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forbes.com - Melinda Elmborg - Cash Now, Not Later: The New Startup Playbook
Cash Now, Not Later: The New Startup Playbook
Forbes

Cash management is becoming a much bigger part of strategy than it used to be for growing businesses. For a long time, founders held off raising until their runway was nearing its end. Today, that logic is shifting. Leading startups, especially in…

forbes.com - Guadalupe Hayes-Mota - Using The CARES Framework To Build Ethical Biotech Startups
Using The CARES Framework To Build Ethical Biotech Startups
Forbes

Guadalupe Hayes-Mota | Director of Bioethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Santa Clara University| MIT Senior Lecturer| EU, NIH Advisor In my experience, launching a biotech startup is one of the most thrilling and consequential ventures a…

forbes.com - Amy Feldman - Jeff Bezos Is Backing AI Drug Development Startup Profluent
Jeff Bezos Is Backing AI Drug Development Startup Profluent
Forbes

Ali Madani started thinking about how AI could be programmed for biology in 2020, years before the launch of ChatGPT. The machine learning scientist was working at Salesforce, which that year launched a moonshot project, called ProGen, to design…

techcrunch.com - Ivan Mehta - Security startup Guardio nabs $80M from ION Crossover Partners
Security startup Guardio nabs $80M from ION Crossover Partners
TechCrunch

The Internet today has a new worry. Alongside vibe coding tools, and the codebases, sites and apps built with them, security issues and blind spots have proliferated, too. Cybersecurity company Guardio is taking aim at a fresh market born amid this…

techcrunch.com - Julie Bort - Legally embattled AI music startup Suno raises at $2.45B valuation on $200M revenue
Legally embattled AI music startup Suno raises at $2.45B valuation on $200M revenue
TechCrunch

If you want insight into just how worried VCs (and Silicon Valley, generally) are over legal challenges to AI training on copyrighted material, look no further than AI music site Suno. Suno, which allows anyone to create AI-generated songs through…

fastcompany.com - Sean Captain - This startup is growing mini-livers to keep patients alive
This startup is growing mini-livers to keep patients alive
Fast Company

Caralynn Nowinski Collens, Ramille Shah, and Adam Jakus spent years developing an innovative technology to regenerate injured bone. The results, they thought, were. . . okay. The company they founded, Dimension Bio, received clearance from the Food…

businessinsider.com - Julia Herbst - Know a startup using AI to change the future of work? We'd like to hear from you.
Know a startup using AI to change the future of work? We'd like to hear from you.
Business Insider

AI has affected nearly every aspect of the workplace. Business Insider is looking for the most compelling startups transforming how work gets done. Do you know a company that fits the bill? Let us know. Prospective companies must be startups that…

forbes.com - Elaine Pofeldt - As Women Achieve Greater Parity In Launching High-Growth Startups, One Barrier Remains Hard To Leap: Family Responsibilities
As Women Achieve Greater Parity In Launching High-Growth Startups, One Barrier Remains Hard To Leap: Family Responsibilities
Forbes

Basima Abdulrahman, founder of KESK in Erbil, Iraq, makes battery-free, solar-powered air conditioners to help families weather summer temperatures that reach 120 degrees. She designed the units to operate during daylight hours, when electricity…

entrepreneur.com - Daniel Marcos - Missing These Strategies Can Derail Even the Fastest-Growing Startup
Missing These Strategies Can Derail Even the Fastest-Growing Startup
Entrepreneur

Sustainable growth requires aligning purpose and value before scaling aggressively. Starting small builds strong foundations, culture and systems that support long-term success. Continuous reinvention and reflection ensure relevance and prevent…

businessinsider.com - Pranav Dixit - Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, is walking away after 12 years to start his own AI startup
Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, is walking away after 12 years to start his own AI startup
Business Insider

Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist and one of the most influential figures in the field, is leaving the company to start a new AI venture, a Meta spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider. LeCun announced the move on Facebook, sharing that he…

cnbc.com - Gabrielle Fonrouge - Walmart in talks to acquire Israeli-founded startup to combat scams, counterfeits
Walmart in talks to acquire Israeli-founded startup to combat scams, counterfeits
CNBC

Walmart is in talks to acquire R&A Data, a startup founded by two Israeli scientists that monitors online marketplaces for scams, counterfeits and other compliance issues. The acquisition would come as John Furner prepares to take the helm as…

fastcompany.com - Adele Peters - This startup's plant-inspired tech keeps hundreds of millions of plastic particles out of the ocean
This startup's plant-inspired tech keeps hundreds of millions of plastic particles out of the ocean
Fast Company

Tiny fragments of microplastics—from clothes, car tires, packaging, and other sources—slip through most water filters. But at a water treatment plant on the coast in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where plastic-filled wastewater would…

koreatimes.co.kr - Choi Youn-jin - The pros and cons of supporting overseas startups
The pros and cons of supporting overseas startups
The Korea Times

One noticeable change in Korea's startup ecosystem this year is the growing presence of Korean venture capital firms and startup support organizations in the United States. Many are now opening offices in Silicon Valley. The Asan Nanum Foundation…

businessinsider.com - Rebecca Torrence - This former Eli Lilly exec just raised a $52 million seed round from family offices to build a new healthcare AI startup.
This former Eli Lilly exec just raised a $52 million seed round from family offices to build a new healthcare AI startup.
Business Insider

Michelle Carnahan spent four years as the president of VC-backed healthcare startup Thirty Madison, and before that, had a two-decade-long career at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly. Now, she's launching her own startup without a drop of VC funding.

deadline.com - Dade Hayes - Luma AI, A Growing Startup With Hollywood Ties, Raises $900M To Build 'Supercluster' In Saudi Arabia
Luma AI, A Growing Startup With Hollywood Ties, Raises $900M To Build 'Supercluster' In Saudi Arabia
Deadline

Luma AI, a growing California startup with ties to Hollywood, has raised $900 million in Series C funding, which it plans to use to fund a “supercluster” facility in Saudi Arabia. The funding round was led by Humain, which is part of…

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