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japantimes.co.jp - Tokyo startup confirms efficacy of iPS cell-derived heart muscle transplants
Tokyo startup confirms efficacy of iPS cell-derived heart muscle transplants
The Japan Times

A clinical trial by a Tokyo-based venture company originating from Keio University has confirmed that transplanting cardiac muscle cell clusters called cardiomyocyte spheroids created from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells into patients with…

gizmodo.com - Bruce Gil - Sam Altman's Eyeball-Scanning Startup Launches 'Super App
Sam Altman's Eyeball-Scanning Startup Launches 'Super App
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Sam Altman's Orwellian ID verification startup, World, issued a major update today for its mobile app, introducing new chat and banking features. World is Altman's attempt to solve a problem he himself and his fellow “ architects of AI…

republicworld.com - Asian News International - Govt Pumps Rs 3,156 Cr into Women-Led Startups via Startup India Schemes
Govt Pumps Rs 3,156 Cr into Women-Led Startups via Startup India Schemes
Republic World

The Government's flagship Startup India initiatives have provided significant financial support to women-led startups across the country through three major schemes, Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS), and…

arstechnica.com - Stephen Clark - Investors commit quarter-billion dollars to startup designing 'Giga' satellites
Investors commit quarter-billion dollars to startup designing 'Giga' satellites
Ars Technica

A startup established three years ago to churn out a new class of high-power satellites has raised $250 million to ramp up production at its Southern California factory. The company, named K2, announced the cash infusion on Thursday. K2's Series C…

techcrunch.com - Rebecca Bellan - Trump's AI executive order promises 'one rulebook' - startups may get legal limbo instead
Trump's AI executive order promises 'one rulebook' - startups may get legal limbo instead
TechCrunch

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening that directs federal agencies to challenge state AI laws, arguing that startups need relief from a “patchwork” of rules. Legal experts and startups meanwhile say the…

semafor.com - Rachyl Jones - Singapore startup builds AI-powered, self-running chemistry lab
Singapore startup builds AI-powered, self-running chemistry lab
Semafor

Singapore-based ChemLex raised $45 million to build out its autonomous chemistry lab with hopes it can speed drug discovery and therapy development for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The self-driving lab consists of AI software and…

siliconangle.com - Maria Deutscher - Report: Intel could acquire inference chip startup SambaNova for $1.6B
Report: Intel could acquire inference chip startup SambaNova for $1.6B
SiliconANGLE

Intel Corp. is reportedly in talks to acquire SambaNova Systems Inc., a venture-backed developer of artificial intelligence chips. Bloomberg today cited sources as saying that the discussions are in an advanced stage. It's believed that an…

crn.com - Mark Haranas - How A Small AWS Startup Is Winning Global Enterprise Customers
How A Small AWS Startup Is Winning Global Enterprise Customers
CRN

‘We sold into some very well-known Fortune 100 and Fortune 200 companies in the U.S. with no boots on the ground in North America until very recently,' says DataMasque CEO Grant de Leeuw. To say DataMasque is punching above its weight is an…

thenyledger.com - Press Room - This startup is launching an AI personal health assistant that'll face off with Big Tech from Verily to OpenAI
This startup is launching an AI personal health assistant that'll face off with Big Tech from Verily to OpenAI
The New York Ledger

Consisted of Health is presenting a brand-new AI tool that might pit it versus Huge Tech's most current health bets. The health care start-up has actually released an AI-powered individual health assistant, Company Expert has actually discovered…

forbes.com - Richie Etwaru - The Rise Of The Industry Of One
The Rise Of The Industry Of One
Forbes

Richie Etwaru, Co-founder & CEO of Mobeus, is an evangelist for the probabilistic math revolution and a pioneer in emerging technologies. A quiet revolution is reshaping business. The tools of production—once reserved for…

gq.com - Savannah Sobrevilla - The 9 Most Potent Menswear Trends of 2025
The 9 Most Potent Menswear Trends of 2025
GQ

In a 2019 Dazed interview, the late Virgil Abloh predicted that the 2020s would sound the death knell for street style. “In my mind, how many more T-shirts can we own, how many more hoodies, how many sneakers?” he posited. “I…

techcrunch.com - Kate Park - A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs
A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs
TechCrunch

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across…

techcrunch.com - Sean O'Kane - Zevo wants to add robotaxis to its car-share fleet, starting with newcomer Tensor
Zevo wants to add robotaxis to its car-share fleet, starting with newcomer Tensor
TechCrunch

Driverless cars are no longer restricted to the realm of sci-fi thanks to companies like Waymo deploying commercial robotaxi services in multiple cities. And a number of automakers, big and small, are trying to bring that same level of autonomy to…

abcnews.go.com -  MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer - Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
ABC News

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in…

crunchbase.com - Joanna Glasner - Seed Funding In 2025 Broke Records Around Big Rounds And AI, With US Far In The Lead
Seed Funding In 2025 Broke Records Around Big Rounds And AI, With US Far In The Lead
Crunchbase

The idea of a new normal arising in seed funding presumes there was once an old normal. But of course, there was not. The only real consistency about the asset class is it's reliably volatile. Sectors in vogue one year are out a few quarters later.

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