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fromFast Company
10 hours ago

Zoox CEO Aicha Evans on the robotaxi race: 'We're at the proof-point stage'

Robotaxis are moving from proof points toward scale through partnerships, purpose-built vehicles, and internal culture focused on safety and execution.
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fromSilicon Canals
11 hours ago

Why a four-year-old Indian credit card startup just crossed a $500M valuation against the cycle - Silicon Canals

Scapia raised $63M Series C led by General Catalyst, valuing it above $500M as India’s fintech funding tightens and later-stage scale becomes decisive.
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fromFortune
5 hours ago

Intuit CFO on why the company is simplifying its structure | Fortune

Intuit grew revenue and non-GAAP earnings in Q3 while cutting about 17% of its workforce to simplify operations and focus on AI, money platforms, and mid-market growth.
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fromTechCrunch
8 hours ago

Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive "universal" AI interface | TechCrunch

A $700M Series A values an AI personal assistant startup at $6B post-money while it develops multimodal models and dedicated hardware with limited public details.
#fintech
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fromTechCrunch
16 hours ago

General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India's travel payments market | TechCrunch

Scapia raised $63 million to expand a travel-and-payments app with co-branded credit cards and UPI, doubling valuation amid selective fintech funding.
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from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

2 High-Growth Stocks Under $20 That Make for Screaming Buys Right Now

SoFi and similar beaten-down growth stocks under $20 show improving operating metrics and raised guidance despite market-driven sell-offs.
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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Fintech startup Parker files for bankruptcy | TechCrunch

Parker filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after shutting down, with assets and liabilities between $50M and $100M and 100–199 creditors.
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fromTearsheet
1 day ago

The bank account is the product: Slash's bet on vertical SMB banking - Tearsheet

Small business banking is fragmented between money movement and financial tracking, and vertical fintechs like Slash automate industry-specific workflows by owning both account and software.
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fromTechCrunch
1 day ago

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27 | TechCrunch

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27 for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, offering stage access and equity-free funding to impactful early-stage startups.
fromThe Village Voice
1 day ago

Kris Hamburger on Building a Miami Insurance Powerhouse - The Village Voice

Insurance became the focus, not because it was easy, but because it was necessary. “My father got sick with cancer and was given six months to live,” Hamburger recalls. “He asked me to come work with him. It was kind of a Godfather Part One moment.” At the time, Hamburger had already been working in finance, including at Shark Capital, which was later acquired by UBS Credit Suisse, executing trades on a technology desk. The shift to insurance was driven by circumstance and urgency rather than ambition.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

If your financial adviser is earning a commission, I say, run': An investing expert's advice

Financial advice can be made more accessible by charging only for time, avoiding commissions and asset-based fees, while humans handle complex life decisions beyond AI.
fromFast Company
2 days ago

This question saved Intel. Are you asking it?

In 1985, Intel was in trouble. Japanese competitors were dominating the memory chip market that Intel had helped invent. Inside the company, leadership debated what to do. During one conversation, Andy Grove, then Intel's president and COO, asked CEO Gordon Moore a deceptively simple question: "If we were replaced tomorrow, what would a new CEO do?" Moore didn't hesitate. "He would get us out of the memory business."
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fromEntrepreneur
3 days ago

How I Competed Against Google With One Strategy - and Won

Successful businesses must clearly explain why customers choose their product over alternatives, and positioning determines whether breakthrough technology gains adoption.
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fromFast Company
3 days ago

Mozilla's Mark Surman on 3 ways CEOs can build trust in AI

Employees trust AI more when leaders involve them in decisions and establish clear governance guardrails for responsible use.
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fromTechCrunch
3 days ago

SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude - no PhD in computing required | TechCrunch

Drug discovery costs billions and years, and progress depends on improving the interface and physics-grounded AI models for quantitative predictions.
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fromMoneyLion
3 days ago

Skills That Can Help You Make Money on Your Own Time

Starting a small business can outweigh risks by enabling passion-driven work and flexible schedules, including online and creative business models.
fromFast Company
3 days ago

