Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools
Digg — Kevin Rose’s reboot of his once-popular link-sharing site — is laying off a sizable portion of its staff,…
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Before quantum computing arrives, this startup wants enterprises already running on it
Eighteen months after selling his startup to chipmaker AMD for $665 million, Finnish entrepreneur Peter Sarlin has left his role…
When startups become a family business
This season on Build Mode, we’re diving into what it takes to build a world-class founding team. This week we’re exploring…
EV startup Harbinger reveals a smaller work truck with electric and hybrid variants
Los Angeles-based EV startup Harbinger has revealed its second vehicle: a smaller, medium-duty work truck. Called the HC Series Cab,…
Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation
In Brief Posted: 2:26 PM PDT · March 8, 2026 Image Credits:Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg / Getty Images Anthony Ha Palmer Luckey’s…
Robinhood’s startup fund stumbles in NYSE debut
Retail investors are famously locked out of the startup world. Robinhood is attempting to change that by allowing the general…
Anthropic acquires computer-use AI startup Vercept after Meta poached one of its founders
Anthropic on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Vercept, an AI startup with deep roots to some of the biggest…
How to get into a16z’s super-competitive Speedrun startup accelerator program
Without a doubt, one of the hottest new startup accelerators in tech right now is Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun program. Launched…
Fusion startup Helion hits blistering temps as it races toward 2028 deadline
The Everett, Washington-based fusion energy startup Helion announced Friday that it has hit a key milestone in its quest for…
How to get into a16z’s super-competitive Speedrun startup accelerator program
Without a doubt, one of the hottest new startup accelerators in tech right now is Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun program. Launched…
Okay, I’m slightly less mad about that ‘Magnificent Ambersons’ AI project
When a startup announced plans last fall to recreate lost footage from Orson Welles’ classic film “The Magnificent Ambersons” using…
India has changed its startup rules for deep tech
Deep tech startups in sectors such as space, semiconductors, and biotech take far longer to mature than conventional ventures. Because…
An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax
The war on California’s proposed ‘Billionaire’s Tax’ is getting weird. This week, amid ongoing rancor from tech elites over the…
Who’s behind AMI Labs, Yann LeCun’s ‘world model’ startup
Yann LeCun’s new venture, AMI Labs, has drawn intense attention since the AI scientist left Meta to found it. This…
Sources: Project SGLang spins out as RadixArk with $400M valuation as inference market explodes
Some of the team responsible for maintaining SGLang, a popular open source tool used by companies like xAI and Cursor…
AI journalism startup Symbolic.ai signs deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp
In Brief Posted: 4:49 PM PST · January 15, 2026 Image Credits:Drew Angerer/Bloomberg / Getty Images Lucas Ropek AI journalism…
AI video startup, Higgsfield, founded by ex-Snap exec, lands $1.3B valuation
Through an extension to its previous $50 million Series A round that closed in September, AI video generation startup Higgsfield…
Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI
Former OpenAI exec Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is saying goodbye to two of its co-founders, both of whom…
Data security startup Cyera hits $9B valuation six months after being valued at $6B
In Brief Posted: 3:59 PM PST · January 8, 2026 Image Credits:jpa1999 / Getty Images Julie Bort Data security startup…
Subtle releases ear buds with its noise cancelation models
Voice AI startup Subtle, which creates voice isolation models to have computers understand you better in loud environments, today launched…