‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted qualification to be a startup founder
Iconic founders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg famously did not graduate from college, but they have conducted multiple studies. Shows that the majority of successful startups have founders with bachelor’s or graduate degrees degree. Despite this data, venture capitalists’ enthusiasm for “no-degrees” is far from constant, but the appeal of dropout founders […]
These are the best gadgets for your pet at the moment
Having a cute pet to call home is one of life’s great joys, but modern gadgets and AI technology make pet ownership even more fun and convenient. We’ve rounded up some gadgets that make perfect gifts for pet parents. Petlibro AI-powered pet camera – $99.99 Image credit:PetLibro Petlibro recently launched the AI-powered Scout Smart Camera. […]
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn investors off the sidelines. The technology may be challenging to master and expensive to build today, but fusion promises to harness the nuclear reaction that […]
The dumbest things that happened in tech this year
The tech industry moves so fast that it’s hard to keep up with just how much has happened this year. We’ve watched as the tech elite enmeshed themselves in the U.S. government, AI companies sparred for dominance, and futuristic tech like smart glasses and robotaxis became a bit more tangible outside of the San Francisco […]
My phone went off. Please live long. . . What exactly?
John Callahan, co-founder of True Ventures, believes that in five years we won’t be using smartphones the way we do now, and in 10 years we might not be using them at all. For venture capitalists with two decades of big winners from consumer brands like Fitbit, Ring, and Peloton to enterprise software makers HashiCorp […]
Approximately 80 European deep tech university spinouts will reach $1 billion valuation or $100 million in revenue in 2025
Universities and research institutes have long been the repositories of deep technology in Europe. Academic spinouts are now being consolidated into robust startup funnels worth $398 billion, and VC funding is following suit. According to Dealroom’s European Spinout Report 2025, 76 of these deep tech and life sciences companies have reached valuations of $1 billion, […]
12 investors dish on what 2026 will bring for climate tech
This was supposed to be the year that climate tech died. President Donald Trump and the Republican Party have done their best to dismantle the Biden administration’s hallmark industrial and climate policies. Even the European Union has begun to ease off its most aggressive goals. And yet, as the year closes, the receipts provide a […]
Best AI-powered dictation apps of 2025
In a sense, 2025 was the year that AI dictation apps really took off. Dictation apps have been around for years, but until now they’ve proven time-consuming and inaccurate unless you pronounce them clearly with a specific accent. However, advances in large-scale language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have improved systems that can better decode […]
Venture capital predicts companies will increase spending on AI in 2026 due to fewer vendors
Businesses have been piloting and testing various AI tools over the past few years to understand what their adoption strategies will look like. Investors believe the experimental period is nearing its end. TechCrunch recently surveyed 24 enterprise-focused VC firms and predicted that the vast majority will increase their AI budgets in 2026, but not all. […]
Meta acquired Manus, the AI startup everyone was talking about.
Mark Zuckerberg has struck again. Meta Platforms acquires Singapore-based AI startup Manus. Manus has been the talk of Silicon Valley since it was brought to life in the spring with a highly slick demo video that went viral. The clip showed an AI agent that can screen job applicants, plan vacations, analyze stock portfolios, and […]