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When Is The Right Time To Build A Customer Success Team In A Growing SaaS Startup?
Abhishek Yadav is the founder and CEO of Meza AI, an AI customer success platform for B2B SaaS companies. Almost every founder I talk to eventually asks me some version of the same question, usually with a mix of ambition and quiet anxiety. We're…
This startup wants to turn your water heater into a smart thermal battery
Unless your shower turns cold, you probably don't give much thought to your water heater. But it's a major energy user in the home, and unlike solar panels or heat pumps, it's gotten relatively little attention as a piece of smart home tech. A new…
Gov't to establish deregulation committee for venture, startup businesses: PM
The government will soon establish a deregulation committee dedicated to improving regulations hindering startups in emerging industries, Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Wednesday. The envisioned committee, to be set up under the presidential…
Most People Trust AI Less Than Humans. Startups Are Betting On That
Top down view of business woman explain and present financial chart. Diverse group discuss and listen presentation about stock market statistic at meeting table with investment graph. Convocation. The Federal Trade Commission has spent the past…
AI code-testing startup Blacksmith's valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year
As AI makes coding dramatically faster, the next big challenge in software development is testing and validating all that code. Blacksmith has raised a new $45 million round to capitalize on that shift. The Series B, led by Peak XV Partners, values…
Sector Snapshot: Fitness Startup Funding Is Rebounding, But Investors Want AI And Data, Not Treadmills
If you're anything like yours truly, your fitness ambitions for 2026 far exceed reality. Venture investors, luckily, seem to be more upbeat than they have been in years about the future of fitness and wellness. Startup investment in those…
AI Startup Cognition in New Funding Talks at $40 Billion Value
Cognition AI Inc. is in early talks with investors for a new funding round that may boost the coding startup's valuation by more than 50% to at least $40 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Prospective investors are circling the company…
Healthcare, EV Startups Steer Africa Toward Record Funding Year
African-focused startups are on track for a record fundraising year after investments surged in the first six months, according to a new report, signaling renewed investor appetite for the continent's technology companies. The startups raised $3.3…
Accel Raises $3.5 Billion to Invest in Emerging Global AI Startups
Accel, a global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, London and Bangalore, India, has raised $3.5 billion in new funds for early-stage investments across the world. The firm, which has backed artificial intelligence companies…
Marc Benioff says experts are wrong about tech job deaths to AI, but backs startup replacing workers with AI
There's a growing gap between what technology leaders say about AI crushing human jobs and where their money is doing the talking. Exhibit A is a new tech firm, June AI, co-founded in 2025 by Efrat Rapoport, a former Salesforce executive, as well…
What it's like aboard a Bay Area startup's flashy, flying, fully electric boat
As a tech reporter, my inbox is usually piled high with product pitches claiming to be the first at something. Few really catch my eye, but an offer to “ride the electric boat that flies above water” instantly did. Navier, an…
Silicon Valley startups are about to hand corporate credit cards to AI agents
The typical early-stage startup team used to comprise a pair of founders and a handful of software engineers. Now that founding team is just as likely to include AI agents as it is human employees—and the companies that serve startups are…
Kevin Weil has sought a valuation of at least $750 million for his new AI science startup
Kevin Weil, the former chief product officer of OpenAI, has sought a valuation of at least $750 million for a new AI science startup, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions. Weil is aiming to raise $150 million in the round…
Japanese Self-Driving Startup Plans U.S. Office, Targets $10 Billion IPO Valuation
Japanese autonomous-driving startup Turing is looking to enter the U.S. market, with a potential listing there within the next five years that would value the company at about $10 billion, its top executive said. The Tokyo-based company plans to…
Seattle longevity startups unite: Viome acquires plasma exchange pioneer Circulate Health
Two Seattle-area health and longevity startups are joining forces through Viome Life Science ‘s acquisition of Circulate Health. The two parties would not share specifics but said the deal was valued between $15 million and $50 million. The…
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