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Here are the VCs judging in Startup Battlefield 200 Disrupt 2026
A great pitch doesn't win Startup Battlefield 200. A great company does. That's why the VCs sitting in the judges' seats matter so much. They aren't looking for polished presentations or clever demos — they're looking for founders solving…
Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve
Elisa de Martel, who was chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo, has been hired to the same position at buzzy self-driving vehicle startup Wayve. Outgoing CFO Max Warburton, who held the position at Wayve since 2024…
Former Infosys chief's AI startup nabs another $53M
Hang Ten Systems, an AI startup founded by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka just four months ago, has expanded its seed funding by another $53 million. This new investment round was closed just five weeks after the initial $32 million seed round was…
How Founders Can Enter The Next Wave Of AI Consumer Startups
Pranjal Saxena, Principal, Strategy, Google. The consumer internet is experiencing its biggest platform shift since the launch of the smartphone. Generative and agentic AI are no longer novel tech demos; they are rapidly being adopted to discover…
Exclusive: Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years' worth of nuclear fuel
The U.S. has ambitious plans to triple the capacity of its nuclear power plants by 2050, but that goal might hit a roadblock if plant operators can't buy fuel at reasonable prices. Prices for yellowcake, a form of unrefined uranium, are up 75% in…
The Gulf's female startup ecosystem is flourishing. So, where's the funding?
Why the Gulf's startup industry is missing half the picture Geopolitical tensions fail to diminish UAE's appeal among wealthy expats Abu Dhabi's Yas Island gets $3.3 billion boost How the UAE…
The Old Startup Playbook Won't Cut It Anymore. Here's What It Takes to Build a Successful Company Today.
Business fundamentals need to be continually reexamined as technology, customer expectations and the nature of work evolve rapidly. Every generation of entrepreneurs inherits rules from the generation before it. The smartest ones figure out which…
Why MENA Female-Founded Startups Still Struggle to Access Capital
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's startup ecosystem has become increasingly vibrant in recent years and boasts a string of unicorns and innovative businesses. But despite the progress that has been made, female founders remain…
This Startup's Unique Turbine Design Could Solve A Big Problem With Wind Energy
There's no denying that renewable energy will play an important role in the future, but critics often argue that initial costs make it less viable. There are valid disadvantages of wind energy that scientists are trying to overcome by using some…
Why Relay and Other AI Startups Are Failing Against… - Inblix
Relay, the five-year-old AI workflow automation startup, ceased operations this Monday. It offered a compelling alternative to Zapier by using AI agents to handle email and task automation. But standing alone became impossible when OpenAI, Google…
Kerala Startup Mission joins national initiative to promote ST-led startups
The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has partnered with Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) to develop a national ecosystem for identifying, incubating, mentoring and financing startups and enterprises led by members of Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities.
MIT startups inspire with impressive presentations at Demo Day 2026
The annual “Demo Day” event at MIT, which marks the end of the delta v startup accelerator, fell on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks this year, giving MIT entrepreneurs a chance to honor the memory of those lost that day…
I'm a female founder with a liberal arts degree and my company has raised $280m. You don't need a PhD to build a robotics startup
Before I co-founded Dexory a decade ago, I had no experience in robotics. I am a go-to-market specialist with degrees in both liberal arts and business, a fiction and fantasy obsessed reader, and I am a woman who comes from a family of doctors. My…
States Bet Big on Rural Health Startups, With a Silicon Valley Twist
When Josh Fleig, Louisiana's chief innovation officer, learned his state had set aside $20 million a year, for five years, to invest in startup rural health companies, his reaction was not surprising: “Wow!” In rural America, where…
Samsung backs Dutch startup taking on Nvidia in AI inference
Euclyd raises $231m to develop non-GPU architecture aimed at lowering data center costs, power use Samsung Electronics has co-led a 200 million euro ($231 million) funding round for Dutch startup Euclyd, backing a new chip architecture designed to…
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