How the Spotify mafia took over Sweden's tech scene

When Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon founded Spotify in April 2006, they were two Stockholm entrepreneurs with a prototype so skeletal that Per Roman, the cofounder of investors Bullhound Capital, who would later back the company, says his first look at it was "world-changing," despite there barely being a product to look at.
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fromFortune
5 days ago

'You're not a hero, you're a liability': Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary warns Gen Z founders to stop glorifying hustle culture | Fortune

Working 18-hour days harms founders; sleep, nutrition, and exercise optimize performance while focusing on AI opportunities can drive success.
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fromBusiness Matters
6 days ago

Rootstack Panama: From University Startup to International Tech Partner

Rootstack grew from a university startup into an international software partner delivering secure, structured services across the Americas.
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fromFortune
6 days ago

State Farm CEO is betting big on AI-and contemplating the company's future in California | Fortune

State Farm is using AI to streamline claims while balancing record profits, California wildfire losses, and climate-driven pricing and regulatory pressures.
#entrepreneurship
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fromFast Company
6 days ago

This founder was nearly homeless after 3 failed startup ideas. Then he built a $150 million business

A tire-installation startup pivoted from a tire search engine to a mobile installer, then to a franchising-ready model after financial pressure and new pre-seed funding.
fromFast Company
1 week ago
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Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth says you have to sacrifice work-life balance to succeed

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fromFortune
1 week ago

Poppi cofounder maxed out credit cards and sold her car to fund the company-now, she's a multimillionaire after a $1.95 billion sale | Fortune

Entrepreneurial success can require early personal financial risk, long work hours, and reinvestment before major payoffs arrive.
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fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

Poppi's Co-Founder Became a Megamillionaire by Rejecting Work-Life Balance: 'It's OK to Live in Chaos'

Success required sacrificing work-life balance, including taking calls during childbirth and breastfeeding on video meetings.
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fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

Forget the dorm-room founder. The real winners are often twice that age. - Silicon Canals

The average age of successful startup founders is 45, challenging the belief that entrepreneurship peaks in the twenties.
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fromFast Company
6 days ago

This founder was nearly homeless after 3 failed startup ideas. Then he built a $150 million business

A tire-installation startup pivoted from a tire search engine to a mobile installer, then to a franchising-ready model after financial pressure and new pre-seed funding.
fromFast Company
1 week ago
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Poppi cofounder Allison Ellsworth says you have to sacrifice work-life balance to succeed

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fromFortune
1 week ago

Poppi cofounder maxed out credit cards and sold her car to fund the company-now, she's a multimillionaire after a $1.95 billion sale | Fortune

Entrepreneurial success can require early personal financial risk, long work hours, and reinvestment before major payoffs arrive.
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fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

Poppi's Co-Founder Became a Megamillionaire by Rejecting Work-Life Balance: 'It's OK to Live in Chaos'

Success required sacrificing work-life balance, including taking calls during childbirth and breastfeeding on video meetings.
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fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

Forget the dorm-room founder. The real winners are often twice that age. - Silicon Canals

The average age of successful startup founders is 45, challenging the belief that entrepreneurship peaks in the twenties.
fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

He Created a Tool That Lets Anyone Start Their Own Business With Just an Image - And It Has Minted 4 Millionaires Already

Nuseir Yassin is the founder and CEO of Nas.com, an AI-powered startup designed to help solo entrepreneurs start and grow their online businesses with a single product photo.
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fromFast Company
6 days ago

A model to accelerate energy technology innovation

Rose Rock Bridge accelerates energy technology commercialization by matching corporate demand with field-tested pilots, startup validation, and non-dilutive funding.
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fromFast Company
6 days ago

Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its website as longtime execs step down

Bitwarden changed leadership and quietly adjusted website messaging, removing “Always free” and shifting careers values from Inclusion/Transparency to Innovation/Trust.
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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose last startup, Bench, imploded | TechCrunch

Synthetic is raising $10M to build an autonomous AI bookkeeper that generates accrual-based financials without human involvement.
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fromFast Company
1 week ago

