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#startups

Peter Thiel's 'Zero to One' has become a cornerstone of startup lore, but it can actively harm innovation by promoting monopolistic tendencies in the tech industry.

Many startups in the US are adopting the '996' work schedule, a demanding 72-hour week, becoming widespread despite its controversial reputation and ties to worker exploitation in China.

"Imagine getting stuck talking to someone for eight minutes about a neighbor's dog barking, only to answer the next call late, because of that noise complaint, and hear the trembling voice of a five-year-old whose dad has just collapsed on the floor."

Exhibiting at Disrupt isn't just about having a table, it's about putting your startup in front of the people who matter most.

This breaks the Silicon Valley social contract. This is bad for startup employees. They're going to be less likely to join startups. What's the point of joining a startup and working your ass off if you might get screwed?

Europe's defence tech startups secured $971mn in funding in the first half of this year, surpassing the whole of 2024, which saw $605mn raised.

New York, a bona fide destination for tech companies, is further catching up to San Francisco as a tech hub as the importance of having an East Coast presence grows.

Concentra Biosciences is rapidly acquiring struggling biotech companies, taking advantage of Bay Area firms' difficulties, including its recent purchase of Cargo Therapeutics, which faced severe setbacks this year.

We’re essentially a technology digital team for any business... with particular agents that have particular functions. We just need general ideas on what to do.

An online dating platform scaled AI moderation with ChatGPT and custom prompt engineering, cutting review time by 60 times through in-house data labeling.

QualiBooth simplifies web accessibility compliance with real-time scanning and monitoring, helping businesses meet ADA, WCAG, and EAA standards effectively and efficiently.

Biorce is exactly the kind of pioneering company we're here to back. They're combining deep sector expertise with cutting-edge AI to solve what truly matters.

Open Cosmos aims to strengthen Europe’s technological autonomy and enhance connectivity capabilities through the acquisition of Connected, a Portuguese startup specializing in IoT connectivity from space.

Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, Bell Labs is the birthplace of many of the modern world's most transformative technologies. The transistor, UNIX, information theory, and cellular technology all originated from the global R&D network that is now part of Nokia.

Castelion has raised a $350 million Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital, aiming to transform the production of hypersonic missile systems.

Building scalable and resilient payment infrastructure to support EV charging has been totally overlooked. Cariqa's founding team understands the problem at a systems level, and have built the right technical foundation to fix it.