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The higher volume also drove Bausch + Lomb's CEO, Brent Saunders, to embrace new AI software, which helps manufacturing workers monitor, test, and fix mechanical issues. The technology, called Atlas and produced by Arena AI, is designed to predict machinery issues before they arise and send alerts to maintenance workers so they can diagnose errors and fix them. Saunders said that Atlas was tested in Rochester in 2023 and, by last year,

Here's the reality entrepreneurs don't want to hear: sales need fixing first. Mike Michalowicz covers this in his book "Fix This Next." The majority of businesses have decent products and people, but they're not selling effectively. This truth became even more stark during the pandemic. McKinsey found that 70-80% of small businesses experienced 30-50% revenue drops between 2020 and 2021.

"There are some companies that are obviously richly-valued," Kurtz told Fortune. "I think some of these companies don't realize that they are starting to move into zombieland: You look at their last round valuation, and it might be great for them, but it's expensive and it's necessarily actionable for a lot of companies, even ours." To be sure, there have been a couple of notable big-ticket acquisitions in cyber lately: Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk and Google's proposed $32 billion acquisition of Wiz.

Eight Sleep's AI-powered sleep technology, including the flagship Pod, automates sleep enhancement through real-time tracking of health metrics, leading to significant sales and data insights.

The outdated business credit scoring models are shutting out promising UK startups from crucial funding, urging a cultural and systemic rethink to match modern entrepreneurship.

Chowdeck, a Lagos-based food delivery startup that has stayed profitable in a notoriously tough and low-margin market, has raised $9 million in Series A funding to launch a quick commerce strategy and expand into more cities in Nigeria and Ghana.

"We're very open to [mergers and acquisitions]," Cook said at the time. "We basically ask ourselves whether a company can help us accelerate a roadmap. If they do, then we're interested."

With the expansion, Brex is now authorized to sell spend management complete with issuing cards and other tools like embedded payments to EU companies and startups.

Cohorts are dominated by AI companies, with roughly 70 of the 143 startups in the spring batch focused on agentic AI, demonstrating the sector's significant influence.

Working for equity can be a gamble, creating the potential for non-payment alongside opportunities for profit if the startup achieves success.

Clay has raised a $100 million Series C at a $3.1 billion valuation, led by CapitalG, confirming earlier reports. This follows a $1.25 billion Series B round.

Your job is to create content that resonates - not alienates.

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.

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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.