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Switzerland's Startup Factory Wrestles With Europe's Funding Gap
When Clara Lepsius graduated from ETH Zurich, she went to Harvard University to do her thesis. In the US, she teamed up with another ETH alum on a startup that merges tech with infant nutrition. Today, both are back in Zurich. They chose to develop…
This Startup Wants to Reach Alpha Centauri in 80,000 Years. And It'll Only Cost $15 Million
The founders of a Seattle-based nonprofit want to be the first to launch a spacecraft toward the nearest star system, although they're hoping they will be among the last to get there. This week, the Fermi Explorer Mission announced an ambitious…
Gen Z Is Fed Up With Fizzy Alcohol Drinks and Startups Are Cashing In: 'No Bubbles, No Troubles
Bars are getting flatter. Vodka waters are replacing vodka seltzers, tequila and soda is now tequila and water. It turns out Gen Z is fussy about the fizz in their drinks. Non-carbonated drinks made up 38% of new product launches in the $22 billion…
Bureau of Prisons faces scrutiny over startup's exclusive deal to sell non-FDA-authorized nicotine pouches to prisoners
A Florida company that was established in May won an unusual and potentially lucrative deal to be the only business permitted to stock the commissaries of the Bureau of Prisons' 118 institutions with flavored nicotine pouches. The brand of 6-mg…
A Startup General Counsel Knew What Corporate Lawyers Needed From AI. So She Built It.
When an executive at Replit suggested that Cecilia Ziniti seemed distracted by artificial intelligence, she was not an engineer working on the coding startup's AI products. She was its general counsel. The executive told her ‘You're a great…
5 Ukrainian Startups Turning Deep Tech Into Real-World Solutions
Ukraine's technology sector is producing far more than software services. A new generation of companies is developing products in healthcare, clean energy, advanced materials and artificial intelligence — and some of these projects have now…
The harmless logo your PC shows at startup has a terrifying security problem
I'm sure you've seen a logo flash onto your screen during your computer's boot process. It's the friendly embrace of the manufacturer's logo, come to remind you who built your hardware. Except for when a UEFI vulnerability called LogoFAIL…
Great products don't market themselves
At a recent board meeting, someone suggested that we needed to go hard on PR and marketing to “build hype.” When the phrase “build hype” came up, the rest of the room soured immediately. To many, hype was synonymous with…
OpenAI Astra Cybersecurity Reveal: Skip Legacy Cybersecurity, Buy Zscaler (ZS)
Zscaler is rated a buy due to its leading zero-trust cybersecurity solutions, which are well-positioned to counter escalating AI-driven threats. Despite recent stock underperformance and slowing growth (~25% YoY), I expect ZS to benefit from a…
XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
Less than three months after emerging from stealth, XDOF, a startup that collects real-world teleoperation data for training general-purpose robots, is in late-stage talks to raise a Series B at a valuation of about $1.2 billion valuation led by…
Translational research is key to bridging the Valley of Death: Mirik Gogri, Founder, ITRI
Venkatesh Kannaiah: Tell us about the need for translational research. Mirik Gogri: Researchers or startups need to test their ideas at the laboratory level before they are converted into technologies or products. Several academic and research…
Barilla's Goodles acquisition reflects growing health food M&A trend
Barilla's acquisition of Goodles follows a familiar formula of pairing startup innovation with multinational scale.
Anthropic IPO Marketing Expected to Start in Mid-October
Anthropic is expected to begin marketing its initial public offering in mid-October at the earliest, as the artificial intelligence company adjusts the timeline for what could become one of the largest IPOs in history. The AI startup could complete…
Funding the future: A look back on federal tech investment
In 1992, Klee Dienes was an MIT undergraduate working as a manager of the university's web server and paying for cheeseburgers with student loans. Around him, a government research network called ARPANET was becoming the internet. One day, he…
The microeconomics of cloud provider selection - TechNewsDaily - Technology News & Reviews
Startups selecting ARM64 cloud instances from Hetzner, AWS Graviton, or Oracle Cloud tiers manage their factors of production. These factors include labor, land, capital, and enterprise. Lionel Robbins defines economics as the science which studies…
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