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IndustryOpenAI Invests in Startup That Uses Brain Implants to Detect Cancer
It’s the latest in a growing wave of bets that AI companies are making on brain data.
Peter Jackson Just Got an Ultra-Rare Extinct Moa Egg Back to New Zealand With the Help of De-Extinction Startup
The Lord of the Rings filmmaker helped acquire the rare moa egg, one of less than 40 known to exist, after a gallery in Colorado…
'The GPU never reads the same text twice': Belgian startup Corbenic wants to turn your server's SSD into AI memory, but its 14x speedup owes more to reading less
Galahad promises exact, encrypted KV cache reuse for vLLM, SGLang, and Llama.cpp, but LMCache, Nvidia, and Phison got to the…
Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup
Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of popular Cal AI calorie tracking app, has launched a new personal AI agent startup that…
Anthropic is offering startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits to kickstart their AI journey
Anthropic is giving startups up to $7k in Claude benefits as well as so much more via partners, Anthropic expertise and…
Industry5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day
There isn’t a shortage of accelerators for startups, but one of the few that investors watch closely is PearX, a 12-week program that caps its…
Jio Platforms IPO likely by Oct end at enterprise valuation of $143-146 billion
Jio Platforms IPO is touted as India's largest public offer at an estimated size of $3.8 billion
Jio IPO likely by Oct end at enterprise valuation of above ₹12 trillion
Digital services major Jio Platforms is likely to get listed by the end of this month at an enterprise valuation of USD 143-146…
India News | Andhra CM Naidu Seeks IIT Alumni Cooperation to Make State Global Knowledge Hub; Announces Rs 500 Cr DeepTech Venture Fund
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has sought the…
Iranian banks boost startup lending by 149% in five months
PremiumIranian banks boost startup lending by 149% in five months
IndustryFrom Startup Nation to R&D Nation: Israel’s next technological leap
Over the past two years, Israel has faced one of the most complex and challenging periods in its history: a prolonged, intensive war on seven fronts,…
Startup Wrap: Gulf investors back robotics, fintech, beauty and proptech
RIYADH: Regional investors across the region deployed capital across sectors includling industrial robotics, alternative…
IndustryChina's increasing role in Pakistan's digital transformation raises sovereignty concerns
Digital Desk | New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) China’s deepening role in Pakistan’s digital economy is accelerating modernisation but creates concerns about…
Cyprus Business Now: Wizz Air, inflation, tourism, Limassol startup, real estate
Low-cost airline Wizz Air launched its new Larnaca-Madrid route in September as part of its wider effort to expand its Cyprus…
IndustrySalesforce vs. CrowdStrike: What Revenue Growth Trends for These Software Giants Tell Investors
Salesforce commands a 7-to-1 revenue advantage, yet CrowdStrike has posted uninterrupted quarter-over-quarter growth while Salesforce stumbled…
NOX Energy Raises $3.4M to Build Europe’s Energy Flexibility Network
NOX Energy has raised $3.4 million in seed funding to expand software that turns household energy equipment into flexible grid…
IndustryUkrainian Startup Osavul Raises $10 Million to Expand Threat Detection
Ukrainian-founded Osavul has raised $10 million in a funding round led by 33N Ventures. The Luxembourg-headquartered company plans to expand its…
NOX Raises €3 Million to Connect Home Clean Energy Devices to the Grid
Residential energy management software startup NOX Energy announced that it has raised €3 million (USD$3.4 […]
IndustryBusiness News | EaseMyTrip Founder Nishant Pitti Pens Emotional Note After Court Orders Interim Injunction Against Offending Publications
Get latest articles and stories on Business at LatestLY. Nishant Pitti, Founder and Chairman of Travel major EaseMyTrip on Friday penned an emotional…
NEIP: Designing a Ghana Startup Agency that builds enterprises, not programmes
The proposed transformation of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) into a statutory Ghana Startup…
IndustryMeet the winners of the Santander X UK Awards 2026
Santander’s flagship entrepreneurship competition, the Santander X UK Awards, gives university ventures, startups and SMEs the chance to pitch for a…
Taking AI To Orbit: Startup Satlyt Raises $8M To Build Computing Cloud Across Satellites
The seed round was led by Houston-based Non Sibi Ventures, with former NASA astronaut Bernard Harris among those backing the…
A serial entrepreneur raised $17 million to build a Big Law alternative. Read the pitch deck.
Arceus combines a law firm with software. The bet is that in-house legal teams don't want another tool to manage; they want the work done faster.
3 Coimbatore Founders Turn Near-Fatal Accident Into Safebox, Protect Rs 6,000 Cr in Family Assets, Raise $1.11M
You will be surprised to know that nearly Rs 1 lakh crore is unclaimed because deceased families may not know where those assets…
IndustryElevenLabs' valuation doubles to $22 billion on surging AI voice-agent demand
ElevenLabs said on Wednesday it had completed a $300 million employee tender offer valuing the AI voice generation startup at $22 billion, twice the…
OpenAI delays IPO over AI safety concerns
OpenAI is seeking another $30 billion privately as its IPO plans slip.
IndustryMITS Capital Leads New Round for Ukrainian M-Fly to Scale Production
M-Fly, a Ukrainian maker of laser guidance systems and gyro-stabilized gimbals for drones, has secured new funding from MITS Capital, Freedom Fund,…
Pay-i rebrands as Ascerta and raises $18M to help enterprises track AI business value
The fresh capital brings total funding to $22.9 million for the Bellevue startup, which launched in May 2025 with a $4.9 million…
IndustryOpenAI seeks $30 billion-plus as valuation target rises to $1.4 trillion
The fundraising would serve as a bridge ahead of a potential Wall Street debut as OpenAI continues reporting strong revenue growth
Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related
Instinct founder said the platform is growing 10% day by day, with transaction volume increasing at a similar rate.