Young founders are reshaping leadership

Leadership is becoming non-linear, with younger entrepreneurs building multiple ventures early while integrating social and environmental impact into core decisions.
fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

This Company Is Reinventing Your Most Dreaded Meeting

We're reimagining the entire miserable, archaic board meeting process.
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from24/7 Wall St.
1 week ago

These 4 Dirt Cheap Software Stocks Are Growing Fast and Wall Street Is Barely Watching

Software infrastructure stocks under $10 in payments, ad-tech, and enterprise AI show improving operating metrics and guidance, creating potential buy-side opportunities.
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fromComputerWeekly.com
1 week ago

Interview: Luke Gebb, head of global innovation, American Express | Computer Weekly

AI is the next driver of radical business transformation, with technology-led change accelerating faster than prior internet and mobile waves.
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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 week ago

Why long-term outsourcing partnerships outperform short-term contractors - Sticlazuro Limited's take - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Outsourcing as repeated one-off transactions creates hidden context costs and onboarding drag, while ongoing partnerships reduce start-over losses and improve performance.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

What drones and drug discovery have in common | Fortune

Both defense and AI drug discovery firms are highly technical and are reaching inflection points where measurable outcomes matter most.
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fromFast Company
1 week ago

The app this Nebraska roofing company built to help its business has become a super tool for contractors nationwide

CompanyCam’s success is reflected in diverse user groups using its photo-based construction tracking for documentation, oversight, and certification.
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fromBoston.com
1 week ago

Want to own a piece of Dunkin'? Its parent company may go public.

Inspire Brands plans a confidential IPO filing, potentially bringing Dunkin' to public markets for a third time in eight decades.
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fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

He Ran a Furniture Business for 20 Years. Now He and His Son Are Taking On Smoothie King and Jamba.

HB Protein Smoothies is expanding through multi-unit franchising, offering high-protein, low-calorie smoothies and partnering with Fransmart for national growth.
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fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

This Billionaire Investor in OpenAI and Instacart Says AI Will Be Able to Do 80% of Jobs in 5 Years. Here's What He Sees As 'the Most Valuable Skill In the AI Era.'

AI will be able to do 80% of jobs by 2030, and tools like Nas.com give everyday people access to coding, marketing, and design.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

Exclusive: Roadrunner raises $27 million from Kleiner Perkins and Founders Fund | Fortune

Roadrunner builds AI-native CPQ software that accelerates complex configure-price-quote workflows to drive faster revenue generation.
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fromComputerWeekly.com
1 week ago

Interview: Hitachi Vantara takes long view on business and sustainability | Computer Weekly

Sustainability and business strategy can align by fusing technology and decision-making to solve customer, profit, and planet goals together.
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fromBoston.com
1 week ago

These are Boston's highest-paid tech CEOs, BBJ data shows

Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah received about $280.6 million in stock awards, far exceeding other Boston-area tech CEOs in 2025 total compensation.
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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

TechCrunch Mobility: Lime's IPO gamble | TechCrunch

Lime filed for an IPO, showing rising revenue and improving losses, but faces major liquidity risk from large near-term liabilities.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Could Lovable's automatic 10% pay raise be the cure for toxic cultures? | TechCrunch

Lovable provides all full-time employees a guaranteed 10% annual salary raise on work anniversaries tied to performance, enabled by rapid revenue growth.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

Exclusive: Gusto crosses $1 billion in 12-month trailing revenue | Fortune

Gusto grew from a small payroll setup visit to a $1B+ revenue company by emphasizing clear, cash-based reporting and accelerating growth.
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fromFast Company
1 week ago

This AI startup wants to help smooth complex industrial materials sales

Emanate builds AI tools for industrial materials sales, generating near-instant, precise quotes and integrating with ERP and corporate data to speed transactions.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Gusto hits $1B ARR, a figure that brinngs it closer to public markets

Gusto surpassed $1 billion in actual revenue over the past 12 months, showing strong financial performance and efficiency gains from AI.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

