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business-standard.com - Press Trust of India - Britannia Industries adopts 'startup mentality' to counter regional rivals
Britannia Industries adopts 'startup mentality' to counter regional rivals
Business Standard

Bakery company Britannia Industries will invest to fight the 'regional competition' against small players and in e-commerce to become stronger in product categories like biscuits, rusk, cake, croissants and wafers. As part of its strategy…

bloomberg.com - China AI Startup Moonshot Seeks $10 Billion Value in New Funding
China AI Startup Moonshot Seeks $10 Billion Value in New Funding
Bloomberg

Moonshot is targeting a valuation of $10 billion in an expansion of a funding round already backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., seeking to tap strong interest in Chinese startups creating AI models to rival Silicon…

wsj.com - Stuart Condie - AI Defense Startup Breaker Raises $6 Million in Seed Funding
AI Defense Startup Breaker Raises $6 Million in Seed Funding
Wall Street Journal

SYDNEY—An artificial-intelligence defense startup seeking to deploy its voice-controlled AI agent across drones and other military technology has raised $6 million in a seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Breaker Industries, which…

independent.co.uk - Io Dodds  - Arizona women sue startup coach for allegedly using their photos to make AI porn
Arizona women sue startup coach for allegedly using their photos to make AI porn
The Independent

Three women in their 20s in Arizona have sued a network of AI entrepreneurs for allegedly using their photos to make deepfake pornography without their consent. In a complaint filed in Maricopa County last month, the women — named only as…

jpost.com - Startup Nation Central laying off most employees
Startup Nation Central laying off most employees
The Jerusalem Post

Startup National Central (SNC), a nonprofit organization supported by philanthropists including Paul Singer, Dan Loeb, the William Davidson Foundation, and others, has summoned 65 of its 80 employees in Israel to a hearing before their dismissal.

businessinsider.com - Roya Shahidi - Sales reps at $11 billion AI startup ElevenLabs have to bring in 20 times their base salary, or they're out - VP says
Sales reps at $11 billion AI startup ElevenLabs have to bring in 20 times their base salary, or they're out - VP says
Business Insider

At $11 billion AI startup ElevenLabs, the message to sales reps is simple: Hit 20x your base salary, or you're out. Speaking on the 20VC podcast on Friday, Carles Reina, VP of sales at the voice-cloning startup, talked through its 'ruthless'…

semafor.com - Matthew Martin - Video AI startup shifts compute to Saudi as AI chips arrive
Video AI startup shifts compute to Saudi as AI chips arrive
Semafor

Winning approval to buy “monstrous” numbers of the latest US artificial intelligence chips has made Saudi Arabia an attractive place to shift compute requirements, video AI startup Luma AI's chief executive told Semafor, an early…

variety.com - Nick Vivarelli - Branded Entertainment Executives Anthony Damianakis, Pete Fergusson Launch Dubai-Based Startup IPX to Connect Brands With Content (EXCLUSIVE)
Branded Entertainment Executives Anthony Damianakis, Pete Fergusson Launch Dubai-Based Startup IPX to Connect Brands With Content (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety

Branded entertainment executives Anthony Damianakis and Pete Fergusson are launching an ambitious startup called IPX headquartered in Dubai, with offices also in London and Sydney. The innovative startup aims to connect brands with creators…

yomiuri.co.jp - 井上 - Record 700 Startups to Gather at SusHi Tech Tokyo in April; Event Will Center on Themes Like Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Record 700 Startups to Gather at SusHi Tech Tokyo in April; Event Will Center on Themes Like Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
読売新聞オンライン

Over 700 startups, a record high, are expected to exhibit at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, a gathering of innovators from around the world, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on Monday. The showcase will be held at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward…

siliconangle.com - Mike Wheatley - Construction robotics startup Sitegeist raises €4M to automate arduous concrete repair jobs
Construction robotics startup Sitegeist raises €4M to automate arduous concrete repair jobs
SiliconANGLE

German startup Sitegeist GmbH said today it has raised €4 million (around $4.75 million) in pre-seed funding to help accelerate the renovation of Europe's infrastructure with robotic automation. Today's round was led by b2venture and…

pymnts.com - PYMNTS - Anthropic Pushes Into India With Airline and Startup Pacts
Anthropic Pushes Into India With Airline and Startup Pacts
PYMNTS.com | Breaking News, Trends and Analysis

With the company's new office in Bengaluru, announced Monday (Feb. 16) and partnerships with the likes of Air India, the maker of the Claude chatbot is hoping to boost AI usage in the world's most populous country. “India is the…

caribbeanlife.com - Michael Kevin Williams - Caribbean startup redefines feminine care - Caribbean Life
Caribbean startup redefines feminine care - Caribbean Life
Caribbean Life News

Melesia Adderley never set out simply to sell feminine care products. What began as a personal search for relief from irritation caused by traditional menstrual products has grown into Women's Haven, the first female Caribbean-owned organic…

thehindubusinessline.com - French startup Brad Technology scouting for Indian partnership in agritech
French startup Brad Technology scouting for Indian partnership in agritech
BusinessLine

Brad Technology, a French startup in agritech, is in the AI summit in search of an Indian partner so that it can open up its venture in farm advisories, an area which the company thinks has immense potential despite small land holdings which is…

dailymail.co.uk - Lauren Acton-Taylor - AI workers' insight into prenups as their salaries surge
AI workers' insight into prenups as their salaries surge
Mail Online

The artificial intelligence industry has ushered in a new era of jaw-dropping wages that are fit to create new millionaires, prompting young couples to discuss prenups before marriage. Akash Amant, 26, who co-founded AI startup Coverflow in 2024…

wsj.com - Michael S. Selig - Opinion | States Encroach on Prediction Markets
Opinion | States Encroach on Prediction Markets
Wall Street Journal

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission for decades has overseen regulation of prediction markets—or event contracts, as we refer to them—that help market participants hedge risk, aggregate information and test hypotheses about…

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