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fromwww.businessinsider.com
21 hours ago

Meta's CTO has some advice for college students wanting to work in tech: 'Constantly be building.'

You just have to immerse yourself in it. You should just constantly be building. That's what's going to give you the best chance of having the relevant skill set that is needed to make a difference in technology.
Education
Social media marketing
fromInc
2 days ago

AI Flooded the Feed. Now, the Smartest Companies Are Moving Offline

In-person brand activations are becoming essential as digital content saturation increases, making physical presence a scarce and valuable marketing channel.
Growth hacking
fromwww.businessinsider.com
3 days ago

Tech creators are getting the star treatment at a new talent management firm

Tech creators are being prioritized by brands, with new management firms like Kernel Management emerging to support their growth and partnerships.
Venture
fromresund Startups
3 days ago

Lund's Mimir Space aims to be "The Boldest Venture to Emerge from Europe in decades"

Mimir Space Technologies is raising €5 million+ to develop low-latency AI for space missions, enhancing satellite decision-making and reducing ground control reliance.
Digital life
fromBusiness Matters
4 days ago

What Fast-Moving Digital Industries Teach Us About Business Agility

Fast-moving industries exemplify business agility by rapidly adapting to trends and customer needs, a practice all businesses should adopt.
fromPycon
4 days ago
Python

Introducing the 8 Companies on Startup Row at PyCon US 2026

Startup Row at PyCon US 2026 showcases early-stage companies leveraging Python to address evolving challenges in AI, data, and developer tooling.
London startup
fromBusiness Matters
4 days ago

Innovate UK names winners of first Agentic AI pioneers prize

Innovate UK awarded the Agentic AI Pioneers Prize to promote innovation in artificial intelligence across various sectors.
Information security
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

Popular AI gateway startup LiteLLM ditches controversial startup Delve | TechCrunch

LiteLLM is terminating its relationship with Delve for security certifications after a malware incident and will seek a new compliance auditor.
#venture-capital
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago
Venture

AI was supposed to be the great equaliser - instead it produced the most concentrated investment cycle in VC history - Silicon Canals

fromFortune
2 months ago
Venture

Silicon Valley legend Kleiner Perkins was written off. Then an unlikely VC showed up | Fortune

Venture
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

AI was supposed to be the great equaliser - instead it produced the most concentrated investment cycle in VC history - Silicon Canals

The AI boom has concentrated global venture funding in the U.S., reversing years of diversification in tech investment.
fromFortune
2 months ago
Venture

Silicon Valley legend Kleiner Perkins was written off. Then an unlikely VC showed up | Fortune

fromwww.startupcan.ca
1 week ago

Entrepreneur Voices: The 2025 Equal Slice Pitch Competition

The Equal Slice Program is designed to ensure that every entrepreneur has an equal opportunity to succeed, providing essential resources and support for their ventures.
Podcast
London startup
fromwww.bbc.com
5 days ago

Why Chinese tech companies are racing to set up in Hong Kong

Yunji aims to use Hong Kong for international expansion amid challenges faced by Chinese tech firms abroad.
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption | TechCrunch

In the AI era, it should be easier than ever for people to build new businesses. We want to build the services that enable this. This is important for ensuring that people broadly share in the prosperity created by superintelligence.
European startups
#ai
Venture
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early stage AI startups | TechCrunch

Runway is launching a $10 million fund to invest in AI, media, and world simulation startups, aiming to create a video intelligence ecosystem.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early stage AI startups | TechCrunch

Runway is launching a $10 million fund to invest in AI, media, and world simulation startups, aiming to create a video intelligence ecosystem.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Vibe-coding startup Lovable is on the hunt for acquisitions | TechCrunch

Lovable is seeking acquisitions to enhance its growth and compete against other AI tools and platforms.
Venture
from24/7 Wall St.
3 days ago

Rocket Lab Is Up 15x in Two Years. Is It Too Late?

