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This Startup Claims It Can Stop Lightning Strikes
Skyward Wildfire has a bold plan to prevent wildfires: stop the lightning that causes them. The Vancouver-based startup raised $5.7 million claiming it can prevent lightning strikes using cloud seeding with aluminum-coated glass fibers—the…
Blue Biotech Summit will gather startups, policymakers and investors
The North Atlantic Blue Biotech Summit, to be held March 19 in Portland, will bring together biotech startups, policymakers, investors and innovators to help foster growth in the emerging sector. Co-hosted by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences…
How AI scare trade is sparking M&A battles for traditional firms and start-ups
The capital market is likely to be a battleground between traditional businesses and artificial intelligence start-ups, as tech investors expect both to survive AI-driven disruption through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). The outlook follows the…
Pittsburgh's mayor has cold-called dozens of tech CEOs to get them to relocate their companies to his city.
Pittsburgh's new mayor is personally cold-calling upwards of 20 founders and CEOs across the country every week to check in on them, or to convince them to move to his city. 'Some people think it's a prank call, but for others, it's like, 'wow, the…
Adapting to change is the most critical professional skill today
Below, Liz Tran shares five key insights from her new book, AQ: A New Kind of Intelligence for a World That's Always Changing. Liz is a leadership coach to the CEOs and founders of some of the world's fastest-growing companies. Her work has been…
TechGrit Inc. Appoints Enterprise CIO Jonathan M. Gelhaus to Its Advisory Board
CEO and Founder, Jithendra (Jittu) Ganji, brings 25+ years of enterprise technology leadership across multiple Fortune 500 financial services, healthcare, and government organizations, where he led multi-year application modernization programs…
Massive AI Deals Drive $189B Startup Funding Record In February While Public Software Stocks Reel
Crunchbase data shows global venture investment totaled $189 billion in February — the largest startup funding month on record — although 83% of capital raised went to just three companies. They include OpenAI, which raised $110…
How to Keep Innovation Moving When Your VC Team Keeps Leaving
VCaaS eliminates costly turnover by providing experienced investors and consistent deal execution. Outsourcing to VCaaS lets corporations focus on strategy while experts handle venture investing. Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) teams —…
Thrive Capital, Andreessen to Lead $4 Billion Anduril Round
Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital and venture firm Andreessen Horowitz are co-leading a fundraising round for Anduril Industries Inc. that could nearly double the defense tech startup's valuation. Anduril is seeking to raise about $4 billion with both…
Crypto Professionals in the Firing Line as ClickFix Scam Spreads
Crypto hackers attempting to use “ClickFix” attacks to steal crypto have now turned to impersonating venture capital firms and hijacking browser extensions in their two most recent attacks. According to a report by cybersecurity firm…
Alkira launches partner program to boost services revenue and AI infrastructure wins
Cloud networking company Alkira Inc. today announced the launch of a new Connect Partner Program, designed to help partners solve complex networking and artificial intelligence infrastructure challenges more quickly and profitably. The program has…
Making sense of Anthropic's fight with the Pentagon-and OpenAI's opportunity
“Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.” That's a famous line from perennial presidential candidate Ralph Nader from more than 20 years ago, and it echoes back to what Greek general Pericles said around 420 BCE. Politics…
IIM Calcutta records 100% placements with highest domestic offer at ₹145 lakhs PA
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta has recorded 100% placements this year, witnessing several new trends including a heightened interest in pre-placement offers and participation from several global firms. A total of 458 students…
Goldman finds 'no meaningful relationship between AI and productivity at the economywide level,' but a 30% boost for 2 specific use cases
Corporate America is talking about artificial intelligence (AI) more than ever, but a new analysis by Goldman Sachs reveals a stark divide between boardroom hype and macroeconomic reality. In a research note analyzing fourth-quarter earnings…
KRX strives to elevate KOSPI as one of world's best capital markets on 70th anniv.
Korea must leverage the ongoing KOSPI rally to cement itself as a top-tier global capital market, competing head on with its advanced peers, the head of the bourse operator said Tuesday. Korea Exchange (KRX) Chairman Jeong Eun-bo said central to…
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