January 18, 2026
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Nickie Louise

Nickie is a writer, editor, and co-founder of TechStartups.com based in the Washington Metropolitan Area. She covers early-stage startups, AI, emerging technologies, cryptocurrencies, gaming, and gadgets. When she’s not writing about innovation, Nickie enjoys crafts, spending time with her family and children, hiking, and exploring God’s majestic creation.


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Scotland-based tech startup Carcinotech raises £4.2M to advance cancer treatment with 3D-printed tumors
Nickie Louise Posted On January 29, 2024


Carcinotech, an Edinburgh-based startup Carcinotech specializing in 3D printed micro-tumors, has secured £4.2 million in funding to expand operations, intensify research and development efforts, and facilitate the company’s entry into the US market later this year. The round was led […]


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Amazon walks away from $1.7 billion deal to buy Roomba maker iRobot
Nickie Louise Posted On January 29, 2024


Amazon and Roomba-maker iRobot have called off their $1.4 billion deal due to uncertainties surrounding regulatory approval, the two companies announced on Monday. Amazon withdrew from the agreement after iRobot said that the deal has “no path to regulatory approval […]


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Fintech startup Brex is hemorrhaging $17 million a month, sparking concerns about future growth
Nickie Louise Posted On January 29, 2024


Brex, a fintech startup known for offering corporate credit cards to startups, is facing some challenges. The news comes at a time when startups are struggling to raise funding due to the worsening global economic conditions and high interest rates. […]


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ChatGPT Privacy Concerns: Italian watchdog finds OpenAI’s ChatGPT in violation of privacy regulations
Nickie Louise Posted On January 29, 2024


OpenAI is under fire again after the Italian watchdog accused the maker of the popular AI tool ChatGPT of breaking privacy laws in Italy. Italy’s data protection authority said on Monday that it has informed OpenAI that its ChatGPT artificial […]


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Salesforce cuts 700 jobs, or about 1% of its global workforce as tech layoffs top 25,000 in 2004
Nickie Louise Posted On January 26, 2024


Salesforce is laying off around 700 employees, or approximately 1% of its global workforce, as major U.S. tech companies started 2024 with fresh plans to reduce their headcount, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Despite the layoffs, the report […]


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Musk’s AI startup X.AI to raise $6 billion in funding at a proposed valuation of $20 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On January 26, 2024


Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, is reportedly in discussions to secure up to $6 billion in funding, with a proposed valuation of $20 billion, as Musk seeks to rival OpenAI, the Financial Times reported on Friday. If successful, this funding […]


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Microsoft lays off 1,900 employees across its gaming division just a day after reaching $3 trillion valuation
Nickie Louise Posted On January 25, 2024


Microsoft said Thursday it plans to lay off 1,900 employees across its gaming divisions, including Xbox and Activision Blizzard, which the tech giant acquired last year for a whopping $69 billion, The Verge reported. The news comes just a day […]


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Publicis invests €300 million in AI to reshape advertising and predict impact
Nickie Louise Posted On January 25, 2024


Publicis Groupe, the world’s largest advertising group in terms of market value, said on Thursday it plans to invest 300 million euros ($326.94 million) in artificial intelligence (AI) over the next three years. This investment is part of the Paris-based […]


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Robotic kitchen startup Aniai secures $12 million in funding to bring its burger-cooking robot to restaurants
Nickie Louise Posted On January 24, 2024


Aniai, a New York-based robotic kitchen startup, announced today it has raised $12 million in pre-Series A funding for its hamburger-grilling robot, Alpha Grill. The funding round, led by InterVest, a prominent venture capital firm in South Korea, brings Aniai’s […]


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Microsoft hits $3 trillion market valuation for the first time ever
Nickie Louise Posted On January 24, 2024


Microsoft on Wednesday made history surpassing the $3 trillion in market valuation for the first time, solidifying its position as the second most valuable company globally, just trailing behind Apple, the maker of iPhones. The news comes a year after […]


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eBay to cut 1000 jobs as tech companies laid off thousands in 2024
Nickie Louise Posted On January 24, 2024


eBay announced on Tuesday it will cut about 1,000 jobs, or an estimated 9% of its current workforce, as the e-commerce retailer joins a growing list of tech companies downsizing in January. Alongside the job cuts, the company said it […]


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Plural, a venture firm launched by Wise and Skype founders, secures $436 million for new fund targeting European tech startups
Nickie Louise Posted On January 23, 2024


For over a decade now, Europe has been trailing behind the United States in terms of startup funding. However, there’s a promising shift on the horizon, as a team of seasoned entrepreneurs, the brains behind Wise and Skype, is gearing […]


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Killer Whales, the Shark Tank of Crypto, partners with UNCX Network to boost DeFi on crypto reality show
Nickie Louise Posted On January 23, 2024


It’s official, Killer Whales is ready to swim with DeFi giant UNCX Network. Today, Killer Whales, the Shark Tank of Crypto, announced decentralized multi-chain service provider UNCX Network as its DeFi partner. In a statement on Tuesday, UNCX Network said […]


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Riot Games lays off over 500 employees, or 11% of its workforce
Nickie Louise Posted On January 23, 2024


Riot Games, a subsidiary of Tencent Holdings, recently announced its plan to reduce its global workforce by about 11%, affecting approximately 530 employees. The news was shared in a blog post on Monday, which included a letter to the employees […]


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Flexport secures $260 million in funding from Shopify following a 20% job cut
Nickie Louise Posted On January 23, 2024


Flexport, the struggling logistics startup that faced challenges and had to implement job cuts last year to reduce costs, has received a  significant financial boost. Flexport announced it has secured $260 million in funding through uncapped convertible notes from the […]


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New Zealand-based startup Marama Labs raises €1.75m for hazy wine tech scale-up and life sciences entry
Nickie Louise Posted On January 22, 2024


Marama Labs, a deep-tech startup based in New Zealand and Ireland, has raised €1.75 million in funding. The oversubscribed seed-plus round was led by European agritech investor The Yield Lab. The round also saw participation from existing investors including New […]


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Apple’s $3,499 Vision Pro now available for pre-order ahead of February 2 launch
Nickie Louise Posted On January 22, 2024


Preorders for Apple’s pricy Vision Pro headset began Thursday ahead of its U.S. release on Feb. 2. The virtual reality headset starts at $3,499, and buyers also have the option to pay in 12-month installments. Preorders are now open for […]


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Microsoft Hacked: Hackers stole Microsoft corporate emails in a month-long data breach
Nickie Louise Posted On January 22, 2024


Microsoft announced on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored hacking group successfully breached the email accounts of several senior leaders within the company. The disclosure was made through a regulatory filing by the software giant. In a statement on January 19, […]


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Voice AI startup ElevenLabs reaches unicorn status with $80 million Series B raise
Nickie Louise Posted On January 22, 2024


Artificial intelligence (AI) startup ElevenLabs announced on Monday it has raised $80 million in Series B funding. The round was led by venture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from entrepreneurs Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, along with others, including Sequoia […]


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Meta’s Open AGI: Zuckerberg says Meta to build open-source artificial general intelligence (AGI) and make it available to all
Nickie Louise Posted On January 19, 2024


Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that Meta is planning to build its own artificial general intelligence (AGI) and release it as open-source (open AGI) software and make it freely available to the general public. “Our long-term vision is to build […]


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