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As VC-backed e-bike startups went bankrupt, bootstrapped Lectric grew

Lectric, which says the U.S. market is ripe for competition and choice, has launched three new brands in the past six months.

The most interesting startups right now want to get you off your phone

While the AI fundraising machine keeps breaking its own records, some founders are building in the other direction. Mirror founder Brynn Putnam just raised money for Board, a startup focused on bringing people together through in-person games and social experiences. Cyberdeck creators are going viral crafting whimsical DIY computers that literally encourage users to touch grass. Unlike the AI-free browser crowd, this doesn’t just feel like backlash, […]

The next AI battle is not over outputs, but control

Korea Herald correspondent Choi Jeong-yoon SAN FRANCISCO, US — Inside what used to be a warehouse along San Francisco's waterfront, hundreds of technology companies, filmmakers, designers, creators and AI startups gathered this week to discuss what many believe is the next chapter of artificial intelligence. As generative artificial intelligence rapidly expands to individuals and enterprises, Upscale Conference focused on a future in which AI is no longer simply a tool for generating images, vid

Defense tech is flooded with money, but who’s built to last?

Defense tech is red hot right now. Anduril and Mach Industries just doubled and quadrupled their valuations, respectively, and the U.S. government is proposing a 40% increase in defense budget. A wave of new startups is chasing those government contracts, but according to Ross Fubini, the venture investor who wrote Anduril’s first check, most of them will get lost in the Valley of Death between prototype contract […]

3rd cohort of AIC T-Hub SpaceTech accelerator Orbit takes off with 13 startups

부산 딥테크 스타트업 프리그로우, 중기부 DIPS 첨단제조 분야 선정

부산에 본사를 UWB(Ultra-Wideband; 초광대역 무선 통신) 융합부품 전문기업 프리그로우(freegrow, 대표 김영식)가 중소벤처기업부 ‘2026년 초격차 스타트업 프로젝트(DIPS; DeepTech Incubating Program for Startups) 첨단제조 분야에 선정됐다. 초격차 스타트업 프로젝트는 AI·로보틱스·첨단제조 등 6대 전략산업 분야의 딥테크 스타트업을 선발해 최대 3년간 기술 고도화와 사업화를 지원하는 중기부 프로그램이다. 독보적인 기술(DeepTech)을 보유한 유망 기업을 발굴하여 글로벌 유니콘 기업으로 키우겠다는 의미를 담고 있다. 첨단제조 분야는 전국 6개사가 선정됐으며, 협약기간은 2028년 12월까지 34개월이다. UWB는 넓은 주파수 대역을 이용해 실내에서도 10~30cm 수준의 초정밀 위치추적이 가능한 무선통신 기술이다. 블루투스·GPS가 정확히 닿지 못하는 금속 밀집 산업현장에서 강점을 갖는다. 프리그로우는 UWB 융합부

Silicon Valley's new slogan: Let's get physical

Silicon Valley's AI boom is moving into robotics as OpenAI, Meta, Tesla, and startups race to give AI a body.

Anthropic files for IPO before OpenAI as trillion-dollar startups race to go public

Anthropic said it filed for an initial public stock offering, a surprise start in its race with OpenAI to be the next trillion-dollar AI startup to go public.

'Disrupted or dead': AI is crushing a generation of startups built before ChatGPT

The AI boom that has funneled more than $250 billion into OpenAI and Anthropic has left hundreds of startups built before ChatGPT's arrival in 2022 stranded.

Zelenskyy makes a pitch to Silicon Valley's defense startups: Bring your AI, we'll bring the battle experience

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to deepen ties between Ukraine and Silicon Valley's defense tech startups.

AI Is Great At Analyzing The Past. Venture Capital Bets On The Future

AI dominates venture capital research and investments — but the next big startups often break the rules. Human judgment still matters.

I worked with Steve Jobs at Apple, where every OS update killed startups. AI founders are about to face the same thing

Mill CEO and Nest co-founder Matt Rogers watched Apple render startups obsolete overnight. He says the same dynamic is playing out in AI — and the survival playbook looks familiar.

Japan to set special aid category for community-based startups

The internal affairs ministry aims to promote what is known as AI transformation, in which companies reform themselves by placing AI at the center.

Meta plans AI pendant, 'wearables for work' in hardware boost: report

The logo of Meta is seen during the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 12, 2025. — Reuters Meta Platforms plans to start testing an AI pendant in the next year, as it charts a roadmap for...

Anthropic hits $965B valuation with latest funding round, overtaking OpenAI

Anthropic raked in $65 billion from investors at a $965 billion valuation in its latest funding round, overtaking OpenAI’s most recent valuation as the two AI startups race to go public. The company announced the additional financing Thursday, with investment firms Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital leading the round. It marks a massive...

H1 secures $40M from CVS, proving SaaS startups can still attract investment

CEO Ariel Katz argues that while AI can replicate workflow SaaS, it can't copy H1’s unique doctor data.

China’s tech rise is creating a new kind of tourism

Foreign visitors are flocking to China’s factories and AI startups in search of the next technological breakthrough.

Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are backing a new clean-tech push for AI data centers

Nonprofit investor Elemental Impact will deploy up to $5 million per project in as many as 10 startups through 2027

'Something has genuinely shifted': Inside Europe's tech startup surge

European startups like Legora and Lovable are challenging US tech dominance, driven by AI advancements and better access to VC funding.

Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say

Peec, which helps brands track their presence in AI searches, offers proof of a key trend among European startups.