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forbes.com - Dasha Shunina - The Top Startups To Watch From Y Combinator's Fall 2025 Batch
The Top Startups To Watch From Y Combinator's Fall 2025 Batch
Forbes

Since 2005, Y Combinator (YC) has backed over 5,000 companies that have a combined valuation of over $800B. The Fall 2025 batch features around 150 startups spanning a diverse range of industries — yet one clear trend stands out: the…

techcrunch.com - Dominic-Madori Davis - The 10 companies that just launched from Betaworks latest startup camp
The 10 companies that just launched from Betaworks latest startup camp
TechCrunch

Early-stage venture fund Betaworks announced the latest 10 companies launching from its prestigious Camp program, the 13-week biannual residence program launched in 2016 that has given way to names like Hugging Face and Graze Social. The theme for…

forbes.com - Nicole Casperson - Fintech Startup Upward Raises $8 Million, Partners With Mastercard
Fintech Startup Upward Raises $8 Million, Partners With Mastercard
Forbes

Danielle Hill, Co-Founder & COO, Upward Upward, a Seattle-based fintech startup providing banking-as-a-service infrastructure to underserved business segments, has raised an $8 million seed+ round co-led by Dundee Venture Capital and Breakwater…

forbes.com - John Koetsier - Programmable Matter: This Startup Is Digitizing Touch For VR, Robots, And More
Programmable Matter: This Startup Is Digitizing Touch For VR, Robots, And More
Forbes

NJ-based startup Sensetics has invented programmable matter that can digitize, transmit, and replicate the sense of touch. We've digitized sight, and we've digitized sound. But touch, one of the most important human senses, has remained stubbornly…

mashable.com - Amanda Yeo - 9 startups changing disability tech
9 startups changing disability tech
Mashable

Disability tech accelerator Remarkable held its 2025 Disability Tech Summit at Sydney Town Hall this week, bringing the event to Australia for the first time. Founded as an initiative of Australia's Cerebral Palsy Alliance in 2016, Remarkable has…

forbes.com - Bogdan Nesvit - From Burnout To Startup Success: A Founder's Guide To Mental Transformation
From Burnout To Startup Success: A Founder's Guide To Mental Transformation
Forbes

Bogdan Nesvit, Сo-Founder and CEO of HOLYWATER, a tech company that redefines entertainment by unlocking creators potential with AI. Concentration issues, energy depletion, uncertainty about the future and disrupted sleep patterns dominated…

ajc.com - Mirtha Donastorg - This Atlanta startup helps restaurants accept payments. It just raised $21M.
This Atlanta startup helps restaurants accept payments. It just raised $21M.
ajc

“We've really been heads down building the business, making sure we have a really robust payment platform, making sure we have the best partners on board,” de Wendel said. “Now it's about scale. And the idea is, ‘OK, how…

channelnewsasia.com - OpenAI backs startup aiming to block AI-enabled bioweapons
OpenAI backs startup aiming to block AI-enabled bioweapons
CNA

SAN FRANCISCO -ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Thursday said it will invest in a startup focused on blocking bad actors from creating biological weapons powered by artificial intelligence. OpenAI is the lead investor in a $15 million seed round in Red…

bloomberg.com - Rachel Metz - AI Coding Leader Cursor Buys Firm That Helps Startups Recruit Talent
AI Coding Leader Cursor Buys Firm That Helps Startups Recruit Talent
Bloomberg

Cursor, a fast-growing artificial intelligence coding startup, is buying a firm that has helped support leading AI companies like OpenAI in their own recruiting efforts, the latest sign of an increasingly fierce talent war in the technology…

wsj.com - Patrick Coffee - Exclusive | Accenture and Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo Invest in AI Marketing Startup
Exclusive | Accenture and Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo Invest in AI Marketing Startup
Wall Street Journal

Alembic, a startup that offers AI-powered data analytics for marketers, said it has raised $145 million in a fundraising round that values the company at $645 million. Alembic's software is designed to help companies tie marketing activity more…

bloomberg.com - Natalie Lung - Delivery Startup Gopuff Value Drops to $8.5 Billion in New Deal
Delivery Startup Gopuff Value Drops to $8.5 Billion in New Deal
Bloomberg

Rapid-delivery startup Gopuff has raised $250 million at a valuation of $8.5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter — a significant markdown from its value in a 2021 funding round, as the company seeks to grow its services…

investors.com - REINHARDT KRAUSE - Quantum Computing Stocks: AMD, Qualcomm, IonQ Invest In Startup
Quantum Computing Stocks: AMD, Qualcomm, IonQ Invest In Startup
Investor's Business Daily

Earnings reports for quantum computing stocks wind up on Friday with financial results due from Quantum Computing (). Israel-based Classiq on Thursday announced a new funding round, with investors including the venture arms of Advanced Micro…

bloomberg.com - Christina Kyriasoglou - Memory Chip Startup Raises €100 Million for Energy-Saving Tech
Memory Chip Startup Raises €100 Million for Energy-Saving Tech
Bloomberg

German startup Ferroelectric Memory GmbH has raised €100 million ($116 million) in investor financing and subsidies to commercialize energy-saving memory chips. Venture capital funds HV Capital and DeepTech & Climate Fonds led a €77…

bloomberg.com - Omar El Chmouri - US Startup Anduril Partners With UAE's EDGE to Build Drones
US Startup Anduril Partners With UAE's EDGE to Build Drones
Bloomberg

Anduril Industries Inc. and Emirati defense company EDGE Group PJSC are launching a joint venture to build drones in the United Arab Emirates, as the US startup makes its first foray into the Middle East. In a move that marks deeper American…

futurism.com - Joe Wilkins - Founder Admits His 'AI Transcription' Startup Was Just Him Joining People's Meetings and Taking Notes by Hand
Founder Admits His 'AI Transcription' Startup Was Just Him Joining People's Meetings and Taking Notes by Hand
Futurism

In 18th century Vienna, the Hungarian engineer and debutant Wolfgang von Kempelen shocked court patrons with a bizarre contraption: a great mechanical box which could seemingly play and even win chess games without any input from a human. Called…

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