Tag: ai-startups
Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI
Microsoft is shopping for artificial-intelligence startups as the software company prepares for a future independent of its once-vital partner OpenAI, five people familiar with the…
AI is driving new wave of startups with smaller teams: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, said artificial intelligence is enabling a new generation of startups and could lead to significant breakthroughs in science, mathematics…
Nimble companies are succeeding in the AI era: YC’s Jared Friedman
AI startup founders are pivoting faster and more often in the era of AI, and strong engineering talent in India gives them an edge, said…
AI video generation startup Runway rolls out $10 million VC fund: Report
Artificialintelligence (AI) video generation startup Runway has launched a $10 million venture fund to back early-stage startups, according to a report by TechCrunch on Tuesday….
Google India invites AI startups for 2026 startup accelerator programme
Google India is inviting applications for the 2026 cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator programme, focussing on artificial intelligence (AI)-first startups from seed to…
ETtech Explainer: What Emergent’s ARR reveals about AI’s numbers game
A debate over how vibe-coding startup Emergent — backed by the likes of SoftBank, Lightspeed, and Khosla Ventures — has reported its numbers has put…
Lux Capital warns portfolio startups to brace for market risks
VC firm Lux Capital sent a letter on Tuesday to founders of its portfolio startups urging them to prepare for potential business challenges, according to…
Andreessen Horowitz makes a $3 billion bet against the AI bubble
An artificial intelligence startup that helps developers write and debug code is now worth nearly as much as United Airlines. A two-month-old AI computer company…
AI comes of age while some of its founders are yet to
Ahmad Abdur Rahman Khan, a 21-year-old from Kolkata, had just finished his second year at the University of Waterloo, Canada, when he co-founded Anytool, an…
From music to mind reading: AI startups bet on earbuds
AI companies are on the hunt to design the ideal device to deliver AI’s superpowers, and some new enterprises are convinced that headphones or earbuds…