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The Gates Foundation Is Funding A Startup's Plan To Fight Malnutrition With Bacteria
Anaerobic chamber where Kanvas strains are characterized and banked. Synthetic microbiomes to treat disease. Sea levels may rise faster than we thought. AI for scientific researchers. All that and more in this week's edition of The Prototype. To…
German Drone Startup May See $18b Valuation in Fundraising: FT
German drone startup Helsing GmbH may see its valuation jump to about $18 billion in a new financing round, up from about $14 billion implied in a fundraising last year, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Plans for a $1.2 billion funding…
How A Gen Z Startup Got Voyager To Send Its Robot To Space
With a high-stakes mission to the International Space Station scheduled for 2027, watch how these young founders are ignoring traditional aerospace rules to revolutionize our future among the stars.
Revival of Blackberry nostalgia and keyboard fuels smartphone startups
When Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, physical keyboards quickly lost ground to touchscreens and faded from mainstream smartphones. Now, a new wave of startups, including U.K.-based Clicks Technology and Chinese firm Unihertz, is bringing them…
Listen to almost 50 years of startup sounds
The Data Drop releases one interactive visual essay every week, and the latest is a collection of startup sounds from 1977 to the present, covering everything from the Apple II to the Vision Pro. Along with the actual startup sound, or lack…
AI agents fueled a frenzy of startup building at the Consensus Miami EasyA hackathon
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — At the EasyA Hackathon tucked inside Consensus Miami 2026, the energy felt less like a traditional crypto developer event and more like a live audition for the next generation of the intersection of blockchain and…
Defense Watch: Mythos, DARC, DARPA Plane, New SWO Boss, Startup Raises
Michael on Mythos. Emil Michael, the Pentagon's chief technology officer, said there is broad interest across the U.S. government in assessing Anthropic's new Mythos artificial intelligence-powered cyber security model, which he said is…
Customer Support & Dictation Loom Large As Voice Startup Leaders Prepare for a World of Talking Machines
Voice computing true believers gathered at our Cerebral Valley Voice Summit on Wednesday in San Francisco. We gave them hats that said, “VOICEPILLED.” On stage, Sierra CEO Bret Taylor explained how his customer support-oriented…
Markets keep hitting highs - and nobody's sure why. What to do with your portfolio
Please log in to bookmark this story. Create Free Account It comes up in every conversation. Why is the stock market hitting new highs with all that's going on in the world? There seems to be a long list of things that should hold it back. The war…
SpaceX's blockbuster IPO is coming. This overlooked industrial company will be a big winner
Elon Musk 's SpaceX is planning the largest stock debut in history. One likely winner from the deal: an overlooked industrial company founded decades before the Wright brothers ever took to the skies. Industrial gases giant Linde has a small but…
Mother Ventures is looking at moms as the 'economic engine'
As families across the U.S. prepare to celebrate Mother's Day this Sunday, Allison Stern is looking beyond the single day of appreciation. Stern just closed $10 million in commitments for her debut early-stage fund, Mother Ventures, which focuses…
Figure AI's robots can make a bed faster than you
If you dread making your bed each morning, now robots may be able to do the job for you. In a video released Friday, two of Figure AI's humanoids walk into a minimalist bedroom and begin tidying it up. One hangs up a coat, another closes a laptop…
Hong Kong economy posts best quarter in five years, fueled by global AI boom
Hong Kong's economy has achieved its most robust performance in five years, driven by a powerful surge in trade that is directly linked to the global boom in artificial intelligence. This technological wave is reshaping the city's economic…
Rajasthan set to become global hub for agro-based industries with crop diversity: CM
With the diversity in its agricultural produce, Rajasthan is set to become a global hub for agro-based industries and value-added products, offering immense investment potential in food processing, cold chains, and spice parks, Chief Minister…
When A Strong Pitch Signal Becomes A Hidden Deal Breaker
Startup pitches are built around momentum and optimism, but not all positive signals are created equal. Some indicators that founders believe will win over investors can have the opposite effect. For business development leaders, these moments…
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