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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FDA rejects Elon Musk’s Neuralink application to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks
Nickie Louise Posted On March 2, 2023


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected Neuralink’s application to test brain chips in humans, Reuters reported, citing seven current and former employees. According to the report, Musk has predicted on at least four occasions since 2019 that […]


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Typeface emerges from stealth with $65M in funding for its generative AI app for enterprise content creation
Nickie Louise Posted On March 2, 2023


ChatGPT has become a worldwide phenomenon, further pushing artificial intelligence (AI) into the mainstream. In less than three months, the OpenAI’s chatbot reached 100 million monthly active users in January, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history. Based on generative AI, […]


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Top tech startup news for Wednesday, March 1, 2023: Amazon, Binance, Ether.fi, OpenAI, Ring, and Waymo
Nickie Louise Posted On March 1, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Jamie Siminoff, the founder and CEO of Amazon Ring, is stepping down from the role later this month Jamie Siminoff, the CEO […]


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Alphabet’s Waymo cuts 8% of its employees after second round of layoffs
Nickie Louise Posted On March 1, 2023


Alphabet’s Waymo has laid off another 137 employees in its second round of job cuts this year, bringing total cuts for the year to 200, or  8% of its workforce after the company reported its initial job cuts in January. […]


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OpenAI buys AI.com for $11 million, making it one of the top 10 most expensive domains ever sold
Nickie Louise Posted On March 1, 2023


ChatGPT has become a worldwide phenomenon, further pushing artificial intelligence (AI) into the mainstream. In less than three months, the OpenAI’s chatbot reached 100 million monthly active users in January, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history. ChatGPT could do […]


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Web3 startup Impossible Cloud soars with $7.6M in seed funding to revolutionize the decentralized cloud storage
Nickie Louise Posted On March 1, 2023


Tech startups continue to struggle to raise new funds due to rising interest rates and the global economic slowdown. Startups in all industries including the web3 space are beginning to feel the pinch. However, despite funding to web3 startups plummeting […]


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South Korean AI chip startup Sapeon is raising new funding round at $400 million valuation to challenge Nvidia
Nickie Louise Posted On March 1, 2023


The AI race is here and companies like OpenAI and Microsoft are going to need a new generation of AI chips to meet the computational demands. While companies like Nvidia, AMD, and Intel are currently dominating the AI chip market […]


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Top tech startup news for Tuesday, February 28, 2023: Bitwise, Bonusly, Realme, Mastercard, and Visa
Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Chinese startup Realme launches its $649 GT3 smartphone it says can be fully charged in just 9.5 minutes Realme, a Chinese smartphone […]


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Bonusly raises $18.9M in funding to help companies retain the best employees through recognition and merit-based rewards
Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023


Over the past few years, over 20 million people quit their jobs in what the experts described as the Great Resignation. The number was one of the highest “quit rates” ever recorded since the US government started keeping track two […]


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Goldman Sachs backs an $80M investment in tech service startup Bitwise Industries to train workers in underrepresented communities
Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023


Bitwise Industries, a tech service provider that trains workers in underrepresented communities, has raised $80 million in new funding led by existing investors Kapor Center and Motley Fool, with participation from the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management […]


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Crypto payment startup FLUUS raises $600,000 in Pre-Seed funding ahead of its beta launch
Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023


Crypto payment startup FLUUS has closed a $600,000 pre-seed round to further develop these products and roll out FLUUS’ services, bringing crypto-fiat payments to a global audience. The round, which comes ahead of its beta launch, was backed by FHS Capital, […]


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Wakweli raises $1.1 million to certify the authenticity of NFTs and eliminate NFT scams in web3
Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023


Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have surged in popularity in recent years. In just two years, Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have grown from under $100 million in 2020 to a whopping $40 billion in 2021. Unfortunately, the NFT boom has also attracted a […]


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Visa, Mastercard suspend plans to partner with crypto companies in wake of recent crypto collapse and bankruptcies
Nickie Louise Posted On February 28, 2023


Since the collapse of stablecoin terraUSD last spring, at least eight crypto companies including FTX filed for bankruptcy in 2022. As the crisis roils the crypto industry, global payments companies are now rethinking their partnerships with crypto companies. U.S. payment […]


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Top tech startup news for Monday, February 27, 2023: Fifth Wall, Musk, OpenAI, Skydio, Snap, and Wiz
Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today Monday, February 27, 2023. Elon Musk recruits team to develop OpenAI’s ChatGPT rival to fight ‘Woke AI’ Elon Musk has approached AI researchers in recent weeks […]


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Skydio raises $230 million in funding for its AI-powered autonomous drones, valuation soars to $2.2 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023


It’s almost two years ago today when we wrote about Skydio after the San Francisco-based AI-powered autonomous drone startup raised $170 million in funding led by Silicon Valley heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz. With drones becoming increasingly popular and automated, Skydio has […]


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Fifth Wall Ventures closes a record $1.5B in new funds in 2022 to invest in real estate and PropTech startups
Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023


The real estate market is the largest asset class in the United States with investments reaching $43 trillion. The market is expected to grow over the next two decades. Despite the market size, real estate and PropTech startups still struggle to […]


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Snap launches A.I. chatbot powered by OpenAI’s GPT
Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023


The sudden popularity of ChatGPT has sparked a new AI revolution as it dominates the headlines with no sign of slowing down. The world’s obsession with the OpenAI chatbot reaches a new level waves garnering over 100 million users in […]


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Xiaomi launches Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro with starting price of $1,000 to take on Apple and Samsung
Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023


In June 2021, Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi overtook Apple and Samsung to become the world’s largest smartphone maker. Xiaomi has since slipped to third place a year later due to a very rough year that saw its smartphone shipments declining 26% year-on-year. […]


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Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz raises $300M in new funding, pushing its valuation to $10 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023


Despite the ongoing funding lull, AI and cybersecurity startups continue to raise a massive amount of funding. Investors have been pouring billions of dollars into AI as they look for the next ChatGPT. In addition, the rise in cyberattacks has […]


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Twitter lays off 10% of workforce, reducing headcount to less than 2,000
Nickie Louise Posted On February 27, 2023


Elon Musk’s Twitter has laid off another 200 people in its latest round of job cuts, the New York Times reported late on Sunday. The current layoff, which represents 10% of the current workforce, reduced headcount to less than 2,000 vs. […]


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