Match Group's CEO revived a shuttered Tinder internship program for Gen Z-and received over 30,000 applications for just 27 spots | Fortune

Revived internship programs to attract Gen Z talent, using social media promotion and selective hiring to strengthen product-market fit.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Voi founders' new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm | TechCrunch

Pit builds enterprise AI that learns business processes from employees and automates internal workflows via governed, auditable custom software.
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Gusto's path to $1 billion in revenue, milestone-by-milestone | Fortune

Gusto, an HR software startup founded in 2012, has grown to a $9.3 billion company with over 500,000 customers and surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27 | TechCrunch

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27, offering selected startups $100K equity-free, VC access, TechCrunch coverage, and a live pitch stage at Disrupt 2026 before 10,000+ attendees and top investors.
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

How this CEO took charge during a crisis and built a firefighting powerhouse

Typically, we'll be applying suppression five minutes before something like a traditional sprinkler head would pop, because it takes some time for the heat to accumulate at that sprinkler head. Because we're highly concentrated, we're able to use about 88% less water, typically, to put this fire out-which means they can get back to work quicker, with less cleanup, less damage from the fire, and less damage from water.
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fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 weeks ago

I hired a private chef for my 9-person AI startup it was cheaper than our $13,500+ a month food delivery habit

A 22-year-old AI startup founder reduced monthly food costs from $13,500 to less by hiring a private chef instead of relying on DoorDash delivery services.
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg gave a Facebook engineer startup advice at 2 a.m. while 'hanging out with all the interns'-she quit and raised millions after | Fortune

Sophie Novati's journey from Facebook intern to tech entrepreneur highlights the evolution of startup culture and the importance of mentorship.
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fromwww.cnbc.com
2 weeks ago

People pay me $1,000 to negotiate car deals for them. Here's how I built a $2.3 million business working from home

Negotiating car deals for others led to a successful business, Delivrd, generating $2.3 million in revenue in 2022 and saving customers $6,300 per deal.
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from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

This New Dividend Fund Is Chasing Yield And Growth At The Same Time

JPMorgan Dividend Leaders ETF aims to combine high dividend yield with growth, but its current yield is lower than many alternatives.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom | TechCrunch

Lachy Groom invested $20 million in Indian startup Pronto after a brief meeting, valuing it at $200 million to expand on-demand home services.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago
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Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full-stack, demo shows | TechCrunch

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fromAxios
2 weeks ago

You built it with AI. Now run it with AI.

AI will lead to a surge in startups while displacing many white-collar jobs, with short-term losses outweighing gains.
fromThe Village Voice
2 weeks ago
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Ola Kolade's Underflow Raises $2.75 Million to Automate Commercial Insurance's Most Persistent Bottleneck - The Village Voice

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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Zoom is giving away $150K to 'solopreneurs' with no strings attached-as 33 million workers ditch their 9-to-5 to become their own boss | Fortune

AI is reshaping the workforce, leading to a rise in solopreneurs as traditional employment declines.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full-stack, demo shows | TechCrunch

Genesis AI has launched GENE-26.5, a robotic hand model designed for advanced tasks, aiming to enhance AI capabilities in robotics.
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fromTNW | Investors-Funding
2 weeks ago

Davis raises $5.5m pre-seed to compress real-estate development

Davis streamlines real estate feasibility studies and architectural designs using AI, significantly reducing time and complexity for developers and investors.
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fromAxios
2 weeks ago

You built it with AI. Now run it with AI.