SpaceX's impending IPO and profitability are set to significantly boost the entire space sector's stock market performance.
European startups
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Accel, Prosus pick six 'off-the-map' startups for inaugural India cohort | TechCrunch

Accel and Prosus selected six innovative startups in India focusing on undefined markets and long-term scientific themes.
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

Miami's Tech Boom Is Minting Winners, and These 5 Stocks Are Cashing In

Venture capital firms, hedge funds, crypto companies, and tech startups have relocated from San Francisco and New York, drawn by zero state income tax, a business-friendly regulatory environment, and a growing talent base. The city's ecosystem now spans fintech, AI, defense tech, and crypto, creating ripple effects for regional banks, payment networks, homebuilders, and data infrastructure companies.
Miami
European startups
fromFast Company
1 week ago

The most innovative Asia-Pacific companies of 2026

TSMC leads the semiconductor industry with 2-nanometer chip production, supported by innovations from companies like Tokyo Electron and others in the Asia-Pacific region.
London startup
fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago

Innovate UK pivots funding to back high-growth firms and future 'industry giants'

Innovate UK is concentrating its £1.1 billion budget on fewer high-potential companies instead of supporting hundreds of thousands of innovators annually, prioritizing scalable technology firms over broad-based support.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Missing money, shipped chips and a 350,000% profit: key takeaways on AI phantom investments'

Major AI computing investments announced by the UK government lack verification mechanisms, formal contracts, and may primarily involve purchasing foreign-made chips rather than genuine economic injection into Britain.
#ai-marketing-automation
fromBusiness Matters
3 weeks ago
Marketing tech

Mega raises $11.5M to replace marketing agencies with AI-powered growth engine for SMBs

Mega secured $11.5 million in Series A funding to deploy autonomous AI agents that replace traditional marketing agencies for small and medium-sized businesses by managing digital growth channels end-to-end.
fromForbes
3 weeks ago
Startup companies

AI Agents Take Aim At The Local Marketing Agency As Mega Raises $11.5 Million

Mega's AI agent platform automates marketing workflows for small businesses, replacing traditional agency services with continuous campaign optimization and management.
Marketing tech
fromBusiness Matters
3 weeks ago

Mega raises $11.5M to replace marketing agencies with AI-powered growth engine for SMBs

Mega secured $11.5 million in Series A funding to deploy autonomous AI agents that replace traditional marketing agencies for small and medium-sized businesses by managing digital growth channels end-to-end.
fromForbes
3 weeks ago
Startup companies

AI Agents Take Aim At The Local Marketing Agency As Mega Raises $11.5 Million

Venture
fromFortune
4 days ago

The 'death of SaaS' could be the best thing to ever happen to SaaS M&A | Fortune

Enterprise SaaS M&A reached $83.7 billion in Q4 2025, marking the largest year since 2021 despite concerns over the SaaSpocalypse.
Startup companies
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks ago

I've Built Startups for 40 Years. AI Just Flipped Everything I Know

Experienced founders must adapt their business fundamentals to AI's unique technical complexity, as traditional startup patterns prove insufficient in this emerging field.
fromTNW | Investors-Funding
4 days ago

Empirical Ventures secures 10M from the British Business Bank

Empirical Ventures has secured a £10 million commitment from the British Business Bank through its Regional Angels Programme, bringing the Bank's total support for the firm to £15 million. This funding will allow Empirical to write larger cheques to early-stage science-led founders across the UK, particularly outside London.
Venture
London startup
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks ago

Cyber flywheel aims to kick-start UK cyber security startups | Computer Weekly

The UK government and businesses must support cyber security startups to build a self-sustaining ecosystem with momentum comparable to Israel's successful startup culture.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

Former Coatue partner raises huge $65M seed for enterprise AI agent startup | TechCrunch

Sycamore raised $65 million in seed funding to build a comprehensive AI orchestration platform led by experienced founder Sri Viswanath.
Business intelligence
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

The rise of custom software solutions in today's competitive market - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Custom software development provides businesses with tailored solutions that align with unique operational needs, offering better scalability and competitive advantages compared to generic off-the-shelf software.
European startups
fromTNW | Amazon
2 weeks ago

