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businessinsider.com - Sydney Bradley - This startup wants to help you make deeper professional connections with an AI copilot. Read its pitch deck.
This startup wants to help you make deeper professional connections with an AI copilot. Read its pitch deck.
Business Insider

Adding someone to your professional network is as easy as clicking a button. But how many of those people get lost in the abyss of LinkedIn connections or in endless feeds of content? Goodword, a new professional networking startup, says it can…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - PALS inks MoU to support early-stage startups
PALS inks MoU to support early-stage startups
The Hindu

PALS, an IIT alumni–led voluntary initiative, signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Immersive Technology & Entrepreneurship Labs (ITEL), IIT Madras, and AIC Anna Incubator. The aim is to mentor and support early-stage startups…

republicworld.com - Asian News International - Defence Startups Need Orders, Not Government VC Funds, Says Defence Secretary
Defence Startups Need Orders, Not Government VC Funds, Says Defence Secretary
Republic World

India does not need a government-backed venture capital fund for its defence sector, said Defence Secretary of India, Rajesh Kumar Singh, stressing that assured government orders and faster contract approvals are enough to draw private investment…

fortune.com - Allie Garfinkle - AI startup valuations are doubling and tripling within months as back-to-back funding rounds fuel a stunning growth spurt
AI startup valuations are doubling and tripling within months as back-to-back funding rounds fuel a stunning growth spurt
Fortune

Everyone keeps asking: “Are we in an AI bubble?” But just as often, I hear a different question, followed by recognition: “Wait—they raised another round?” This year, a handful of top AI startups—some now…

dev.to - Jaideep Parashar - Why AI Infrastructure Startups Are the Real Gold Rush
Why AI Infrastructure Startups Are the Real Gold Rush
DEV Community

Everyone is talking about AI apps. Everyone is launching yet another “AI-powered productivity app.” But here's the truth that most founders and investors will realise too late: The real opportunity in AI isn't in the apps. The…

emprendedores.es - Redacción Emprendedores - El papel de la UX en la supervivencia de las startups
El papel de la UX en la supervivencia de las startups
Emprendedores

El 70% de las startups cierra aproximadamente 20 meses después de su primera ronda de financiación. Entre las principales causas, según un análisis de CB Insights, se encuentran la falta de necesidad de mercado, los…

techcrunch.com - Connie Loizos - VC Kara Nortman bet early on women's sports, and now she's creating the market
VC Kara Nortman bet early on women's sports, and now she's creating the market
TechCrunch

When its season ended early this month, Angel City FC finished 11th out of 13 teams, a disappointing result for the Los Angeles soccer franchise that venture capitalist Kara Nortman co-founded in 2020. But the season's struggles tell only part of a…

forbes.com - Alicia Park - Inside The Deal That Made Polymarket's Founder A Billionaire At Age 27
Inside The Deal That Made Polymarket's Founder A Billionaire At Age 27
Forbes

In July, Jeffrey Sprecher, the 70-year-old billionaire CEO of Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, sat at Manhatta, an upscale restaurant in the financial district overlooking the sprawling New York City…

dailymail.co.uk - Ben Shimkus, Consumer Reporter For Dailymail.Com - EV dreams in tatters as ANOTHER truck company dies
EV dreams in tatters as ANOTHER truck company dies
Mail Online

READ MORE: Sports cars are dying - I checked the pulse of survivors Another electric truck company is dead. Bollinger Motors — the Michigan EV startup once hyped for its boxy electric truck designs — has shut down operations…

techcrunch.com - Theresa Loconsolo - Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here's why.
Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here's why.
TechCrunch

Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it's not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too. Supabase, the open-source database platform that's…

glassalmanac.com - Emily Thompson - 7 AR Devices And Moves In 2025 That Surprise Buyers - Here's Why
7 AR Devices And Moves In 2025 That Surprise Buyers - Here's Why
Glass Almanac

Excitement over 7 picks for 2025 is building among tech buyers and creators. This moment matters because startups, legacy chipmakers, and industrial adopters each just dropped signals that the next year will test real consumer AR. The Verge…

arkansasonline.com - John Liu, Fran Wang, Jessica Sui Bloomberg News - China frets bubble in robotics industry | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
China frets bubble in robotics industry | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Online

China's powerful economic-planning agency warned of the risks of a bubble forming in the country's humanoid robotics industry, issuing a rare official expression of concern about a technology sector. The National Development and Reform Commission…

entrepreneur.com - Entrepreneur Store - Get This Like-New M1 MacBook Air for Less Than $400: Perfect for Business Professionals
Get This Like-New M1 MacBook Air for Less Than $400: Perfect for Business Professionals
Entrepreneur

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you'll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. TL;DR: Get a Grade-A…

fortune.com - Amanda Gerut - Silicon Valley sets its sights on building the perfect baby
Silicon Valley sets its sights on building the perfect baby
Fortune

If you could design your ideal baby, what would you choose? A lover of naps who sleeps through the night? A mind for math and an affinity for the viola? For the founders of fertility tech startup Herasight, this is not a hypothetical. Herasight…

techcrunch.com - Dominic-Madori Davis - No, you can't get your AI to 'admit' to being sexist, but it probably is
No, you can't get your AI to 'admit' to being sexist, but it probably is
TechCrunch

In early November, a developer nicknamed Cookie entered a routine conversation with Perplexity. She often tasks it to read her developer work in quantum algorithms and write a readme file and other documents for GitHub. She's a Pro subscriber and…

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