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Looking at the largest NYC startup funding rounds from January 2026, leveraging data from CrunchBase, we've analyzed the most significant venture capital deals that kicked off the new year in New York's tech ecosystem. This month's analysis provides comprehensive insights into each company's industry focus, founding team, business model, investor relationships, and total funding history, offering deeper context about the NYC-based companies that attracted the largest investments as we enter 2026.
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The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files shed light on the convicted sex offender’s ties to Silicon Valley—and Peter Thiel’s exacting approach to food. Read more ›
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sinij writes: Automakers have increasingly implemented door handles that retract into the bodywork for aerodynamic reasons, but they are now off limits in China. My issue is with electronic-only door latch mechanism. It should be possible to open the door from both inside and outside the car in case of complete power loss. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more ›
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Barbara Corcoran said couples living in small apartments could make better use of the space they already have. Read more ›
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While the Trump administration continues its immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota, anti-ICE protests continued in Minneapolis and around the country — from Los Angeles to rural Maine — over the weekend. In the Twin Cities area, meanwhile, this activism is well-organized; but it’s not a traditional, anti-government protest movement of the likes we saw during […] Read more ›
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Elon Musk's SpaceX has acquired his AI startup xAI in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at $1.25 trillion, ahead of what would be the largest initial public offering in history. SpaceX pegged its own valuation at $1 trillion -- a markup from the $800 billion it commanded in a December secondary stock sale -- and priced xAI at $250 billion based on a recent $20 billion funding... Read more ›
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Researchers hacked Moltbook's database in minutes, exposing emails, private messages, and API keys tied to its AI agents network. Read more ›
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Scientists at the University of Utah have analyzed nearly a century's worth of human hair samples and found that lead concentrations dropped 100-fold after the EPA began cracking down on leaded gasoline and other lead-based products in the 1970s. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, drew on hair collected from Utah residents -- some preserved in family scrapbooks going back generations. Lead levels peaked... Read more ›
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The Department of Justice has released more than 3 million documents and photos related to Jeffrey Epstein. Here’s who shows up from Big Tech the most often—and what the files reveal. Read more ›
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Bad Bunny's historic Grammy win for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" highlights the intersection of art and politics amid ongoing immigration protests. Read more ›
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A social media site, an ISP, the lives of astronauts, and the health of the economy may soon depend on one absurd company. Read more ›
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Unlike many of the companies stuffing AI into their browsers, Mozilla will soon give you a way to turn all of these features off. An update coming on February 24th will add a new "AI control" option to Firefox's settings menu, allowing you to disable or enable the browser's individual AI features, including access to […] Read more ›
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Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.” Read more ›
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Fewer people are coming to Disney Parks from Europe, Canada, and Mexico out of fear of current U.S. policies. Read more ›
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When you picture a virtual reality headset user, you're probably not picturing someone like Sherry Dickson. At 69, the snowy-haired, retired elementary school teacher hops into her Meta Quest headset five days a week, for roughly 60 to 90 minutes at a time. She's not attending live concerts or watching immersive films. Dickson, a fitness […] Read more ›
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Billie Eilish slammed ICE during her Song of the Year acceptance speech at the 2026 Grammy Awards. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's mega-deal of SpaceX and xAI is the latest sign that the billionaire is consolidating his business empire as he goes all in on AI. Read more ›
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Elon Musk is merging two of the companies that he leads, SpaceX and xAI (which also owns X), into one. According to an announcement from Musk: SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world's foremost real-time […] Read more ›
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Users of the text and code editor Notepad++ may have unknowingly downloaded a malicious update for the app after its shared hosting servers were hijacked last year. On Monday, the app's developer, Don Ho, posted an update on the attack with more details, including that the hackers were "likely a Chinese state-sponsored group" and that […] Read more ›
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Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle. Read more ›
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Adobe is pulling the plug on Adobe Animate. In a FAQ posted to Adobe's website, the company says it will stop selling the animation software on March 1st, citing the emergence of new platforms "that better serve the needs of the users." Users have until March 1st, 2027 (or March 1st, 2029 for enterprise customers) […] Read more ›
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Students make life-shaping college decisions while counselors work with scattered anecdotes instead of systematic data but one startup just raised $3.2M to change that. With backing from Gokul Rajaram and Google Ventures CEO David Krane, Nerd Apply has built the world's largest qualitative admissions dataset with over 100,000 de-identified applications that capture essays, activities, and real outcomes counselors can actually use in advising conversations. As application volumes surge and acceptance... Read more ›
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There are 1.5 billion English speakers worldwide, and 70-75% are non-native—yet accent bias costs them promotions and credibility in the workplace. BoldVoice just closed $21M led by Matrix after hitting $10M ARR with only seven employees, proving that AI can deliver what used to cost $200-300 per hour for less than the price of a single coaching session annually. Read more ›
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The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 1/29/2026 featuring funding details for Datalinx AI, Talos, and much more. Read more ›
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Spring Health is making its biggest move yet to solve one of mental health care's most persistent problems: what happens when your job changes, your insurance switches, or your needs evolve. The company just announced an acquisition that will connect 50 million employer-covered lives with 120 million insurance-covered lives under one platform. If you've ever lost a therapist because you changed jobs, this matters. Read more ›
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When your mom asks an AI for medical advice and gets confidently wrong recommendations, you know there's a ticking time bomb. That personal moment sparked Aviv Shamny to build Limy, which just raised $10M. While other platforms track what users type into LLMs, Limy focuses on what AI agents actually do and Fortune 100 companies are already attributing 10% of their revenue to these insights. Find out how Limy is... Read more ›
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