Porto edutech startup Intuitivo wins Web Summit PITCH Competition
Intuitivo CEO João Guimarães received the PITCH trophy on Web Summit’s Centre Stage after winning the final round of judging by Seven Seven Six Founding Partner Katelin Holloway, Race Capital…
The most promising Romanian and Bulgarian startups to watch in 2024
Romanian and Bulgarian startups: In the rapidly evolving world of technology, Romania and Bulgaria are emerging as hidden gems for startup innovation, attracting increased attention from global investors. While these…
A startup’s dream to grow plants in space
Grow plants in space: Park Jae-hong’s life journey is a testament to resilience and innovation. Like many of his classmates at culinary school, Park dreamed of becoming a chef in…
OpenAI co-founder Sutskever’s new safety-focused AI startup SSI raises $1 billion
By Kenrick Cai, Krystal Hu, Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK – Safe Superintelligence (SSI), newly co-founded by OpenAI‘s former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in cash to…
Drones and AI, startup develops fire monitoring platform
Drones and AI: Wildfires are a plague affecting half of Europe and beyond at the height of summer. In forest firefighting activities, civil defence and firefighters are frequently faced with…
Analysis – Taiwanese rocket startup may be early test of Japan’s space hub plans
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – A Taiwanese startup aims to become the first foreign firm to launch a rocket from Japan by early next year, part of a plan…
India ed-tech firm Byju’s founder faces reckoning as startup implodes
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Byju Raveendran, an Indian mathematics whiz who soared from teacher to startup billionaire before his education-technology company imploded this year, now faces his…
Google parent in talks to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion
By Milana Vinn and Steven Scheer NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for roughly $23 billion, a person familiar with…
Amazon lures cofounders from startup Adept to bolster AI efforts
By Greg Bensinger and Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Amazon.com hired away artificial intelligence startup Adept’s co-founders and some of its team in a move that echoes one by rival Microsoft,…
Croatian startup readies self-driving taxi Verne for Zagreb launch
By Antonio Bronic and Daria Sito-Sucic ZAGREB (Reuters) – Autonomous vehicle startup Project 3 Mobility (P3), set up by the founder of Croatian electric vehicle maker Rimac Group, presented on…