AWS Pioneers 2026: Europe's most impactful AI startups

AWS's 2026 Pioneers cohort showcases twelve European AI companies addressing healthcare, climate, and geopolitical challenges, while research reveals 38% of startups would relocate outside Europe without regulatory improvements.
#ai-agents
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Startup companies

The wild six weeks for NanoClaw's creator that led to a deal with Docker | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
4 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

EXCLUSIVE: Luma launches creative AI agents powered by its new 'Unified Intelligence' models | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Venture

Gumloop lands $50M from Benchmark to turn every employee into an AI agent builder | TechCrunch

fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago
Marketing tech

Limy built a platform that helps brands optimize for the era of AI agents. See the pitch deck that helped it raise $10M.

fromWIRED
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

I Tried RentAHuman, Where AI Agents Hired Me to Hype Their AI Startups

fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Startup companies

The wild six weeks for NanoClaw's creator that led to a deal with Docker | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
4 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

EXCLUSIVE: Luma launches creative AI agents powered by its new 'Unified Intelligence' models | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Venture

Gumloop lands $50M from Benchmark to turn every employee into an AI agent builder | TechCrunch

fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago
Marketing tech

Limy built a platform that helps brands optimize for the era of AI agents. See the pitch deck that helped it raise $10M.

fromWIRED
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

I Tried RentAHuman, Where AI Agents Hired Me to Hype Their AI Startups

Marketing tech
fromAxios
4 weeks ago

AI ad tech company Moloco hires Maggie Mitchell to lead communications

Mitchell joins Moloco as head of communications, reporting to the CMO, to lead global executive, internal, and external communications efforts while building out the communications team.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechRepublic
3 weeks ago

Anthropic opens Sydney office to support AI growth in APAC

Anthropic opens Sydney office as its fourth Asia-Pacific regional hub to support growing enterprise demand for Claude across Australia, New Zealand, and the region.
Canada news
fromwww.startupcan.ca
1 month ago

Something Big Is Coming: Introducing the Startup Global National Pitch Competition

Canada launches the Startup Global National Pitch Competition, a new coast-to-coast pitch competition with four regional events culminating in a Grand Finale where the winner receives $30,000.
Artificial intelligence
fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks ago

How AI Can Cut Months Off Your Business Launch

AI has compressed business launch timelines from months to weeks or days, democratizing entrepreneurship by removing technical, financial, and team-building barriers to entry.
London startup
fromExchangewire
1 month ago

FirstPartyCapital Announces Corporate Innovation Model

FirstPartyCapital launches a hybrid corporate innovation model combining outsourced R&D, market intelligence, and equity investment to enable strategic participation in ad tech without building proprietary technology from scratch.
Venture
fromTNW | Investors-Funding
2 weeks ago

Operator Circle launches to back Europe's next decacorn

Operator Circle, a new European venture firm backed by experienced tech executives, leverages founder and operator expertise to identify founders capable of building decacorn-scale companies.
Venture
fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence
3 weeks ago

Thinking Machines Lab secures NVIDIA investment

Nvidia partners with Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab in a multiyear deal involving deployment of at least one gigawatt of next-generation Vera Rubin systems, with the chip supply arrangement valued at tens of billions of dollars.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

2 founding members of Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab quietly left for Meta

Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak are both listed as members of Thinking Machines Lab's founding team on an earlier version of its website. Both have been working at Meta for a few weeks, according to sources familiar with the matter. Gibson is a former OpenAI engineer who specializes in supercomputers used for training AI models and who worked on the first ChatGPT model.
Startup companies
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Mark Cuban says AI has ushered in an era where any 'kid in a basement' can build something world-changing

AI has democratized access to world knowledge, enabling young people to teach themselves and potentially create world-changing innovations from anywhere.
Tech industry
fromExchangewire
2 months ago

Digest: Meta Acquires Manus; ITV Invests in The Body Coach App; Adform Acquires Splicky

