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This Texas startup is turning oil well waste into EV batteries
Across the Permian Basin, the vast, mineral-rich swath of land in West Texas that supplies much of the nation's crude oil, derricks pump out massive amounts of oil, roughly 6 million barrels a day. But that amount pales in comparison with the…
Sunlight at night: US startup's demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws critcism
Locals in a rural area of California were recently startled to see dazzlingly bright light shining down from nearby mountains at night, illuminating a swathe of the desert below. Unbeknown to them, the strange nocturnal illumination was the latest…
Seoul Fintech Week 2026 brings AI finance and startup investment into focus
Seoul is bringing financial technology startups and global industry leaders together this week to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) could reshape personal finance while opening new paths to investment and growth for emerging businesses.
AI startups raise $198.7M for marketing, commerce and CPG operations
Azoma, Profound and Opply raised a combined $198.7 million to expand AI tools for product discovery, marketing and CPG operations.
California Startups Have Raised More So Far In 2026 Than The Entire US Ever Has In A Single Year
California companies have scooped up more than three-fourths of all U.S. startup funding this year. That, per Crunchbase data, is an apparent record share. But that's not all. As investment hit unprecedented levels in 2026, Golden State companies…
AI is giving cybercrime a makeover, and this startup just raised $15 million to fight back
AI is giving the digital criminal underworld a makeover. In fact, though rogue AI agents dominate talk of the future, AI has already changed cybercrime for good, said Arjun Bisen, cofounder and CEO at digital threat detection startup Overwatch.
Pittsburgh startup swaps plastic pill bottles for paper
A Pittsburgh startup has a new prescription for plastic waste: a mostly paper pill bottle. Why it matters: Billions of plastic prescription bottles are discarded annually in the U.S., and Point Breeze-based Parcel Health aims to replace them with…
EU-Inc: is the EU's startup booster losing steam?
EU-Inc wants to create one single, fully digital framework that lets startups bypass the red tape of 27 different legal systems and operate seamlessly across the entire single market. By introducing this unified '28th regime,' the EU wanted to stop…
Tin Men Capital leads US$7.4M Series A for Vision AI startup Ailytics to expand across APAC, US and Gulf
SINGAPORE, Oct. 25, 2026 /CNW/ -- Ailytics, a vision AI startup that turns existing industrial CCTV into a real-time safety and operations layer, has raised US$7.4 million in a Series A led by Tin Men Capital. SEEDS, part of SG Growth Capital…
Cyprus can become a regional gateway for startups
Through ANIMA's extensive work across Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa, how do you see the startup and innovation landscape evolving across these regions, and where are the most significant opportunities emerging? Entrepreneurs…
Wall Street's fastest traders are building data centers and backing chip startups to stay ahead in AI
High-frequency traders like Jane Street and Hudson River Trading are now racing each other for AI computing power. The biggest firms are spending billions on cloud contracts, startups, and their own data centers, Bloomberg reports. Part of the…
Cyprus agrifood startups to compete for €17,000 at Nicosia event
Agrifood entrepreneurs in Cyprus will present their innovations to expert juries in Nicosia on November 6, as participants in two European-backed programmes compete for prizes totalling up to €17,000 at the Agrifood Innovation Demo Day 2026.
An American startup wants to sell sunlight after dark. Who gets a say?
A US startup has booked two Indian rocket launches to test a planned service no company has sold before: sunlight at night. California-based Reflect Orbital plans to place giant mirrors in low-Earth orbit, and use them to steer reflected sunlight…
Cyprus students and startups compete in AI product development event
More than 50 university students and nine startup teams took part in the second Zubr Capital Young AI Hackathon in Cyprus on October 24, developing artificial intelligence products and testing business ideas with guidance from investors and…
Beyond the beach: how Cyprus has become the EU's fastest-growing startup ecosystem
By Eli David Rokah, CEO StartupBlink Cyprus has long sold itself on sunshine, coastline, and a relaxed pace of life. And while those assets remain, an equally promising story is now emerging from recent data. According to StartupBlink's Global…
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