Startups Weekly: AMD acquisition and other moves to scale AI startups

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Top 30 startups announced for VivaTech 2025 Innovation of the Year Award

The Innovation of the Year Award celebrates the boldest and most visionary startups exhibiting at VivaTech…

Zeal Capital Partners announces close of $82M Fund II

Zeal Capital Partners announced on Wednesday the close of its second fund, raising $82 million. Limited…

Humain planning $10B VC fund to invest in US, European and Asian startups

Humain, the state-owned AI company from Saudi Arabia, is on track to launch a $10 billion…

Here are the nuclear fission startups backed by Big Tech

Artificial intelligence has sent demand for electricity skyrocketing in the U.S. after years of virtually zero…

Startups Weekly: Cutting through Google I/O noise

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Iliana Quinonez of Google Cloud on scaling AI startups at Sessions: AI

In the startup world, access to cutting-edge tools isn’t the biggest obstacle — it’s knowing how…

Meta launches program to encourage startups to use its Llama AI models

Meta is launching a new program to incentivize startups to adopt its Llama AI models. The…

Trump administration may sell deep-sea mining leases at startup’s urging

The U.S. Department of the Interior said Tuesday it’s beginning the process of selling deep sea…

Tanka CEO Kisson Lin to talk AI-native startups at Sessions: AI

We’re ecstatic to announce that Kisson Lin, founder and CEO of Tanka, will be joining us…

Adaptation Ventures is a new angel investor group focused on disability and accessibility tech

The global assistive technology market was valued at more than $22 billion in 2023 and is…

In a good sign for consumer internet startups, Creator Ventures raises $45M

“I’ve got a pretty wild story to tell you,” the early YouTube star Caspar Lee says…

Startups Weekly: A brighter outlook, but don’t get carried away

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AllTrails debuts $80/year membership that includes AI-powered smart routes

AllTrails, the hiking and biking companion that was named 2023’s iPhone App of the Year, is…

Google launches new initiative to back startups building AI

On Monday, Google announced the launch of its AI Futures Fund, a new initiative that seeks…

The Greek revival you’re not watching (but probably should be)

Much of the world isn’t paying close attention to Greece right now. That may be a…

Scaling startups in the European market

From cybersecurity and aerospace to generative 3D, startup leaders are scaling ambitious companies from European soil…

Startups Weekly: Different paths on the road to liquidity

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Amid Greek tech boom, a prominent seed-stage firm locks down €75 million

Marathon Venture Partners, a venture firm in Athens that prides itself on being “day one partners…

TechCrunch Sessions: AI welcomes Tanka CEO Kisson Lin to talk AI-native startups

We’re ecstatic to announce that Kisson Lin, founder and CEO of Tanka, will be joining us…

Here are Latin America’s biggest startups based on valuation

Not so long ago, the idea of public tech companies emerging from Latin America seemed far-fetched,…

Startups Weekly: Drama or game-changer? You decide

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