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Industries

Defense Startups Are Riding High

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Military tech startups are seeing a big boost in their valuations of late, spurred in part by former President Trump’s re-election.

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Technology

Tech FOMO Can Hurt on the Comedown. Can the Cycle Be Broken?

Shiny new innovations draw in ambitious founders and investors, and then FOMO brings in everyone else, making the eventual fall harder.

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Blockchain

Crypto’s Revival Has Been a Boon for Startups

In this year’s first quarter, venture investments rose to $2.4 billion, up from $1.9 billion raised in the fourth quarter of 2023.

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Artificial Intelligence

Altman-backed Startup is Forging a Nuclear Energy Deal with OpenAI

Nuclear-fusion startups are getting a lot of funding, but their commercial viability doesn’t seem too imminent.

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Economics

Is the US Seeing a Startup Boom?

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After a slump through the latter half of the last decade, the US is experiencing a startup tsunami, according to The Economist.

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Uses AI Race to Boost its Cloud Clout

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In a bid to attract some new clients for its cloud service, Amazon announced it will foot the bill for startups using AI models.

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