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Startup incubator Y Combinator quietly cuts Canada from countries where it will invest
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Startup incubator Y Combinator quietly cuts Canada from countries where it will invest

Y Combinator, the US startup incubator behind companies like DoorDash, Airbnb and Coinbase Global, has removed Canada from a list of countries where it will…

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Fintech sector to continue recovery in 2026, Israeli venture firm says
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Fintech sector to continue recovery in 2026, Israeli venture firm says

The global financial technology sector will continue ‍to mature in 2026 ​after recovering sharply in 2025 from a three-year ⁠downturn, Israeli technology investment group Viola…

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Healthians executive chairman Deepak Sahni steps down
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Healthians executive chairman Deepak Sahni steps down

Healthians founder Deepak Sahni has stepped down from his role as executive chairman of the healthtech firm, he said on Tuesday. “As of this month,…

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Rift at influential Silicon Valley venture firm shows tech's divide over ICE shooting
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Rift at influential Silicon Valley venture firm shows tech’s divide over ICE shooting

Heated political rhetoric over the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by immigration agents in Minneapolis on ‍Saturday spilled into Silicon Valley as partners at…

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Twist and turns at AI startup Thinking Machines keep Valley on the edge
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Twist and turns at AI startup Thinking Machines keep Valley on the edge

On January 12, Mira Murati, the CEO and cofounder of the AI startup Thinking Machines Lab, was asked by Sam Schoenholz, a leading researcher at…

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Indian startups to showcase agri products at Gulfood 2026
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Indian startups to showcase agri products at Gulfood 2026

Eight high-potential Indian startups will showcase innovative products, technology-driven solutions, and export-enabling offerings aligned with the government’s Farm to Foreign vision at the Gulfood 2026,…

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Why no one wants to sell the PhonePe stock?
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Why no one wants to sell the PhonePe stock?

PhonePe’s upcoming IPO, set to be among India’s largest public offerings in 2026, reveals an unusual pattern – while the company heads to market, virtually…

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Atlan CEO Prukalpa Sankar warns founders against frothy VC markets amid AI hype
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Atlan CEO Prukalpa Sankar warns founders against frothy VC markets amid AI hype

Atlan cofounder and CEO Prukalpa Sankar cautioned startup founders to be careful of the frothy venture capital (VC) markets fuelling the AI hype, and urged…

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Ex-Flipkart CTO Peeyush Ranjan launches edtech startup Fermi.ai
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Ex-Flipkart CTO Peeyush Ranjan launches edtech startup Fermi.ai

Peeyush Ranjan, a former Flipkart CTO and Google veteran, has launched a global AI tutor-led edtech startup, Fermi.ai, focused on high-school STEM (science, technology, engineering…

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Intuitive Surgical beats quarterly estimates on demand for surgical robots
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Intuitive Surgical beats quarterly estimates on demand for surgical robots

Intuitive Surgical on Thursday beat Wall Street ‍estimates for fourth-quarter profit and revenue on growing demand for its ⁠surgical robots used in minimally invasive procedures….

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