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How Startups Can Trend-Jack The Timeline With Memes

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May 19, 2025

According to Jason Levin of Memelord Technologies, if you want people to care about your startup, you have to be terminally online. In this guest...

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Harvard’s Still A Startup Heavyweight

Joanna Glasner

May 16, 2025

Harvard ranks high in most metrics related to academic prestige and alumni success. So, it’s not surprising that the 389-year-old institution does...

Artificial intelligence • Clean tech and energy • Crypto • Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Fintech & e-commerce • Media & entertainment tech • Public Markets • Real estate & property tech • Startups • Venture • Web3

Florida Funding Falls

Joanna Glasner

May 13, 2025

Despite what boosters may have envisioned amid a pandemic-era spike in migration to Florida a few years ago, the Sunshine State is not emerging as a...

Communications tech • Job market • Media & entertainment tech • Startups • Venture

From Posts To Profits: Why Creators Are The New Entrepreneurs Investors Can’t Ignore

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May 12, 2025

Creators are no longer seen as just influencers, they are identified as real business owners who build scalable operations and attract weighty...

Culture • Fintech & e-commerce • Media & entertainment tech • Startups • Venture

Venture, Let’s Stop Belittling Venture

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May 7, 2025

While the VC world runs on capital, it thrives on narrative, but somewhere along the way, we swapped substance for spectacle, writes Rohit Yadav. In...

Artificial intelligence • M&A • Media & entertainment tech • Startups • Venture

Eye On AI: OpenAI’s Potential Windsurf Deal Could Be The Start Of A New M&A Trend

Chris Metinko

May 1, 2025

Last year saw big names including Mastercard, Nvidia and AMD dive into the M&A pond and buy venture-backed AI-related startups. This year, a new...

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These Private, VC-Backed Companies Are The Most-Active, Spendiest Startup Acquirers

Joanna Glasner

April 24, 2025

As the ranks of ultra-heavily funded unicorns swell, they’re showing greater willingness to spend large sums to buy complementary startups. For a...

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Manychat Raises Massive $140M Round To Push Chat Automation

Chris Metinko

April 22, 2025

Palo Alto, California-based Manychat, a company that provides conversational AI and automation tools for businesses across social and messaging...

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March Mints 11 New Unicorns, As $200B Is Added Through Up Rounds And Board Posts Strong Exits 

Gené Teare

April 17, 2025

Eleven new companies joined The ¸½½üÉÏÃÅ ¸½½üÉÏÃÅ in March, adding around $16 billion in value to the board. Another $200 billion in value was...

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Can We Please Still Have Nice Things That AI Hasn’t Touched?

Aron Solomon

April 15, 2025

Do we really need AI to touch everything? Because some things are better left untouched, guest author Aron Solomon argues against the precedent that...

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Beyond Safety: Age Assurance As A Trust-Building Investment For Online Platforms

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April 8, 2025

Social media's age assurance has emerged as one of the most debated topics in trust and safety. In this guest commentary, Sacha Lazimi of Yubo shares...