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Sports media startup OffBall is finding traction with a new way to engage fans: WhatsApp group chats
Would you want to be in a group chat with your favorite sports celebrities and athletes? You’ll have your chance this fall, thanks to a…
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This startup thinks slime mold can help us design better cities
Officially known as Physarum polycephalum, slime mold is neither plant, animal, nor fungus but a single-celled organism older than…
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This home battery startup just raised $1 billion to build a new type of power company
When a winter storm took out the power grid across Texas in 2021, Matt Popovits and his family didn’t have electricity for four days and…
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Why I dropped out of college to build an AI startup (and why most people shouldn’t)
Fast Company is delighted to make this article available to any student for free. Please request a copy by email. I was sitting on the…
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NYSE parent nears deal for US$2 billion stake in crypto-based betting startup Polymarket: sources
INTERCONTINENTAL Exchange, the parent of New York Stock Exchange, is in talks to invest US$2 billion in Polymarket, The Wall Street…
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Quickets, AnthroTek Win Zinemaldia Startup Challenge as San Sebastián Spotlights Tech for Film
SAN SEBASTIÁN — Spain’s Quickets and U.K. startup AnthroTek claimed the top prizes Friday at the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge, the San…
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Startup wisdom: 5 prompt engineering tips for vibe coding success
Startup wisdom is a new TNW series offering practical lessons from experts who’ve helped build great companies. This week, Dainius…
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Nvidia eyes $500 million investment in Wayve, a UK self-driving startup
U.S. chip designer Nvidia has signed a letter of intent for a possible $500 million investment in the next funding round at Britain’s…
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Why resilience is the most underrated metric in startup success
Startup wisdom is a new TNW series offering practical lessons from experts who’ve helped build great companies. This week, global traction…
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Big business can still innovate — by hiring startup leaders
Startups love hiring big business leaders into advisory and C-suite roles. These hires solve a common issue: as startups grow and look to…
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Top Japan start-up Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech
WHEN David Ha started an AI company in Japan with his former Google colleague, they had a choice: create another huge, energy-intensive…
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Startup wisdom: How to break the cycle of meeting hangovers
Startup wisdom is a new TNW series offering practical lessons from experts who’ve helped build great companies. This week, Vivian Acquah,…
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Why your startup needs a fractional leader
Every founder wants top-tier talent. But when your company is young, two obstacles loom. The first one is that no one knows you. The…
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Hyundai’s eVTOL startup Supernal pauses work following executive departures: report
Hyundai’s electric air taxi startup Supernal has paused work on its aircraft programme after recent staff cuts and the departure of its…
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How Dutch startup Tap Electric is fixing EV charging chaos
Driving electric can be a pleasure, but charging often feels like a pain. Public facilities can be hard to find, prices swing wildly, and…
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How to get your startup noticed: 5 principles to master
Startup wisdom is a new TNW series offering practical lessons from experts who’ve helped build great companies. This week, Lize Hong, the…
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A national lab made a nuclear fusion breakthrough. A new startup wants to make it into a power plant
Three years ago, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California had a scientific breakthrough: As they fired lasers at…
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This startup claims it just outran Nvidia on its own turf
DataPelago has created a new engine called Nucleus that dramatically speeds up data processing for AI and analytics. It outperforms…
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Swedish startup unveils Starlink alternative — that Musk can’t switch off
A new pocket-sized Starlink alternative promises secure military communications — safe from interference by billionaire CEOs. The system,…
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Climate tech startup Brimstone just lost a $189 million DOE grant—but it’s building its first plant anyway
Last year, Cody Finke got game-changing news from the Department of Energy (DOE): his climate tech startup was in line for a $189 million…
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AI start-up Perplexity makes surprise $34.5bn bid for Google Chrome
Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Perplexity has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover offer for Google's Chrome internet…
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Stem cell startup proclaims ‘inflection point’ for medicine as mass production nears
It’s harvest day at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. As sunshine bathes the leafy university campus, scientists inside the labs work…
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Amazon Invests in ‘Netflix of AI’ Start-Up Fable, Which Launches Showrunner: A Tool for User-Directed TV Shows
Edward Saatchi isn’t totally sure people will flock to Showrunner, the new AI-generated TV show service his company is launching publicly…
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Local startup MetaOptics Technologies lodges preliminary prospectus for Catalist IPO
MetaOptics Technologies, a Singapore-headquartered semiconductor optics startup, on Wednesday (Jul 30) lodged its preliminary prospectus…