The U.S. and Europe have a nickel problem. The critical mineral is used in everything from batteries and missiles to…
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Eighteen months after selling his startup to chipmaker AMD for $665 million, Finnish entrepreneur Peter Sarlin has left his role…
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink and OpenAI-backed Merge Labs are pushing forward with brain–computer interface (BCI) technology in the U.S. Meanwhile, Chinese…
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Los Angeles-based EV startup Harbinger has revealed its second vehicle: a smaller, medium-duty work truck. Called the HC Series Cab,…
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyAdvanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), a new Paris-based startup cofounded by Meta’s former chief AI…
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German robotics startup Neura Robotics has inked a partnership with semiconductor giant Qualcomm to build the next generation of robots…
Retail investors are famously locked out of the startup world. Robinhood is attempting to change that by allowing the general…
FeaturedEmilia David March 7, 2026 Credit: VentureBeat, generated with MidjourneySan Francisco startup Anthropic continues to ship new AI products and…
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA new startup called Deveillance (pronounced dee-veil-ance) announced its first-ever gadget earlier this week—a…
A typical merger-and-acquisition process is time-consuming and expensive, even for the largest, well-staffed private equity firms. In addition to spending…
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As competition among AI startups heats up, founders and VCs are turning to novel valuation mechanisms to manufacture a perception…