IndustryThis $3,555 Humanoid Robot Learns New Chores in 30 Minutes, Startup Says
Flourish says it’s ready to ship the first 50 units starting in December.
Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot
Atomic's agentic supply chain software is now being used by companies like DoorDash and HelloFresh.
IndustryFilling the early-stage business funding gap
Kiwibank StartUp+ aims to make the sourcing of funding for early-stage Kiwi businesses much more accessible and it’s supported by a team that…
Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort
Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in…
IndustryEma raises $77M as AI starts eating into enterprise software and services
Ema has raised $140 million to date and has more than 50 enterprise customers, including Google and Microsoft.
Hideo Kojima joined a Zoom call with Sony. Minutes later, Physint had lost its funding - Digital Trends
Hideo Kojima has finally opened up about the extraordinary PlayStation split that sent Physint to Xbox, and it sounds like even…
IndustryRocket Report: Europe splashes some cash on launch startups; Pallas-1 nears debut
"From here on, Starlink missions out of Florida will fly on Starship."
Fashion startup Atorie raises $9.5M to bring consumers luxury goods without the markup
Shoppers can visit the Atorie website and buy handbags or clothes made from the same material — and coming from the same factory…
IndustrySelf-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal
The funding, Gatik's largest so far, was led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies.
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years…
IndustryAI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom
Surging demand for AI training data is driving rapid growth for the startup and its rivals.
Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human
The startup is building voice models designed to make AI phone calls pass the Turing test.
IndustrySynthetic-user startup Simile raises $200M at $2B valuation 5 months after $100M Series A
Add another member to the fast-and-furious AI unicorn club: Simile.
As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it
Pangram has raised $9 million to scale its AI detection software. The startup has also released a new AI text detection model,…
IndustryMCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea
Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.
Sam Altman’s biometric startup World raises $52.5M via crypto sale
Sam Altman's side project — which seeks to scan the world's eyeballs and turn them into unique digital identifiers — has raised…
IndustryNeill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over
On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that's loosely…
These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked
The startup's own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.
IndustryZeroDrift raises $10M to protect AI models from themselves
A new AI compliance service sits between AI models and end users to flag and replace any messages that might present a compliance problem.
From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now?
Some of the most consequential companies in tech history didn’t launch with a splashy fundraising announcement. They started with…
IndustryStartup offers free home cleaning—if it can record it all for robot training
The latest twist in paying humans to wear head cameras for robot training data.
H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment
CEO Ariel Katz argues that while AI can replicate workflow SaaS, it can't copy H1’s unique doctor data.
IndustryPayroll startup Remote says it grew revenue 50% per employee without adding headcount
Payroll service provider Remote recently surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and became cash-flow positive, thanks to a 50%…
Startup Battlefield 200 applications close today: Nominate a founder or submit your startup
Today is the final day to apply or nominate a startup for Startup Battlefield 200. Once the clock strikes 11:59 p.m. PT, the…
IndustryLegal AI startup Legora hits $5.6 valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
The two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf and now have dueling ad campaigns.
Founder of Shark Tank-backed startup Scholly sues his acquirer Sallie Mae
Chris Gray is suing his startup’s acquirer, Sallie Mae, for wrongful termination and alleging it's selling student data through a…
IndustryUtah Startup Claims Its Lab-Grown Sperm Can Produce Embryos, in Potential Fertility Breakthrough
Paterna Biosciences said it has mastered the molecular signals that teach stem cells how to mature into sperm for a promising new fertility treatment.
A Startup Says It Grew Human Sperm in a Lab—and Used It to Make Embryos
Paterna Biosciences says it has determined the set of instructions needed to turn sperm-making stem cells into "normal, mature"…
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IndustryCursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex
As Cursor launches the next generation of its product, the AI coding startup has to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic more directly than ever.
Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles
The company turns footage from robots into structured, searchable datasets with a deep learning model.
IndustryUber is buying Berlin startup Blacklane to bolster its ‘Elite’ offering
It's a notable exit for Blacklane, which has raised more than $100 million from backers like Mercedes-Benz and Sixt.
Startup Successfully Ignites World’s First Fusion Rocket
Space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has achieved “first plasma” in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket, designed to propel…
IndustryA former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters
Brinc launched its newest 911 response drone this week, as the company seeks to expand its prominence in the public safety industry.
Never get lost again, as this startup can give you 5G tracking even without GPS - right down to the centimeter
ZaiNar claims it can turn standard 5G signals into centimeter level positioning without GPS, new hardware, or handset…
IndustryTrace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise
Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including investment from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Goodwater…
Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M
Harper is an AI-native insurance brokerage that just raised a $45 million combined Series A and seed, after a member of YC's…
Industry2026 plans: What’s next for Startup Battlefield 200
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 is the flagship early-stage startup competition held at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, spotlighting the…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musk’s xAI, with plan to build data centers in space
The merger creates the world's most valuable private company, and paves the way for Musk to try and prove out the usefulness of…
IndustryA Yann LeCun–Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGI
As the world’s largest companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into large language models, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence is trying…
This soft humanoid robot is designed to be ‘physically safe and socially approachable’
A startup called Fauna Robotics has revealed a new humanoid robot called Sprout it's been developing over the past two years.…
IndustryQualcomm backs SpotDraft to scale on-device contract AI with valuation doubling toward $400M
SpotDraft now processes over 1 million contracts annually using its AI tool, with contract volumes up 173% year-over-year.