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Astelia raises with $35M to help security teams pinpoint real threats with agentic AI
Nickie Louise Posted On February 25, 2026


Security teams are drowning in alerts. Every day brings another wave of vulnerabilities, many of which never turn into real-world risk. Astelia thinks the problem isn’t visibility. It’s a signal. The New York–based cybersecurity startup announced $35 million in combined […]


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Forget the Next Big Startup. This ‘Boring’ Business Model Is Quietly Making College Students Rich
Daniel Levi Posted On February 25, 2026


While much of the startup world, including us at TechStartups, keeps a close eye on startups raising billions, college students are quietly getting rich off a business model most tech founders would laugh at. No app, no pitch deck, no […]


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Rowspace emerges from stealth with $50M led by Sequoia to tame messy data for investment firms using AI
Nickie Louise Posted On February 25, 2026


Rowspace is stepping out of stealth with fresh capital and a clear pitch to Wall Street: your firm’s most valuable asset isn’t another model. It’s the judgment buried in decades of internal data. The San Francisco AI startup announced $50 […]


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Pentagon gives Anthropic Friday deadline to lift Claude military limits or face Defense Production Act
Daniel Levi Posted On February 25, 2026


The Pentagon has given Anthropic a stark choice: loosen the guardrails on its Claude AI models for broader military use by Friday evening or risk federal intervention under the Defense Production Act. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered the message directly […]


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One Identity Appoints Michael Henricks as Chief Financial and Operating Officer
CyberNewswire Posted On February 25, 2026


Alisa Viejo, CA, United States, 25th February 2026, CyberNewswire


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Top Tech News Today, February 25, 2026
Nickie Louise Posted On February 25, 2026


It’s Wednesday, February 25, 2026, and here are the top tech stories making waves today. Global tech momentum isn’t slowing down. Over the past 24 hours, the industry has been reshaped by massive AI infrastructure bets, fresh warnings about power […]


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SolveAI emerges from stealth with $50M to help enterprises build IT-compliant software without coding
Daniel Levi Posted On February 25, 2026


SolveAI, a London-based AI startup founded by former Palantir engineer Steve Basher, is stepping out of stealth with $50 million in fresh funding and an ambitious pitch: give everyday enterprise employees the ability to build production-ready software simply by talking […]


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Cursor upgrades AI coding agents as $29.3B startup battles Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft
Daniel Levi Posted On February 25, 2026


Cursor is moving fast to maintain its early lead in AI coding. On Tuesday, the startup rolled out a major update to its artificial intelligence agents, aiming to stay ahead of mounting pressure from heavyweights like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft. […]


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Stripe reportedly in talks to buy PayPal in potential $60B takeover deal
Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2026


Stripe may be sizing up one of the biggest fintech deals ever. PayPal shares jumped nearly 7% Tuesday after Bloomberg reported that the privately held payments giant is in early discussions about buying the company in a transaction that could exceed […]


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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – February 24, 2025
Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2026


It’s Tuesday, February 24, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight sustained investor appetite for AI infrastructure, enterprise automation, next-gen semiconductors, and emerging space and crypto platforms. As enterprises move from experimentation […]


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The “Build It and They Will Come” Model Is Broken. The New Flywheel: If They Come, Build It
Daniel Levi Posted On February 24, 2026


For decades, founders have repeated the same advice: “build something great, and users will come.” But a small iOS app called Push Scroll tells a very different story. Before a single line of production code existed, the creators behind the […]


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Axelera AI raises more than $250M as edge AI chip startup surpasses 500 customers
Daniel Levi Posted On February 24, 2026


Less than three years after entering the crowded AI chip arena, Axelera AI is gaining serious institutional backing. The European AI acceleration startup announced a new funding round led by Innovation Industries, bringing in heavyweight names including BlackRock and SiteGround […]


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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed Persona after government-linked surveillance code discovery
Daniel Levi Posted On February 24, 2026


Discord is backing away from identity verification startup Persona after researchers flagged publicly accessible code tied to government systems, sparking fresh privacy concerns about the chat platform’s safety push. The controversy began when researchers said they found Persona’s frontend files […]


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Anthropic rolls out Claude Cowork updates across the enterprise after shaking software stocks
Daniel Levi Posted On February 24, 2026


Less than a month after Anthropic’s Claude plugins sparked a $285 billion software stock selloff that fueled Wall Street’s ‘SaaSpocalypse,’ the Claude Code maker is now moving to turn early buzz into enterprise traction. The AI startup on Tuesday introduced […]


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Sendmarc Releases DMARCbis Fireside Chat Featuring Co-Editor Todd Herr
CyberNewswire Posted On February 24, 2026


Wilmington, North America, 24th February 2026, CyberNewswire


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Top Tech News Today, February 24, 2026
Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2026


It’s Tuesday, February 24, 2026, and here are the top tech stories making waves today. AI competition is heating up on multiple fronts. In the past 24 hours, the story has shifted from who has the smartest models to who controls […]


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Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax of coordinated ‘distillation attack’ on Claude
Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2026


Anthropic says it has uncovered what it describes as a coordinated effort by three Chinese AI companies to siphon knowledge from its Claude model, escalating tensions between U.S. and Chinese labs at a moment when the race for AI dominance […]


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Claude Code targets COBOL, sending IBM stock down over 10%
Daniel Levi Posted On February 23, 2026


Anthropic says its AI coding tool can automate legacy COBOL modernization, raising fresh questions about IBM’s mainframe moat. IBM shares slid sharply after Anthropic stepped into one of enterprise computing’s most entrenched strongholds: COBOL. In a new post promoting its […]


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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – February 23, 2025
Nickie Louise Posted On February 23, 2026


It’s Monday, February 23, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight continued investor momentum behind AI automation, quantum networking, enterprise observability, and vertical software platforms modernizing legacy industries. From financial infrastructure and […]


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Microsoft loses UDRP bid for Dataverse.com despite trademark claim
Daniel Levi Posted On February 23, 2026


Panel says record did not show respondent targeted Microsoft’s DATAVERSE mark Microsoft’s attempt to take control of Dataverse.com has hit a wall. In a recent WIPO decision, the tech giant failed to convince a three-member panel that the domain was registered […]


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