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Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M
Japan is pouring billions of dollars into its burgeoning space industry and easing restrictions on defense exports, efforts designed to build a homegrown aerospace sector filled with domestic startups that have a global reach. Letara, a…
How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48-hours
Rillet co-founder and CEO Nicholas Koop seems justifiably confident as we talk over Zoom a day after his company announced a $100 million raise at a $1 billion valuation. The US has has a shortage of accountants right now, which is driving growth…
Space station startup Vast cuts 4% of employees
Space station startup Vast has cut 4% of its workforce as the new space race heats up. The startup, which is developing a commercial replacement for the International Space Station (ISS), fired 46 employees on Wednesday, Business Insider has…
KDEM's K-Combinator, an industry-led startup acceleration programme launched in Mangaluru
K-Combinator, a structured, industry-led startup acceleration program of the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) aimed at identifying, nurturing, and accelerating high-potential startups in the State, was launched here on Friday, under the…
Startup Paradise': How Hawaii Is Trying to Set the Stage to Create a '30 or 50' New Tech Millionaires
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Hawaii has long been known as a laid-back tourist destination, but that industry peaked years ago. Now the state is trying to reinvent itself as a tech hub. Silicon Beach was already…
US startup Vatn lands Taiwan undersea drone partnership
Vatn Systems will help Taiwan build AI-powered undersea drone command systems Neither side has revealed how much money this partnership actually involves Taiwan explores Vatn's modular S12 drones for its future undersea defense needs Vatn Systems…
California Leads the Nation in Startup Investment. The Credit Does Not Belong to Gavin Newsom.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking a victory lap after The Wall Street Journal reported that Golden State startups have attracted a record $366 billion in venture-capital investment this year, more than three times the total raised across the…
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: AI For Everything From Recycling To Breathing To Winning Construction Bids
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals that may have flown under the radar. Check out our previous entry here. This month's installment of this column is all AI, though applications for the technology range…
Chinese radio-frequency intelligence startup StarRF closes new funding round
HELSINKI — A Chinese startup building a constellation to detect and geolocate radio-frequency emissions from orbit has closed a funding round as China's commercial sector expands. Tianjin-based Xingkan Jiuzhou Technology, using the English…
How the India-South Africa startup session is paving the way for cross-border innovation
Consul General of India in Cape Town Ruby Jaspreet speaking at Stellenbosch University. Entrepreneurs, innovators and academics from India and South Africa gathered at Stellenbosch University on Friday to explore how stronger cross-border…
Orbital data center startup Starcloud valued at $2.3 billion in latest funding
Aug 21: Starcloud, a startup building data centers in space, said on Friday it had raised $250 million at a $2.3 billion valuation, as it looks to expand AI infrastructure through orbital data centers. SpaceX's blockbuster IPO has rekindled…
Phoebe Gates took a secret Stanford class on how to 'rule the world'-and reportedly recruited employees for her startup accused of wire fraud
Long before Phoebe Gates cofounded the AI personal shopping assistant Phia, she was a student at Stanford University working towards a bachelor's degree in human biology. While her transcript reflects coursework in epidemiology and health policy…
AICCI's startup summit significant initiative to take Thoothukudi to next level, says Minister Srinath
Fisheries Minister A. Srinath on Friday said the All India Chamber of Commerce and Industries (AICCI's) initiative to organise a major startup summit here was a significant effort to take Thoothukudi to the next level, noting that such summits were…
Grand National of the future? Chinese startup unveils a robot horse
READ MORE: $150,000 has eerily human–like facial expressions and movement A Chinese startup has unveiled a huge 'cyber horse' robot that people can actually ride. The quadrupedal machine, which was revealed at the recent World Robot…
TiE Mangaluru to host first K-Combinator startup accelerator in Karnataka
TiE Mangaluru has been selected to host and drive the first K-Combinator initiative in Karnataka, according to Shyamprasad Hebbar, President of the TiE-Mangaluru chapter. Addressing media persons in Mangaluru on Friday, he said this marks the…
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