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Daniel Levi @ Startups News 1 place · 06/12/2026 12:01 EDT

SpaceX tops $2 trillion valuation after shares surge 17% in historic market debut on Nasdaq

SpaceX’s long-awaited arrival on public markets is already rewriting the record books. Shares of Elon Musk’s rocket company jumped 17% as trading began Friday, lifting SpaceX’s valuation above $2 trillion and turning its Nasdaq debut into one of the biggest ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/17/2025 17:59 EDT

Google launches Gemini 2.5 Flash, a multimodal AI model built for speed, scale, and affordability

Google just dropped a new AI model into the mix: Gemini 2.5 Flash, and it’s already turning heads. This preview release is aimed at developers and businesses looking for something smart, fast, and budget-friendly. Google is calling it a “workhorse ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/17/2025 17:19 EDT

Four Ways AI Is Transforming Fintech

Comparisons between AI and the early internet are unavoidable. So let’s get them out of the way: we’re fast approaching a time where apps without AI will seem as unthinkable as doing business without the internet. Right now, there’s lot ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/17/2025 13:37 EDT

Google found guilty of illegal monopoly in online ad markets in DOJ antitrust case

Alphabet’s advertising empire just took a major hit. A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google illegally dominated two key markets in online advertising, marking a significant win for the U.S. Department of Justice in its ongoing antitrust battle with the ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/17/2025 13:11 EDT

This founder’s $195M startup dream turned into a nightmare over coffee

With thousands of headlines flooding our feeds every day—funding rounds, product launches, and the latest unicorns—it’s easy for founders to get swept up in the noise. That’s why we pay attention to just a few voices that cut through the ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/17/2025 11:03 EDT

Foundation EGI, an MIT spinoff, emerges from stealth with $7.6M seed round backed by Samsung & Henry Ford Health

Foundation EGI, an AI engineering startup spun out of MIT, has officially launched from stealth with a $7.6 million seed round. The funding was led by E14 Fund and Union Lab Ventures, with participation from Samsung Next, GRIDS Capital, Stata ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/17/2025 10:05 EDT

Global Payments to acquire Worldpay in $22.7B deal to rival Stripe, PayPal, and Adyen

Global Payments is going all-in on merchant services. The Atlanta-based fintech firm announced Thursday it’s acquiring Worldpay from FIS and private equity firm GTCR in a $22.7 billion deal—one of the biggest moves in the payments space this year. The ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/17/2025 09:18 EDT

Workplace Management in the Hybrid Era: Adapting to New Realities

Adapting workplace management strategies to the hybrid era has become a critical priority for organizations aiming to thrive in today’s evolving work landscape. The rise of hybrid work, where employees divide their time between remote and in-office work, has transformed ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/16/2025 18:55 EDT

OpenAI in talks to buy coding assistant startup Windsurf for $3 billion

OpenAI is reportedly in discussions to acquire Windsurf, the AI coding startup formerly known as Codeium, for around $3 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the deal. If the deal goes through, it would be the company’s biggest acquisition ... Read more ›

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · 04/16/2025 17:57 EDT

OpenAI launches o3 and o4-mini: Smarter and faster reasoning AI models built to think like agents

Less than a week after supercharging ChatGPT’s memory in a major leap toward AGI, OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled two new AI models, o3 and o4-mini, calling them the company’s “smartest and most capable models to date.” Both bring a new ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/16/2025 17:32 EDT

Design startup Figma eyes Wall Street: Files confidentially for IPO after $20B Adobe acquisition collapse

Design platform Figma has confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, the company announced Tuesday. The filing dropped the same day Figma caught heat on social media after sending a cease-and-desist letter to Lovable, ... Read more ›

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · 04/16/2025 17:01 EDT

The Real Impact of Emerging Tech Startups on Traditional Industries

Emerging tech startups continue to alter how traditional industries operate, shifting standards and setting new benchmarks for efficiency, reach, and accessibility. These shifts are not speculative, they’re very much measurable, structural, and rooted in specific technological deployments. Startups are not ... Read more ›

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · 04/16/2025 13:53 EDT

Car rental startup Turo lays off 15% of workforce after halting IPO plans amid market uncertainty

Turo, the San Francisco-based peer-to-peer car rental startup often described as the “Airbnb for cars,” has laid off around 150 employees, roughly 15% of its team, after shelving plans to go public. The news, first reported by Bloomberg, comes as ... Read more ›

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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · 04/16/2025 10:58 EDT

Former Amazon exec launches Neue Alchemy, a post-AI venture studio led by veterans from AWS, Nike, Agility Robotics, Upwork, and Lyft

Isaiah Steinfeld, a former Amazon executive who helped steer global startup growth at AWS, has launched something new—and it’s built for the post-AI era. After working with over 330,000 startups through AWS programs like Activate and helping shape strategy for ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/16/2025 10:03 EDT

UK battery startup Nyobolt raises $30M to disrupt EVs and warehouse robots with 5-minute charging tech

Nyobolt, a Cambridge-based battery tech startup, has raised $30 million in fresh funding to push beyond its current focus on autonomous warehouse robots and move into heavier sectors like electric vehicles and high-demand industrial use cases. The round was led ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/16/2025 09:17 EDT

Lyft acquires taxi app startup Free Now for $200M in first major European expansion to challenge Uber

Lyft is finally making its move into Europe. On Wednesday, the U.S. ride-hailing company announced it’s buying  European taxi app startup Free Now in a deal valued at €175 million (roughly $199 million). The acquisition marks Lyft’s first major push outside ... Read more ›

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Nickie Louise @ Startups News · 04/16/2025 08:49 EDT

OpenAI is reportedly building a secret social network to rival X and Meta

OpenAI may be gearing up to take on two of the biggest players in tech—X and Meta. According to multiple sources, the company is reportedly working on a prototype for a new social network that leverages ChatGPT at its core. ... Read more ›

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