Nickie Louise

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Nickie is a writer and editor for TechStartups.com. Nickie loves writing about early-stage startups, new technologies, cryptocurrencies, gaming, and gadgets. When not writing about technology, Nickie enjoys crafts, spending time with family, hiking, and exploring God's majestic creation.

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From Cleaning Toilets to Becoming the CEO of a Trillion-Dollar Company: An Immigrant’s Tech Triumph

Nickie Louise Posted On July 4, 2025

Happy Independence Day. On July 4, 2025, America marks 249 years since breaking away from British rule—a fight for freedom that reshaped history. But the real legacy of that freedom is what it makes possible today. Like a kid scrubbing […]

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Top 10 Startup and Tech Funding News – July 3, 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On July 3, 2025

It’s Thursday, July 3, 2025, and we’re back with your daily tech funding snapshot of where venture capital is flowing and which startups are shaping the next wave of global tech innovation. Happy 4th of July to our U.S. readers! […]

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Blackbird’s elevate.io raises £2M to disrupt legacy video editing software

Nickie Louise Posted On July 3, 2025

Blackbird just topped up its war chest with a fresh £2 million raise to scale elevate.io — its browser-based collaborative video editor that’s aiming to shake up how creators work. The raise, which was fully subscribed, will help elevate.io move […]

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Thoma Bravo to acquire Olo in $2B all-cash deal, taking restaurant software firm private

Nickie Louise Posted On July 3, 2025

Thoma Bravo is taking restaurant software provider Olo off the public market. The private equity firm has agreed to acquire Olo in an all-cash deal valued at roughly $2 billion, the company said Thursday. Olo’s shares jumped over 13% in early […]

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AI voice startup ElevenLabs eyes IPO and global expansion after hitting $3.3B valuation

Nickie Louise Posted On July 3, 2025

ElevenLabs is thinking big. Just six months after tripling its valuation to $3.3 billion following a $180 million raise, the London-based AI voice startup revealed Thursday that it’s planning an initial public offering (IPO) within five years as it pushes […]

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Top 10 Startup and Tech Funding News – July 2, 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On July 2, 2025

It’s Wednesday, July 2, 2025, and we’re back with your daily snapshot of where capital is flowing and which startups are commanding attention in the global tech landscape. Today’s edition arrives a little late, but it’s packed with heavyweight deals […]

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Robinhood’s tokenized shares not backed by OpenAI, warns ChatGPT creator

Nickie Louise Posted On July 2, 2025

Robinhood’s attempt to tokenize shares of buzzy private companies just hit a wall. OpenAI is distancing itself from the trading app after it began offering what it called “OpenAI tokens” to users in Europe, without any involvement or consent from […]

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Dutch climate tech startup Dexter Energy raises €23M to scale AI-powered renewable trading

Nickie Louise Posted On July 2, 2025

Amsterdam-based climate tech startup Dexter Energy has raised €23 million ($27.1 million) in Series C funding to scale its AI-driven forecasting and trading tools for renewable energy and battery operators. The round was led by Alantra’s Klima fund, with participation […]

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Microsoft to lay off 9,000 employees in fresh round of job cuts amid AI-driven restructuring

Nickie Louise Posted On July 2, 2025

Microsoft is starting its new fiscal year with another round of layoffs—this time letting go of about 9,000 employees, or just under 4% of its global workforce, Microsoft announced on Wednesday. The news comes just weeks after Bloomberg reported that […]

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Top 10 Startup and Tech Funding News – July 1, 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On July 1, 2025

It’s Tuesday, July 1, 2025, and we’re back with your daily breakdown of startup and tech funding moves. Today’s deals span early-stage moonshots and late-stage growth bets—from robotics and longevity biotech to climate tech and crypto trading platforms. AI remains […]

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Surge AI seeks $1B at $15B+ valuation in first-ever raise as Scale AI loses customers and CEO to Meta

Nickie Louise Posted On July 1, 2025

Surge AI is raising its first-ever round of funding—and it’s swinging big. The data-labeling AI startup, known for staying quiet while racking up serious revenue, is now in talks to raise up to $1 billion, according to an exclusive report […]

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Grammarly acquires email startup Superhuman to expand beyond grammar and dominate AI work tools

Nickie Louise Posted On July 1, 2025

Grammarly is making its boldest move yet to shed its reputation as just a grammar-checking app. The company has acquired Superhuman, the sleek email startup known for speed, AI features, and an invite-only mystique that once made it Silicon Valley’s […]

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Elon Musk’s xAI raises $10 billion to fuel Grok AI and build a supercomputer to challenge OpenAI

Nickie Louise Posted On July 1, 2025

Just two weeks after reports said Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI was aiming to raise $4.3 billion in equity on top of a $5 billion debt deal, Morgan Stanley confirmed Tuesday that the company has secured $10 billion in total […]

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Top 10 Startup and Tech Funding News – June 30, 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On June 30, 2025

It’s Monday, June 30, 2025. I hope you had a restful weekend. We’re back with your daily breakdown of startup and tech funding moves, the last for the month of June. Today’s lineup offers a sweeping look at the capital […]

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Advent acquires $1B stake in LayerZero to power the AI data center boom

Nickie Louise Posted On June 30, 2025

Private equity firm Advent International is making a billion-dollar bet on the infrastructure behind AI. Advent announced on Monday that it’s acquiring a majority stake in LayerZero Power Systems, a company based in Aurora, Ohio, that builds critical power equipment […]

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Nvidia executives dump $1 billion in stock amid AI boom: What do they know that we don’t?

Nickie Louise Posted On June 30, 2025

Nvidia is riding high on the AI wave, and its stock is on fire. The AI chipmaker has surged over 17% this year and regained its spot as the most valuable company on the planet, leapfrogging Microsoft and Apple. But […]

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Cato Networks raises $359M in funding at $4.8B valuation ahead of potential 2025 IPO

Nickie Louise Posted On June 30, 2025

Israeli cybersecurity startup Cato Networks has raised $359 million in fresh funding, pushing its valuation past $4.8 billion, the company reported on Monday. The round, led by Vitruvian Partners and ION Crossover Partners, brings the company’s total raised to over […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News for the Week Ending June 27, 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On June 27, 2025

It’s Friday, June 27, 2025, and the week ends on a strong note as global tech investors continue placing bold bets across AI, infrastructure, defense, and enterprise automation. While headlines were dominated by Thinking Machines Lab’s jaw-dropping $2 billion seed […]

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Meta poaches three OpenAI researchers with $100M bonuses as Zuckerberg escalates AI talent war

Nickie Louise Posted On June 27, 2025

Meta isn’t slowing down in its effort to dominate AI. Just days after dropping $15 billion into Scale AI and hiring its CEO Alexandr Wang to lead a new “superintelligence” division, Meta has now lured away three top researchers from […]

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DeepSeek under fire: Germany tells Apple and Google to ban app over data transfers to China

Nickie Louise Posted On June 27, 2025

Just a few months after it sent shockwaves through the tech industry with its low-cost AI model, Chinese startup DeepSeek is now under scrutiny in Europe. German authorities are calling out the company over privacy concerns and pushing Google and […]

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