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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Concordium secures native launch of four stablecoins backed by major currencies, expanding PayFi ecosystem

Nickie Louise Posted On April 22, 2025

Stablecoins have become a cornerstone of crypto transactions, but most still rely on smart contracts—code that’s been at the center of countless hacks and exploits. Concordium is rewriting that script. The enterprise-focused Layer 1 blockchain just landed four new stablecoins—each […]

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Nvidia loses $1.15 trillion in 3 months as China tensions rattle Wall Street

Nickie Louise Posted On April 21, 2025

On January 24, Nvidia closed with a staggering $3.49 trillion market cap. Just days later, it lost $600 billion in under two hours as DeepSeek’s surprise breakout sparked fresh doubts about runaway AI chip spending. Three months later, the bleeding […]

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Upexi is raising $100 million to buy Solana crypto token

Nickie Louise Posted On April 21, 2025

Upexi is shifting gears in a big way — and Wall Street noticed. The consumer brand company announced plans to raise $100 million as it moves into crypto, specifically with a strategy focused on buying and staking Solana. The news […]

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Keppel raises $1.53 billion for Fund III to power data centers amid AI boom

Nickie Louise Posted On April 21, 2025

Keppel, the Singapore-based asset manager and operator, announced on Monday it has secured S$2 billion (about $1.53 billion) in capital commitments from global institutional investors across three of its flagship strategies. The announcement came as interest in infrastructure tied to […]

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Sam Altman: Saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to ChatGPT is costing OpenAI millions—Should users stop?

Nickie Louise Posted On April 20, 2025

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just pulled back the curtain on a strange but fascinating cost driver behind ChatGPT: politeness. In a recent statement, Altman revealed that simple phrases like “please” and “thank you” are quietly racking up millions in computing […]

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How Early-Stage Blockchain Startups Can Win Over Cautious Investors

Nickie Louise Posted On April 20, 2025

Raising capital for your blockchain startup is not quite as easy as it used to be. Back in 2017, all you needed was a catchy idea, a whitepaper, decent tokenomics, and you’d be halfway towards raising millions through an ICO. […]

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Silo V2 Lending Reduces Risk and Ramps Up Rewards on Sonic

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2025

Risk-isolated lending protocol Silo has launched V2 of its protocol on Sonic, the high-speed Layer 1 that was once known as Fantom. Risk-isolation has always been synonymous with Silo, whose lending and borrowing protocol has hundreds of millions of dollars […]

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Anthropic backs Goodfire in $50M Series A funding to decode AI models, marking first-ever startup investment

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2025

Anthropic just made its first startup investment—and it’s a telling one. The AI startup behind the popular chatbot Claude has invested $1 million in Goodfire, a San Francisco-based company working to ‘break open the black box of generative AI models’ […]

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Uber in talks to acquire Turkish food delivery startup Trendyol Go

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2025

Uber is looking to make a comeback in Turkey—and this time, it’s betting on food. According to Bloomberg, the U.S. ride-hailing and delivery giant is in talks to acquire food delivery startup Trendyol Go, a key player in Turkey’s booming […]

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Google launches Gemini 2.5 Flash, a multimodal AI model built for speed, scale, and affordability

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2025

Google just dropped a new AI model into the mix: Gemini 2.5 Flash, and it’s already turning heads. This preview release is aimed at developers and businesses looking for something smart, fast, and budget-friendly. Google is calling it a “workhorse […]

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Four Ways AI Is Transforming Fintech

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2025

Comparisons between AI and the early internet are unavoidable. So let’s get them out of the way: we’re fast approaching a time where apps without AI will seem as unthinkable as doing business without the internet. Right now, there’s lot […]

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Judge finds Google guilty of illegal monopoly in online ad markets, DOJ antitrust case advances

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2025

Alphabet’s advertising empire just took a major hit. A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google illegally dominated two key markets in online advertising, marking a significant win for the U.S. Department of Justice in its ongoing antitrust battle with the […]

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This founder’s $195M startup dream turned into a nightmare over coffee

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2025

With thousands of headlines flooding our feeds every day—funding rounds, product launches, and the latest unicorns—it’s easy for founders to get swept up in the noise. That’s why we pay attention to just a few voices that cut through the […]

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Foundation EGI, an MIT spinoff, emerges from stealth with $7.6M seed round backed by Samsung & Henry Ford Health

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2025

Foundation EGI, an AI engineering startup spun out of MIT, has officially launched from stealth with a $7.6 million seed round. The funding was led by E14 Fund and Union Lab Ventures, with participation from Samsung Next, GRIDS Capital, Stata […]

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Global Payments acquires Worldpay in $22.7B deal to rival Stripe, PayPal, and Adyen

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2025

Global Payments is going all-in on merchant services. The Atlanta-based fintech firm announced Thursday it’s acquiring Worldpay from FIS and private equity firm GTCR in a $22.7 billion deal—one of the biggest moves in the payments space this year. The […]

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Workplace Management in the Hybrid Era: Adapting to New Realities

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2025

Adapting workplace management strategies to the hybrid era has become a critical priority for organizations aiming to thrive in today’s evolving work landscape. The rise of hybrid work, where employees divide their time between remote and in-office work, has transformed […]

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OpenAI in talks to acquire AI coding assistant startup Windsurf for $3 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2025

OpenAI is reportedly in discussions to acquire Windsurf, the AI coding startup formerly known as Codeium, for around $3 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the deal. If the deal goes through, it would be the company’s biggest acquisition […]

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Design startup Figma eyes Wall Street: Files confidentially for IPO after $20B Adobe acquisition collapse

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2025

Design platform Figma has confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, the company announced Tuesday. The filing dropped the same day Figma caught heat on social media after sending a cease-and-desist letter to Lovable, […]

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UK battery startup Nyobolt raises $30M to disrupt EVs and warehouse robots with 5-minute charging tech

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2025

Nyobolt, a Cambridge-based battery tech startup, has raised $30 million in fresh funding to push beyond its current focus on autonomous warehouse robots and move into heavier sectors like electric vehicles and high-demand industrial use cases. The round was led […]

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Lyft acquires taxi app startup Free Now for $200M in first major European expansion to challenge Uber

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2025

Lyft is finally making its move into Europe. The U.S. ride-hailing company announced Wednesday it’s buying European taxi app startup Free Now in a deal valued at €175 million (roughly $199 million). The acquisition marks Lyft’s first major push outside […]

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