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Meta has acquired the Threads.com domain name, according to Whois records; Threads.com was owned by a Slack alternative startup acquired by Shopify in June (techcrunch.com)
2024-9-26 Startup Slack Shopify

Sources: the FBI is investigating whether China-backed Hone Capital, a US VC firm that invested in 360 US tech startups, allowed Beijing to obtain trade secrets (t.co)
2024-9-25 China Startup FBI Qihoo

In a controversial move, Israel's ISA clears AI startup Bridgewise to launch a chatbot that gives stock picking advice, slated to debut with a big Israeli bank (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-9-25 Israel Startup AI chatbot

Sources: Scale AI nearly quadrupled sales YoY to ~$400M in H1 2024 and had ~$980M in cash; the data labeling startup raised $1B at a $13.8B valuation in May (www.theinformation.com)
2024-9-24 Startup AI

Startups Are Going 'Fair Source' To Avoid Pitfalls of Open Source Licensing (news.slashdot.org)
2024-9-24 Startup Open Source

Harmonic, a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev that aims to build AI better at math than humans, raised a $75M Series A at a $325M valuation (www.nytimes.com)
2024-9-24 Startup AI Mathematics

Indian edtech startup Physics Wallah raises a $210M Series B led by hedge fund Hornbill Capital at a $2.8B valuation, up from $1.1B valuation in June 2022 (techcrunch.com)
2024-9-20 India Startup

French digital health insurance startup Alan raised €173M led by Belgian bank Belfius Bank at a €4B valuation, bringing its total raised since 2021 to €500M+ (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-9-20 France Startup Insurance Belgium

IBM Acquires Kubernetes Cost Optimization Startup Kubecost (tech.slashdot.org)
2024-9-18 IBM Startup

IBM acquires Kubecost, a FinOps startup launched in 2019 that helps companies monitor and optimize Kubernetes clusters; Kubecost had raised $30M+ in funding (techcrunch.com)
2024-9-18 IBM Startup

Armenian startup EasyDMARC, which uses the DMARC standard to simplify email security and authentication, raised a $20M Series A led by Radian Capital (techcrunch.com)
2024-9-17 Startup

Brain implant startup Synchron says its interface now lets people with paralysis use Alexa without voice or physical interaction, on top of iPhones and more (www.wired.com)
2024-9-17 Startup

India's new M&A rule for deals exceeding ~$240M could create hurdles for startups that hope to be acquired in their early years to access funding and scale (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-9-14 India Startup

Sources detail a bleak picture for startup founders in China; report: only 1,202 startups were founded in 2023 in the country compared to 51,302 in 2018 (t.co)
2024-9-14 China Startup

7 Indian startups selected for global AWS Generative AI Accelerator Programme (indianexpress.com)
2024-9-13 India Startup AI

Every, which offers startups an all-in-one finance and human resources suite that combines banking, cards, tax, payroll, and more, raised a $22.5M Series A (siliconangle.com)
2024-9-13 Tax Startup

YC plans to expand to four cohorts per year, adding spring and fall sessions in 2025; each batch will be half the size of the most recent cohort of 256 startups (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-9-13 Startup

China's Startup Ecosystem Collapses as New Venture Formations Plunge 98% (slashdot.org)
2024-9-13 China Startup

Analysis: VC investments in AI startups have reached $64.1B, ~30% of total VC dollars invested, so far in 2024 amid questions about whether it will pay off (www.wsj.com)
2024-9-12 Startup AI

OpenAI Fundraising Set To Vault Startup's Valuation To $150 Billion (slashdot.org)
2024-9-12 Startup

OpenAI-backed drug discovery startup Chai Discovery introduces new AI model Chai-1 (indianexpress.com)
2024-9-11 Startup AI

Startups say Pakistan's new China-like firewall is making it harder for them to raise funds, amid complaints about censorship and internet speeds falling by 40% (restofworld.org)
2024-9-10 China Startup

Sources: Japanese chip startup Rapidus seeks to raise ~$696M from existing and new investors by issuing new shares to finance its chip development efforts (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-9-9 Japan Startup

An interview with Iconiq Capital's Matthew Jacobson on the firm's focus on M&A and secondary markets, investing in startups creating AI “applications”, and more (t.co)
2024-9-9 Interview Startup AI

Payroll startup Warp, part of YC's W23 batch, disavows a racist post from an affiliate X account, amid claims its affiliates are posting “engagement bait” (techcrunch.com)
2024-9-8 Startup Racism

Character.AI, Aleph Alpha, and other AI startups that raised hundreds of millions are struggling to compete against better-funded rivals and Big Tech companies (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-9-7 Startup AI

Indian bike taxi startup Rapido raised $200M at a $1.1B valuation led by WestBridge and plans to expand its newly launched cab-hailing service (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
2024-9-5 India Startup

OpenAI Co-Founder Raises $1 Billion For New Safety-Focused AI Startup (news.slashdot.org)
2024-9-5 Startup AI

Trump Sons Plan Crypto Startup (news.slashdot.org)
2024-9-2 Trump Startup

In a lawsuit, OSOM's ex-chief privacy officer alleges that the CEO of the smartphone startup misused funds to pay for his racing hobby and lavish lifestyle (www.androidauthority.com)
2024-9-1 Startup

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