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New Startup Harvests Bacon Without Killing Pig
Pork might be cheap, fatty, and flavorful, but pig farming isn't without its downsides. For starters, pigs are highly social creatures — capable of displaying distinct personality traits as well as emotions like stress and fear — and…
This startup bucked mainstream robotics training methods to teach a robot how to load the dishes
Everyday tasks like clearing the dinner table and loading the dishwasher are a major dexterity challenge for home robots that can require a lot of training data and capital. A new startup says it spent less than two years and a fraction of the…
Maruti Suzuki Invests ₹2 Crore in Connected Mobility Startup
Maruti Suzuki India Limited has announced an investment of nearly ₹2 crore in Ravity Software Solutions Private Limited, a startup focused on connected mobility intelligence. The investment gives Maruti Suzuki an equity stake of over 7.84…
Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull
A former engineer for Figure AI filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety. The suit filed on Friday says plaintiff Robert Gruendel was fired in September, days after…
Space startup Agnikul raises ₹150 crore to fund reusable rockets
Space startup Agnikul Cosmos on Saturday (November 22, 2025) said it has raised ₹150 crore in a fresh funding round at over half-a-billion dollar valuation, which would be used to build reusable launch vehicles. IIT-Chennai incubated Agnikul…
Sony, Warner and Universal Sign AI Music Licensing Deals with Startup Klay
LONDON (AP) — The world's biggest music labels have struck AI licensing deals with a little-known startup named Klay Vision, the companies said Thursday, the latest in a series of deals that underlines how the technology is shaking up the…
Space startup Agnikul Cosmos raises ₹150 crore in fresh funding round at $500 million valuation
Chennai-based space tech startup Agnikul Cosmos has raised ₹150 crore ($17 million) in a fresh funding round at a $500 million valuation. The round saw participation from family offices and marquee institutional investors such as Advenza…
Microsoft and NVIDIA unveil 'Agentic Launchpad' to accelerate autonomous-AI startups in the UK and Ireland
Microsoft and NVIDIA have released information about an “Agentic Launchpad” initiative in both the UK and Ireland, which marks a major transformation from “generative AI to autonomous AI systems.” Microsoft and NVIDIA…
Cyprus Business Now: president, Cyprus startups, travel stats, new ministry
Ahead of his official address at the BusinessEurope summit, hosted in Nicosia, Christodoulides commented that the presence of representatives from the European business community has added value for the country. He said that more than 70 per cent…
Pew's latest social media report shows X's staying power in the U.S., despite competition
Threads and Bluesky still have quite a way to go to catch up with X in the U.S., according to data from Pew Research Center's latest report released this week. The research firm asked about these smaller services for the first time and found…
How this founder's unlikely path to Silicon Valley could become an edge in industrial tech
Thomas Lee Young doesn't sound like your typical Silicon Valley founder. The 24-year-old CEO of Interface, a San Francisco startup using AI to prevent industrial accidents, is a white guy with a Caribbean accent and a Chinese last name, a…
Don't Confuse Prediction With Intelligence
Close-up of sign reading Yield Autonomous Vehicle Testing, warning motorists to yield to self driving shuttles being tested at the Bishop Ranch office park in San Ramon, California, March 12, 2019. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)…
Here's Why I Think Salesforce Stock Is One Of The Better AI Investments (NYSE:CRM)
Salesforce presents an attractive AI-driven investment opportunity, but current valuation is somewhat high, and caution is warranted ahead of Q3 2026 earnings. CRM's recent acquisition of Informatica and pending acquisition of Spindle AI position…
Bret Taylor's Sierra reaches $100M ARR in under two years
Sierra, a 21-month-old, San Francisco-based startup that builds customer service AI agents for enterprises, announced on Friday that it reached $100 million in annual revenue run rate (ARR). The company's rapid growth suggests that businesses…
Why now is the best time to invest in climate tech
Conventional wisdom suggests that climate tech is entering a winter season, where political and investor interest and investment levels are cooling — an ironic contrast with the climate itself, which keeps delivering years of record warmth.
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