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Google Is A $4T Company That's Still In The Startup Game
If Google had a theme song, radio playlist favorite “ Unstoppable ” might be an appropriate choice. The company recently topped the $4 trillion market cap level — making it one of only two currently in that category. It's…
SpaceX Merger Provides Lifeline for Musk's Debt-Ridden AI Startup
By many counts, SpaceX is the most successful venture Elon Musk ever started. The rocket maker revolutionized the space industry, built a multibillion-dollar business fueled by lucrative government contracts and a growing satellite communications…
Musk's AI Startup Is a Payload SpaceX Can't Afford
SpaceX has a big head start on the technology of reusable rockets, which drastically lowered launch costs and helped spawn a commercial space industry that is gaining momentum year by year. As SpaceX prepares for its huge Starship rocket to enter…
The architect of Amazon's supply chain on running a startup with your spouse
For at least two decades, former Amazon executive Dave Clark ended his work week the same way: a standing Friday date night with his wife, Leigh Anne. Over dinner, the Clarks would talk through the “peak and pit” of their weeks. The…
Ex-Tesla Energy Chief Raises $230 Million for Battery Startup
Tesla Inc.'s former energy chief has secured more than $230 million to expand his battery startup into new markets. It's the latest sign that the multibillion-dollar US home energy storage market is heating up as strain on the grid increases.
Your skincare products are full of fats and oils. This startup launched a clean beauty line with ancient chemistry
Your beauty and skincare products are full of fats and oils. They're what makes that cream so moisturizing or that emollient so good at repairing your skin barrier. Often, those lipids come from palm oil or even animal fats, both of which are…
Ex-Tesla energy chief raises $230 million for Silicon Valley battery startup
Lunar Energy is attempting to simplify the transition to full home electrification. (Lunar Energy) Tesla Inc.'s former energy chief has secured more than $230 million to expand his battery startup into new markets. It's the latest sign that the…
Boulder-based mushroom meat startup evicted from plant; assets seized over taxes
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mushroom meat alternative Meati, which got a new owner in October, has been evicted from its manufacturing facility in Thornton and had equipment and assets seized over unpaid taxes. Notices on the door of…
TELUS opens Canada's first fully sovereign AI Factory to startups and small businesses through L-SPARK collaboration
Strategic partnership will democratize access to sovereign AI compute, enabling Canadian startups to scale domestically while competing globally OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 4, 2026 /CNW/ - TELUS and L-SPARK today announced a new partnership to provide…
Crypto crime-fighting startup TRM Labs notches $1 billion valuation with new $70 million funding round
When TRM Labs cofounders Esteban Castaño and Rahul Raina moved to San Francisco in 2018 to create a startup, their mentors told them that great companies are built when you believe something about the world that others don't. Along with a…
Microdramas are Gen Z's soap operas. A Bay Area streaming startup is betting on them
College interns arrive at a San Francisco artificial intelligence startup ready to become masters of the universe in “Return Offer.” “I would have killed for this opportunity,” one character says. “You guys are…
Former Cohere execs Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy secure $50 million seed round for their new startup Adaption Labs
Sara Hooker, an AI researcher and advocate for cheaper AI systems that use less computing power, is hanging her own shingle. The former vice president of research at AI company Cohere and a veteran of Google DeepMind, has raised $50 million in seed…
Ohio Drone Startup Agilis Air to Pre-Build 55 Low-Cost UAS Systems for Rapid Defense Deployment
The start-up is accelerating U.S. drone production with grant funding from three sources: The YBI ENGINE Tech Incubator, the Youngstown Innovation Hub for Aerospace & Defense (managed by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining)…
Voice AI startup ElevenLabs more than triples valuation in $500M round
ElevenLabs Inc., a startup that develops artificial intelligence models optimized to generate and transcribe speech, has raised $500 million in funding. Sequoia Capital led the Series D investment. It was joined by Andreessen Horowitz, Iconiq…
Startup EnFi raises $15 million to deploy AI credit analyst agents at banks
NEW YORK, Feb 4: Boston-based startup EnFi is raising $15 million with venture capital funds to increase deployment of artificial intelligence agents that analyze and make decisions on credit applications. The round is led by Fintop, with Patriot…
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