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cnbc.com - Michael Wayland - EV battery startup pivots to defense industry amid Iran war, weak electric vehicle market
EV battery startup pivots to defense industry amid Iran war, weak electric vehicle market
CNBC

Battery startup Sion Power is pivoting from making products for all-electric vehicles to ones for drones. CEO Pamela Fletcher, a former executive at General Motors, told CNBC 'the faster path, and frankly, a big need, is out there is in this…

techcrunch.com - Julie Bort - Databricks bought two startups to underpin its new AI security product
Databricks bought two startups to underpin its new AI security product
TechCrunch

With an overflowing war chest from its $5 billion raise that closed last month (not to mention billions in revenue), Databricks is acquiring. The company, best known for its cloud data analytics platform, announced on Tuesday that it was launching…

bloomberg.com - Ben Scent - Billionaire Qatari Sheikh, Amazon Back Robotics Startup Neura
Billionaire Qatari Sheikh, Amazon Back Robotics Startup Neura
Bloomberg

Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, a billionaire member of the Qatari royal family, and Amazon.com Inc. have joined the latest funding round for German startup Neura Robotics. HBJ, as the former Qatari premier is known, recently became a shareholder…

bloomberg.com - Rebecca Torrence - AI Cow Collar Startup Halter Raises $220 Million in Latest Deal
AI Cow Collar Startup Halter Raises $220 Million in Latest Deal
Bloomberg

Halter, a New Zealand-based startup selling artificial intelligence-powered collars for cows, has raised $220 million from investors to expand the reach of its technology to more ranchers around the world. The announcement confirms Bloomberg's…

bloomberg.com - Samantha Kelly - Figure AI Founder's Hark Is Latest Startup to Plan Family of AI Devices
Figure AI Founder's Hark Is Latest Startup to Plan Family of AI Devices
Bloomberg

Brett Adcock's new startup Hark will be the latest to enter the burgeoning artificial intelligence devices field, with the serial founder saying the company is working on a family of products. “We do believe that there's more than one device…

fortune.com - Allie Garfinkle - The rise and uncertain future of $29 billion AI coding startup Cursor
The rise and uncertain future of $29 billion AI coding startup Cursor
Fortune

In many ways, Cursor CEO Michael Truell is Gen Z's Patrick Collison. It's something I've heard a few people say and it's fitting: Truell's a 25-year-old red-haired coder, known for his technical chops and intellectual bent. When I spoke to Truell…

businessinsider.com - Robert Scammell - This founder's company was breached by Iranian hackers. His new startup raised $11 million to stop it happening again.
This founder's company was breached by Iranian hackers. His new startup raised $11 million to stop it happening again.
Business Insider

Israeli startup Onit Security has raised $11 million to identify and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities with AI agents. The Tel Aviv-based startup was founded in early 2025 to address a problem that Ofer Amitai, one of its cofounders, experienced…

koreatimes.co.kr - Jung Da-hyun - From GKS scholar to startup founder: Bangladeshi entrepreneur bridges 2 countries through shrimp waste
From GKS scholar to startup founder: Bangladeshi entrepreneur bridges 2 countries through shrimp waste
The Korea Times

As Korea intensifies efforts to attract and retain global professionals, the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) program plays an important role in bringing international students to the country. This is the second in an interview series that follows…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - Banks told to give more push for entrepreneurship, MSMEs and startups in Dakshina Kannada
Banks told to give more push for entrepreneurship, MSMEs and startups in Dakshina Kannada
The Hindu

Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Narwade Vinayak Karbhari told banks in Dakshina Kannada district to provide loans, including under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, and push entrepreneurship, medium and small scale industries and startups.

prnewswire.com - ManpowerGroup - As AI Skills Become the Hardest to Find, ManpowerGroup Launches 2026 VivaTech Startup Challenge: 'Human First, Digital Always'
As AI Skills Become the Hardest to Find, ManpowerGroup Launches 2026 VivaTech Startup Challenge: 'Human First, Digital Always'
Cision PR Newswire

'The innovation that will truly reshape work is rarely sitting in plain sight; you have to go find it. In a period of disruption this intense, startups are where the most agile, ground-breaking thinking is happening. That's why this challenge…

siliconangle.com - Maria Deutscher - Databricks introduces Lakewatch SIEM, acquires two cybersecurity startups
Databricks introduces Lakewatch SIEM, acquires two cybersecurity startups
SiliconANGLE

Databricks Inc. today debuted Lakewatch, a cybersecurity product built atop its cloud data platform. The company also disclosed that it has acquired two startups called Antimatter Inc. and SiftD Inc. Databricks said the deals will help enhance its…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - America's Top War Unicorn To Begin Combat Drone Production As Next-Gen Startups Challenge Big Defense Primes
America's Top War Unicorn To Begin Combat Drone Production As Next-Gen Startups Challenge Big Defense Primes
Zero Hedge

Weaponized AI, interceptor drones, automated kill chains, ground robots armed with machine guns, humanoid robots, and FPVs equipped with shaped charges all offer a scary preview of what warfare in the 2030s was expected to look like. Instead, four…

sfstandard.com - Rya Jetha - Inside the grind: The SF startup racing to build an AI software engineer
Inside the grind: The SF startup racing to build an AI software engineer
The San Francisco Standard

Walking into Cognition's new San Francisco office, the first thing you notice are the otters. The mascot is everywhere. Stuffed animals on desks, in framed prints of cartoon otters posing at the Hollywood sign and on Mount Fuji, on the check-in…

refreshmiami.com - Riley Kaminer - When GPS goes dark, this Florida startup wants to keep the signal alive
When GPS goes dark, this Florida startup wants to keep the signal alive
Refresh Miami

When GPS works, we barely think about it. But when GPS signals get jammed – whether by cheap transmitters, bad actors, or failing infrastructure – the digital map suddenly goes blank. That vulnerability is exactly the problem Naga…

crn.com - Rick Whiting - AI Inference Software Startup Gimlet Labs Raises $80M In Series A Funding
AI Inference Software Startup Gimlet Labs Raises $80M In Series A Funding
CRN

Gimlet Labs has developed cloud-based technology that the company says can run agentic AI workloads faster and more efficiently than with current generation data centers. Gimlet Labs, a startup developer of AI inference software, has raised $80…

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