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Bonobos founder Andy Dunn is back in the builder’s seat, working on an in-person social media platform called Pie. But the biggest lessons he learned from his $310 million Bonobos exit don’t have as much to do with entrepreneurship as they do with staying sane. When Dunn was in college

CoffeeSpace is on a mission to help people find partners for their startup ideas online. The startup, which exhibited as part of the Startup Battlefield 200 at technewss Disrupt 2024, has launched a social networking app that matches people exploring startup ideas and looking for co-founders.  T

CareYaya, a platform that matches people who need caregivers with healthcare students, is working to disrupt the caregiving industry. The startup, which exhibited as part of the Battlefield 200 at technewss Disrupt, is looking to enhance affordable in-home support, while also helping students prep

National interest technology can show up in a lot of ways, like in data analysis and cybersecurity, as well as satellites and weapons. Many startups with dual-use applications are increasingly looking at the government as an attractive customer due to its wide range of use cases and the amount of f

Disinformation is spreading at an alarming pace, thanks largely to openly available AI tools. In a recent survey, 85% of people said that they worry about online disinformation, and the World Economic Forum has named disinformation from AI as a top global risk. Some high-profile examples of disinf

Two of the biggest forces in two deeply intertwined tech ecosystems — large incumbents and startups — have taken a break from counting their money to jointly plead that the government desist from even pondering regulations that might affect their financial interests, or as they prefer to call t

SpaceX will attempt to transfer propellant from one orbiting Starship to another as early as next March, a technical milestone that will pave the way for an uncrewed landing demonstration of a Starship on the moon, a NASA official said this week.  Much has been made of Starship's potentia

Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine, might hallucinate from time to time. But the company wants to show that it’s trustworthy enough to use for tracking election results. Today, Perplexity announced a dedicated hub for U.S. general election information. Populated by data from The Associ

Part of the mythology of Silicon Valley is the committed founder driving the company to a blockbuster IPO. In reality, startups are 16 times more likely to get acquired. It's not an outcome that's frequently discussed, either.  “It's one of these things that a l

The potential value a celebrity investor can bring to a consumer company, beyond just writing a check, is obvious: marketing and promotion. But that value is less clear when it comes to backing B2B startups. Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, also known as the Chainsmokers, think their VC fund Mantis VC c

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can't miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Money attracts money, as the saying goes. This week seemed to confirm it, with a couple startups announcing new rounds of funding only mon

If you ask some of the top cybersecurity leaders in the field what’s on their worry list, you might not expect bored teenagers to be top of mind. But in recent years, this entirely new generation of money-driven cybercriminals has caused some of the biggest hacks in history and shows no sign

Pixelmator announced on Friday that it is being acquired by Apple. The image-editing platform didn't discuss what life might look like under the corporate umbrella but did note there would be “no material changes” to its Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps — at least f

Around the corner is perhaps one of the most important elections this nation has ever seen, yet many people are still unaware of the details needed to cast informed ballots.  It's not necessarily their fault — some voting information can be quite hard to find, especially when it comes t