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Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Jensen on the ropes, Sam Altman conflicts, Allbirds GPU pivot The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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A look at Neo, a venture capital firm that made early bets on startups like Kalshi and Cursor, pushing the value of its first two funds well above industry averages (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 9, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI vs. Anthropic’s Direct Faceoff + Future of Agents – With Aaron Levie The Big…

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Silicon Valley investors say annual recurring revenue, a popular metric with AI startups, is unreliable because it lacks SEC definitions and can be inflated (Annie Bang/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: The history and future of AI at Google, with Sundar Pichai Stripe co-founder John Collison interviews…

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Median base salary offers for U.S. software engineers at venture-backed startups have increased 25% to $200,000 since 2022; total compensation increased only 18% (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “You’re Going to Have Trouble”, with Christina Warren The director’s commentary track…

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Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service, and announces the acquisition of security startups Antimatter and SiftD (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Databricks Launches Lakewatch, a Security Information and Event Management Service, Announces Acquisition of Security Startups Antimatter…

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Internal memo: Meta names CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its AI For Work initiative, previously led by Guy Rosen, seeking to compete with AI-native startups (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: Internal memo: Meta appoints CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its AI For Work initiative,…

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Former GM executive leads electric vehicle battery startup’s pivot to defense industry

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Low-cost LUCAS (Unmanned Combat Attack System) drones are positioned on the tarmac of a base located in the US Central…

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New Anonymous Substack Alleges AI Compliance Startup. Delve “fake” compliance for startups by generating pre-populated audit reports and fabricating evidence (DeepDelver)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Layoffs linked to “AI-Washing”? + Why LLMs can’t write well + Tokenmaxxing The future is already…

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The EU unveils EU Inc., a unique bloc-wide incorporation regime that it says takes 48 hours, to help European startups compete with U.S. and Chinese rivals (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: How to Survive Without Google: The People Inc Handbook Media and technology don’t just…

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JPMorgan’s efforts to replace Silicon Valley Bank for startups

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 13, 2026

People line up outside the closed headquarters of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.Justin…

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

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US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Local car dealerships grow, die amid rise of auto mega-retailers

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

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Completely irrelevant, Trump doesn’t even know where JD Vance is

Cognitively declining Trump wants praise for ability to sign his name

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

Sources: the brilliant "26" in Apple’s WWDC invite, it teases a revamped Siri, memory shortages could push Mac Studio and hit MacBook Pro launches by a few months (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

A profile of Quince, an online luxury DTC brand valued at more than $10 billion, which has found success by using data analytics and close ties with manufacturers to keep prices low (Amanda Mull/Bloomberg)

A look at AI METR, a nonprofit organization whose time horizon metrics are used by AI researchers and Wall Street investors to track the rapid development of AI systems (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

Expo, which develops a self-titled React Native framework and provides cloud services for building cross-platform applications, raised a $45 million Series B led by Georgian (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

Mistral, which once aimed at the best open models, now aims to be an alternative to Chinese and American labs, and says it is on track to generate $80 million in monthly revenue by December (Iain Martin/Forbes)

Browsing: startups

Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

A look at Neo, a venture capital firm that made early bets on startups like Kalshi and Cursor, pushing the value of its first two funds well above industry averages (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

Silicon Valley investors say annual recurring revenue, a popular metric with AI startups, is unreliable because it lacks SEC definitions and can be inflated (Annie Bang/Bloomberg)

Median base salary offers for U.S. software engineers at venture-backed startups have increased 25% to $200,000 since 2022; total compensation increased only 18% (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service, and announces the acquisition of security startups Antimatter and SiftD (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Internal memo: Meta names CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its AI For Work initiative, previously led by Guy Rosen, seeking to compete with AI-native startups (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

Former GM executive leads electric vehicle battery startup’s pivot to defense industry

New Anonymous Substack Alleges AI Compliance Startup. Delve “fake” compliance for startups by generating pre-populated audit reports and fabricating evidence (DeepDelver)

The EU unveils EU Inc., a unique bloc-wide incorporation regime that it says takes 48 hours, to help European startups compete with U.S. and Chinese rivals (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

JPMorgan’s efforts to replace Silicon Valley Bank for startups