Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images It had all the makings of a typical recruiting event for a tech startup in San Francisco. There was free food,…
Australia's AgTech sector thrives with government support, driving innovation and investment in startups, IoT, and tech skills to transform agriculture and tech industries. Source
The global pet food market has become fiercely competitive, with an estimated market share of $103.3 billion in 2023 and still growing. This growth has led many companies to target…
These days, private investors have a range of options for investing in startups without having to deal with them in real life. This ecosystem more or less started with AngelList,…
We have only touched the surface of what drones can do and how ubiquitous they will become. This is also true in industry, where they have the potential to replace…
AI startup Poolside has raised a whopping $500mn — and it still hasn’t even launched a product. Despite the barren release schedule, the company has become an investors’ darling. The…
Finland’s vast green forests are famously restorative. So restorative that they can even treat diseases. That’s according to Uute Scientific, a biotech firm based in Helsinki. The company has created…
Global venture capital activity declined in Q3, confirming that 2024 will be another weak year for venture investments and exits, according to the Q3 2024 Pitchbook/NVCA Venture Monitor First Look.…
Bill Gates visiting TerraPower Isotopes, the subsidiary of the nuclear power company TerraPower that he helped found. Gates recently visited the startup’s facilities in Everett, Wash. (TerraPower Photo) Nearly a…
San Francisco’s Mission district isn’t known for corporate offices, but it’s now home to two of the world’s most well funded AI startups. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, recently…
CRV, a more than 50-year-old venture firm, is returning to investors $275 million from its $500 million Select fund, which backs later-stage rounds of existing portfolio companies, the New York…
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has now raised $6.6 billion in a new funding round that values the company at $157 billion, nearly doubling its previous valuation of $86 billion,…
Now that OpenAI is becoming a for-profit company, it’s making a tidy profit in the process. reported that OpenAI has raised $6.6 billion in new funding from investors, nearly doubling…
Ali Rowghani, a former Y Combinator managing director and former Twitter executive, is launching a venture firm called Maxq. Maxq is targeting $250 million for its debut fund, Maxq Fund…
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has closed the largest VC round of all time. The startup today announced that it raised $6.6 billion in a funding round that values OpenAI at $157…
A new joint venture between Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robots and Alphabet’s Wing flying drone service will do a dual test run. Both tech companies hope that flying and sidewalk…
Transportation and freight network giant J.B. Hunt is on the hunt for software and digital products that will fuel its business and help it adapt to the modern world —…
(Image via Augmodo.com) Augmodo, the Seattle-based startup that wants to make it easier for retailers to keep track of inventory, raised $5.3 million in seed funding. Axios reported Wednesday that…
Amsterdam-based Lapsi Health is looking to firmly position itself in the rapidly-evolving market of smart medical devices. The startup announced yesterday the US launch of its first clinical support tool,…
Starling Bank, a popular challenger bank based in the U.K., has received a £29 million fine from the country’s financial regulator (around $39 million at current exchange rates). The Financial…