AI will lead to a surge in startups while displacing many white-collar jobs, with short-term losses outweighing gains.
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fromThe Village Voice
2 weeks ago

Ola Kolade's Underflow Raises $2.75 Million to Automate Commercial Insurance's Most Persistent Bottleneck - The Village Voice

Underflow Inc. raised $2.75 million to automate insurance submission processing using AI, significantly reducing processing time from days to hours.
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Zoom is giving away $150K to 'solopreneurs' with no strings attached-as 33 million workers ditch their 9-to-5 to become their own boss | Fortune

AI is reshaping the workforce, leading to a rise in solopreneurs as traditional employment declines.
from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

Portfolio Manager Reveals How Selling a 19-Bagger Too Early Changed His Investment Philosophy Forever

I looked like a genius, because Fastenal went on to drop 55% while the broader market dropped 15%. Then came the gut punch. From that low point of roughly $0.65 split-adjusted, Fastenal rose 19-fold while the S&P 500 roughly quadrupled over the same time period.
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

His own journey through addiction propelled one entrepreneur to launch Sober Sidekick | Fortune

Chris Thompson prioritizes user welfare over profit in his app Sober Sidekick, which supports addiction recovery.
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

GameStop's billionaire CEO is an entrepreneur without a college degree who cofounded Chewy. Now he has his sights set on buying eBay for $56 billion | Fortune

Ryan Cohen faces the challenge of reviving GameStop while leveraging his entrepreneurial success from Chewy.
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Exclusive: AI startup Vori raises $22 million to help grocery stores compete with Walmart and Amazon | Fortune

Vori aims to modernize the grocery industry with AI to compete against giants like Walmart and Amazon.
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Better.com lays off 9% of its staff as it prepares to add $1 billion to its balance sheet | Fortune

Better.com laid off 900 employees, about 9% of its workforce, during a sudden Zoom call on December 1.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 weeks ago

Waymo's CEO said early startups make one fatal mistake in every tech hype cycle

Startups tend to get excited by new technological breakthroughs but focus on quick solutions rather than addressing the complex edge cases needed to make systems truly reliable.
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Sweetgreen said it was profitable. Turns out it's not | Fortune

Sweetgreen misrepresented its profitability, revealing ongoing losses since 2014 despite claims of being profitable.
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fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Uber employees have a Dara AI

Uber's CEO plans to transform the app into a comprehensive travel platform, integrating services like hotel bookings and personal shopping.
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from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

Andrew Sather Says Companies Are Getting "Creative" With Stock Dilution. Here's How to Spot When It's Quietly Costing You

Share dilution is a significant risk in retail investing, often hidden in financial documents and not immediately apparent to shareholders.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Barocal can cool your food and drink by squeezing a hunk of plastic crystals | TechCrunch

Barocal has developed a new heating and cooling technology using solid materials, promising energy efficiency and no climate-warming gas leaks.
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fromTNW | Investors-Funding
2 weeks ago

YC-backed Skio sold to Recharge for $105M cash after reaching $32M ARR with no marketing or sales team

Skio, a Shopify subscription platform, was acquired by Recharge for $105 million after achieving $32 million in ARR and processing $4 billion in payments.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says | TechCrunch

Skio, founded by Kennan Frost, was acquired by Recharge for $105 million after achieving significant growth in subscription payment solutions.
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fromTNW | Investors-Funding
2 weeks ago

YC-backed Skio sold to Recharge for $105M cash after reaching $32M ARR with no marketing or sales team

Skio, a Shopify subscription platform, was acquired by Recharge for $105 million after achieving $32 million in ARR and processing $4 billion in payments.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says | TechCrunch

Skio, founded by Kennan Frost, was acquired by Recharge for $105 million after achieving significant growth in subscription payment solutions.
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from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

Poppi's Allison Ellsworth: 'We Did $100,000 While We Were Sleeping' From 1 TikTok Video

Authentic founder storytelling on social media can significantly outperform traditional marketing strategies for emerging consumer brands.
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fromAxios
2 weeks ago

AI just killed your last excuse for not starting a business

The startup boom is accelerating, with over 580,000 new businesses formed in March 2026, driven by advancements in AI technology.
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fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 weeks ago

Twilio stock soared to its highest level in 4 years. Its CEO shares how AI helped the company turn things around.

Twilio's stock surged after strong earnings, driven by AI integration and cost management under new CEO Khozema Shipchandler.
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fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

FDA approval, fundraising, and the reality of building in healthcare according to BioticsAI founder | TechCrunch

Founders in healthcare must prioritize regulatory compliance and team motivation over rapid development to succeed.
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