January 20, 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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Israeli fintech firm Riskified is transferring $500 million out of Israel in support of private-sector opposition to government’s judicial overhaul
Nickie Louise Posted On March 8, 2023


For the ninth straight week, tens of thousands of people rallied against the government’s plan to overhaul the court system. But despite the rallies, the Israeli government advanced the plan to overhaul the country’s legal system, defying a mass uproar […]


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Verichains discloses blockchain security vulnerabilities that affected Cosmos, Binance Smart Chain, and others; Urges action
Nickie Louise Posted On March 8, 2023


Verichains, a leading blockchain security firm, has urged projects using Tendermint’s IAVL proof verification to secure their assets and mitigate exploitation risks after identifying several significant vulnerabilities. As part of its Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure, Verichains has released a public advisory, […]


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Sensate raises $3.2M Seed round to provide relief to people suffering from anxiety disorders and stress
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2023


Did you know that anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States? According to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders affect 40 million adults (19.1% of the population) age 18 and older every […]


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Meta plans to cut thousands of jobs as soon as this week, after CEO Zuckerberg said no more layoffs
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2023


About two weeks ago, the Washington Post reported that Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms was planning a fresh round of layoffs that could affect thousands of workers just a few weeks after CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised no more layoffs. Now, there […]


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Insurtech startup Opkit launches out of stealth with over $1M in funding to provide health insurance verification for telehealth companies
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2023


Collecting health insurance details and verifying coverage is a complex, manually-intensive process that healthcare providers must perform before each appointment to ensure payment. Unlike brick-and-mortar providers, which are regional and only deal with a handful of different insurance companies, telehealth […]


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Banyan Infrastructure lands $25M in Series B funding to unlock capital for renewable infrastructure projects
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2023


Despite the Inflation Reduction Act unlocking $369 billion in clean energy funding, investing in complex sustainable infrastructure projects has been hindered by manual and inefficient processes. That’s why one Silicon Valley startup is on a mission to address the critical […]


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Fintech startup Trukkr raises $6.4 million in seed funding to provide financial access to Pakistan’s trucking industry
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2023


Trukkr, a fintech platform for Pakistan’s trucking industry, has raised $6.4 million in a seed funding round to roll out lending products for truckers in Pakistan. The latest funding is in addition to the $600,000 seed funding Trukkr raised in […]


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Egyptian scooter driver Eman Al-Adawi wants to start an all-woman app
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2023


Do you want to support a strong and determined woman who is breaking down barriers in Egypt? Meet Eman Al-Adawi, one of the few women riding scooters on the busy streets of Giza. Eman has been driving her scooter for a […]


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Embark, a self-driving truck startup that went public in 2021, lays off 70% of its staff and mulls ‘shutting down completely’
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2023


Self-driving truck company Embark announced Friday it would lay off 70% of its employees and start evaluating options, including “shutting down completely.” The job cut is expected to impact about 230 employees. The company lost nearly a third of its […]


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Bankjoy raises funding from Curql to grow its mobile banking platform for credit unions & community banks
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2023


Michael Duncan is a Detroit, Michigan native who led the development of payment systems for the states of California and Oregon. Later, also worked as a software developer at a local credit union called Michigan First Credit Union. As part […]


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Qualtrics, a survey startup SAP acquired in 2018 for $8 billion, receives a $12.4 billion buyout offer from Silver Lake and Canada’s CPPIB
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2023


In January, we wrote about Qualtrics after the company’s owner SAP announced it was laying off 3,000 employees, or about 2.5% of its workforce. At the time, the German enterprise software giant also said it was exploring the sale of […]


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Tech layoffs surge past 100,000 as tech companies lay off 123,882 employees so far in 2023
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2023


Tech layoffs surge past 100,000 as 454 tech companies laid off a total of 123,882 employees so far in 2023. The good news is that tech companies aren’t letting go of their employees at the scale recorded in January when 65,000 […]


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How the metaverse will revolutionize the world of online sports betting
Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2023


The metaverse became the latest buzzword in October 2011 after Facebook changed its corporate to Meta to emphasize its new focus on building its technologies around the virtual world ecosystem. The metaverse, a term originally coined by Neal Stephenson in the […]


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LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman leaves OpenAI’s Board of Directors
Nickie Louise Posted On March 4, 2023


LinkedIn co-founder and OpenAI’s long-time backer, Reid Hoffman, is stepping back from the company’s board of directors. In a Linked post on Friday, Hoffman said he’s leaving the OpenAI board to avoid conflicts of interest with other artificial intelligence (AI) […]


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Climate-conscious sleep tech startup Simba becomes the first UK-born sleep brand to be awarded Certified B Corporation
Nickie Louise Posted On March 3, 2023


Did you know that mattresses are a global environmental nightmare? Every year, the United States throws away 18.2 million mattresses, according to a report from The Guardian. However, the US only has 56 facilities available to recycle them, further increasing […]


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Coinbase acquires digital asset tech startup One River Digital to expand beyond retail trading
Nickie Louise Posted On March 3, 2023


Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired One River Digital as it looks to expand its footprint beyond its core retail trading offering. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. In an announcement on Friday, Coinbase said the acquisition is […]


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Microsoft and Kimbal Musk invest in climate startup BlocPower to decarbonize buildings across the U.S.
Nickie Louise Posted On March 3, 2023


About a year ago we wrote about BlocPower, a Brooklyn-based climate tech startup that’s decarbonizing buildings across the U.S. by removing greenhouse gases and emissions associated with existing and new buildings and replacing them with green heating and cooling. According […]


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Top tech startup news for Thursday, March 2, 2023: Ford, OnePlan, Neuralink, SpotDraft, Typeface, and Videocites
Nickie Louise Posted On March 2, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today Thursday, March 2, 2023. London-based startup OnePlan raises $6M to digitally map venues for event planning Event and venue platform OnePlan has closed $6 million to a […]


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NBA invests in Videocites as part of a $10M Series B funding led by Velocity Capital Management
Nickie Louise Posted On March 2, 2023


The National Basketball Association (NBA) has partnered with AI-based video-tracking startup Videocites as it looks to take more ownership stakes in businesses that could benefit the league in a private equity push. Videocites, which tracks clips across social media and […]


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SpotDraft lands $26 million in Series A funding to streamline contracts for legal teams
Nickie Louise Posted On March 2, 2023


Artificial intelligence (AI) has been dominating headlines in recent months, thanks to OpenAI ChatGPT. However, before ChatGPT became a global phenomenon, startups have been using AI to transform legal services. For example, in a controlled study a few years ago, […]


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