Top Japan start-up Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech
WHEN David Ha started an AI company in Japan with his former Google colleague, they had a choice: create another huge, energy-intensive tool like ChatGPT, or go their own way. Since its…
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Why your startup needs a fractional leader
Every founder wants top-tier talent. But when your company is young, two obstacles loom. The first one is that no one knows you. The second one is that, likely, you can’t afford a…
Hyundai’s eVTOL startup Supernal pauses work following executive departures: report
Hyundai’s electric air taxi startup Supernal has paused work on its aircraft programme after recent staff cuts and the departure of its CEO and chief technology officer, TechCrunch…
Via Transportation IPO: Stock listing date nears for transit tech startup
Via Transportation, a startup that aims to reimagine public transportation, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), the latest tech-focused company seeking to take advantage of…
A national lab made a nuclear fusion breakthrough. A new startup wants to make it into a power plant
Three years ago, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory had a scientific breakthrough: as they fired lasers at a tiny pellet of fuel, they achieved fusion “ignition” for the…
This startup claims it just outran Nvidia on its own turf
DataPelago has created a new engine called Nucleus that dramatically speeds up data processing for AI and analytics. It outperforms Nvidia’s cuDF library by large margins while working…
Why Did a $10 Billion Startup Let Me Vibe-Code for Them—and Why Did I Love It?
Sitting a few feet away was Simon Last, one of Notion’s three cofounders. He is gangly and shy, an engineer who has relinquished management responsibilities to focus on being a “super…
OpenAI Is Poised to Become the Most Valuable Startup Ever. Should It Be?
OpenAI is reportedly on the verge of a roughly $500 billion valuation, a figure that would make it the most valuable private company in the world—bigger than SpaceX, TikTok’s parent…
Climate tech startup Brimstone just lost a $189 million DOE grant—but it’s building its first plant anyway
Last year, Cody Finke got game-changing news from the Department of Energy (DOE): his climate tech startup was in line for a $189 million grant to help build its first commercial-scale…
French AI Startup Mistral Seeks $10-Billion Valuation in New Fundraising Round
Mistral, the fast-rising French AI start-up founded by Arthur Mensch, Timothée Lacroix and Guillaume Lample two years ago, is seeking a $10-billion valuation in its new fundraising round,…
Amazon Invests in ‘Netflix of AI’ Start-Up Fable, Which Launches Showrunner: A Tool for User-Directed TV Shows
Edward Saatchi isn’t totally sure people will flock to Showrunner, the new AI-generated TV show service his company is launching publicly this week. But he has a vote of confidence from…
Local startup MetaOptics Technologies lodges preliminary prospectus for Catalist IPO
MetaOptics Technologies, a Singapore-headquartered semiconductor optics startup, on Wednesday (Jul 30) lodged its preliminary prospectus for a listing on the Singapore Exchange’s Catalist…
5 reasons you should build a small business, not a startup
In Silicon Valley, it seems that everyone’s aspiration is to “Be A Founder.” I chatted with Jon Westenberg, who thinks that most people should focus on building a small business instead of…
Fighting forever chemicals and startup fatigue
Megan Tatum: From MIT Technology Review, I'm Megan Tatum. This is Business Lab, the show that helps business leaders make sense of new technologies coming out of the lab and into the…
Comcast, CAA Invest in ‘Ethical’ AI Video Start-Up Moonvalley as Part of $84 Million Funding Round
Moonvalley, an AI research company that says it is developing “ethical” foundational AI video models trained exclusively on licensed content, announced $84 million in additional funding…
SpaceX to invest US$2 billion in Musk's xAI startup
SpaceX has committed US$2 billion to xAI as part of a US$5 billion equity round, deepening the ties between tech billionaire Elon Musk’s ventures as his artificial intelligence…
FedEx partners Singapore startup QuikBot to deploy robot deliveries in commercial areas
Courier and logistics giant FedEx has partnered homegrown startup QuikBot Technologies to deploy autonomous delivery robots to commercial areas in Singapore and address challenges that…
FedEx partners Singapore startup QuikBot to deploy robots for deliveries in commercial areas
Courier and logistics giant FedEx has partnered home-grown startup QuikBot Technologies to deploy autonomous delivery robots to commercial areas in Singapore and to address the challenges…
Points-on-rent startup Bilt announces new rewards credit cards with Cardless and a $250 million funding round
Rewards startup Bilt, which made its name by offering renters the opportunity to earn points on rental payments, is building itself a lofty valuation—and introducing a handful of new cards…
AI chip startup Groq discusses US$6 billion valuation, The Information reports
semiconductor startup Groq has spoken to investors about raising between US$300 million and US$500 million at a US$6 billion post-investment valuation, The Information reported…
5 things every startup founder needs to know after the idea
Julia Austin has spent her career as a startup operator, executive coach, educator, investor, and board member. She is on the faculty at Harvard Business School and is faculty cochair of…
EXCLUSIVE: Stella McCartney, David Attenborough to Be Honored by New Environmental Start-up The Nat
SYDNEY — Meet the “Nat Gala”: a brand-new New York benefit slated for September that hopes to garner the buzz and fundraising power of May’s Met Gala — this time with an environmental…
Apple executives have held internal talks about buying AI startup Perplexity
Apple executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity AI, seeking to address the need for more AI talent and…
Mubi Responds to Backlash Over New Investor’s Ties to Israeli Defense-Tech Startup
Mubi, the upstart distributor, streaming platform and production company that was recently valued at $1 billion and guided “The Substance” to box office success and into the Oscars, has…