Major media and adtech deals expand AI, DTC and DOOH capabilities: Meta acquires Manus, ITV invests in The Body Coach app, and Adform buys Splicky.
Startup companies
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Kibu secures investment offer from Peter Jones and Jenna Meek after Dragons' Den pitch

Kibu secured investment from Dragons' Den entrepreneurs for modular, repairable children's headphones designed around circular economy principles to reduce electronic waste.
Marketing
fromVariety
2 months ago

Marketecture Media Raises $1 Million in Seed Funding From Top Ad-Biz Execs

Marketecture Media raised $1 million from industry executives to fund organic growth and acquisitions while expanding its B2B podcasting, content, community, and events offerings.
Data science
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

Accenture to acquire UK AI startup Faculty

Faculty, renamed from ASI Data Science, built NHS Covid predictive systems and aligns with Accenture's AI-focused Reinvention Services.
#deep-tech
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Venture

Mundi Ventures closes on 750M for Kembara, its largest deep tech and climate fund | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Venture

Mundi Ventures closes on 750M for Kembara, its largest deep tech and climate fund | TechCrunch

fromFortune
1 month ago

Exclusive: Marc Lore and Melissa Bridgeford's Wizard emerges from stealth | Fortune

Wizard, an AI-native shopping agent cofounded by Marc Lore and CEO Melissa Bridgeford, is coming out of a nearly 5-year private beta with an ambitious promise: to end the era of endless scrolling in ecommerce and replace it with a personalized and streamlined shopping experience. Launched publicly on Feb. 11, the New York-based startup is betting that the next wave of online retail will be driven not by bigger marketplaces,
E-Commerce
fromTechRepublic
4 weeks ago

Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary Plots Massive Data Centers Across US, Canada

We have under development approximately 26,000 acres across two jurisdictions with the infrastructure necessary to support power generation and compute capacity at scale. Each Wonder Valley campus is expected to provide 7.5 gigawatts of power generation capacity, creating a combined initial power plan of 15 gigawatts.
Venture
Education
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

UK Tech Firm Takes Ambitious Steps to Capitalise on Opportunities in the Middle East

SoC is opening a £3 million Dubai campus to train 2,000 people in AI, computer science, and digital skills, expanding its global footprint.
Canada news
fromwww.startupcan.ca
1 month ago

Startup Canada Partners With Mastercard to Launch Startup AI and Help Entrepreneurs Navigate AI with Confidence, Clarity, and Care

Startup AI is a national pilot helping Canadian startups adopt AI responsibly and practically through education, expert insights, and regional engagement.
E-Commerce
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla's startup triples to $100M valuation | TechCrunch

Spangle raised $15 million Series A at a $100 million valuation to deliver AI-driven real-time personalized product pages (ProductGPT) for enterprise retailers.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

French ad tech startup Adikteev closes London office

The business is pulling its EMEA operations and activities back into its headquarters in Paris, France just seven months after it set up a London base. Executives in London were tasked with selling to media agencies the Adikteev's MotionLead technology, which creates bespoke mobile ad units, and it is understood that the first local campaigns for the formats had been secured.
fromAol
1 month ago

Kevin O'Leary Says AI Is Quietly Creating The Biggest Content Opportunity In Years

AI has quietly unlocked some of the biggest opportunities I've seen in content and marketing. Inside enterprise, the shift is already happening. Massive budgets are moving into AI-driven writing, editing, and distribution - because results are measurable and speed matters more.
Artificial intelligence
#thinking-machines-lab
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Mira Murati's startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Mira Murati's startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI | TechCrunch

Venture
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

I did Y Combinator in 2016 and 2025. The first time felt more 'family-style.'

