelligence platform, Lumos AI, aims to advance a research field that has long stalled for drug developers…

heatmap.news - Alexander C. Kaufman - Two Geothermal Startups Raise a Combined $212 Million
Two Geothermal Startups Raise a Combined $212 Million
Heatmap News

Current conditions: The winter storm barreling from Texas to Delaware could drop up to 2 feet of snow on Appalachia • Severe floods in Mozambique's province of Gaza have displaced nearly 330,000 people • Parts of northern Minnesota…

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