Y Combinator evolved from informal, family-style, in-person batches with partner involvement to larger, more streamlined, processed programs over time.
Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
1 month ago

AI Industry Rivals Are Teaming Up on a Startup Accelerator

Major Western AI labs and infrastructure partners joined Station F to launch F/ai, a European accelerator focused on rapid commercialization of AI startups.
Venture
fromeLearning Industry
1 month ago

Preparing For Acquisition: How To Make Your Learning Tech Company Investor-Ready

Start acquisition readiness years before a transaction by adopting investor-grade GAAP financials, governance, predictable revenue, and scalable operations to increase valuation and negotiation strength.
Startup companies
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

How to accelerate your corporate accelerator and make it more attractive to startups

Corporate accelerators must be designed to deliver genuine win-win-win partnerships between brands, agencies, and startups to avoid exploitation and build trust.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

A leading European AI startup says its edge over Silicon Valley isn't better tech - it's not being American

As the race to dominate AI accelerates, Europe's most prominent AI startup is betting that geography - not just technology - can be a competitive advantage in its home market. Arthur Mensch, the CEO and cofounder of French AI company Mistral, said the company's edge in Europe over Silicon Valley rivals like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic isn't about having dramatically smarter models.
Artificial intelligence
fromresund Startups
2 months ago

Kime Raises 2M to Turn AI Search into a Measurable Marketing Frontier

Marketers have spent decades optimising for blue links on a search results page. Now every CMO conversation starts with the same question: 'How do we look in ChatGPT?' People ask an AI assistant and get a short list of recommended options. If your brand isn't in that answer, you're effectively invisible, even if you did everything 'right' in SEO. Kime exists to make that visibility gap measurable and give teams a way to act on it.
Startup companies
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

AI ready: The advantages of being a young entrepreneur

Even before he'd graduated from the University of Bath in 2024, Arnau Ayerbe landed a highly coveted role as an AI engineer with JP Morgan - yet he felt limited and uninspired. "I realised very quickly that the person to my right and to my left were going to be me in 20 years, and I didn't want to become that," recalls London-based Ayerbe.
Artificial intelligence
Startup companies
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

'I was over the moon, even if it wasn't retirement money': Tech founder on making his first million in his 20s and pivot to AI age

Blanchfield is an Irish serial tech entrepreneur who founded Demonware, Phorest, PageFair and now AI company Jentic, with exits including Demonware's sale to Activision.
Venture
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

4 founders share how AI's 'Second Wave' promises apps that create entirely new experiences

The next AI phase will create entirely new consumer products and experiences, not just cost-saving automation, unlocking new revenue.
Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
2 months ago

OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman's New Brain Tech Startup Merge Labs

OpenAI invested in Merge Labs to develop non-invasive, ultrasound-based brain-computer interfaces that integrate biology, devices, and AI.
fromReuven Lerner
2 months ago

We're all VCs now: The skills developers need in the AI era

When you're starting off, you solve problems with code. When you get more experienced, you solve problems with people. When you get even more experienced, you solve problems with money. In other words: You can be the person writing the code, and solving the problem directly. Or you can manage people, specifying what they should do. Or you can invest in teams, telling them about the problems you want to solve, but letting them set specific goals and managing the day-to-day work.
Venture
fromTelecompetitor
2 months ago

Macquarie Capital announces continued investment in Surf Internet

Macquarie-led investment (with Bain Capital and Future Standard) funds Surf Internet's accelerated fiber expansion to deliver high‑speed broadband to underserved Great Lakes communities.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Read the pitch deck this AI filmmaker startup used to raise $4.5 million.

MITO AI provides an integrated platform for filmmakers to storyboard, organize, collaborate on, and generate AI video, image, audio, and voice assets for long-form projects.
Venture
fromFast Company
2 months ago

How the Australian Open became a tech incubator

Half of the Australian Open is reinvented annually using R&D, a startup accelerator, and a $40 million VC fund to drive innovation and allow failure.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

How to find an investor for your tech startup? - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Finding an investor is never as simple as sending out a deck and waiting. It usually happens after a long stretch of figuring out who might care about what you are building, why your idea matters, and whether the timing is right. Most founders eventually discover that fundraising is part strategy, part patience, and part culture. Europe's startup scene is wide and diverse, so the path you choose depends on how well you understand the market around you.
Venture
Venture
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab quietly hired a legendary coder

Neal Wu, a decorated competitive coder and Cognition founding member, is quietly working at Thinking Machines Lab, a startup led by Mira Murati.
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