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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Walmart partners with drone delivery startup Zipline to launch 30-minute deliveries in Dallas area

Nickie Louise Posted On April 8, 2025

Just a year after reaching the one million delivery milestone, drone delivery startup Zipline is scaling up again—this time in Texas. The company officially launched its latest service in the Dallas area on Tuesday through a partnership with Walmart. Residents […]

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Ripple to acquire Hidden Road for $1.25B in one of crypto’s largest deals

Nickie Louise Posted On April 8, 2025

Despite the plunge in the price of cryptocurrencies this year, Ripple is doubling down. The crypto startup announced Tuesday it’s acquiring multi-asset prime broker Hidden Road in a $1.25 billion deal—one of the largest in its history. This marks only […]

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Why Transak Will be the Biggest Winner During Ethereum’s Next Bull Run

Nickie Louise Posted On April 8, 2025

No one knows when the next crypto bull run will arrive, but when it does it’s almost a given that Ethereum will benefit from explosive growth. It’s home to the blockchain industry’s most expansive ecosystem of DeFi applications, NFTs, blockchain […]

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Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke confirms leaked internal memo on social media about “hiring AI before humans”

Nickie Louise Posted On April 7, 2025

A leaked internal memo from Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke has sparked a wave of attention across social media after it revealed just how far the company is leaning into artificial intelligence. Originally intended for employees, the memo laid out a […]

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Google launches Gemini Live: Real-time camera and screen sharing lets AI see what you see on Android

Nickie Louise Posted On April 7, 2025

Less than a week after opening up Gemini 2.5 Pro Canvas to the public, Google is back with Gemini Live—a new feature that lets users share their screen or camera feed with its AI assistant in real time. Rolling out […]

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From .AI to .com: The quiet domain rebrand sweeping startup ecosystem

Nickie Louise Posted On April 7, 2025

When generative AI took off in 2022 following the popularity of ChatGPT, launching a startup on a .ai domain felt like the obvious move. It signaled your company was part of the next wave of innovation. It instantly signaled to investors, […]

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Bitcoin crashes to $74,508 as tariff fallout triggers crypto bloodbath, billions wiped out

Nickie Louise Posted On April 7, 2025

After holding steady through last week’s stock sell-off, crypto markets finally buckled. Bitcoin, which had already dropped nearly 5% last week, extended its slide on Monday—briefly touching a new 2025 low of $74,508 during the Asian trading session. It has since […]

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SoftBank to raise $4.1B in record retail bond sale to back Arm deal and $30 billion OpenAI bet

Nickie Louise Posted On April 7, 2025

SoftBank Group is planning to raise 600 billion yen ($4.10 billion) by issuing bonds aimed at retail investors, according to a filing made Monday. This marks the company’s biggest bond sale to date. The funds will go toward redeeming existing […]

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French fintech startup Pennylane doubles valuation to $2.16B with €75M fresh funding from Sequoia and CapitalG

Nickie Louise Posted On April 7, 2025

French fintech startup Pennylane just raised €75 million (around $81 million), pushing its valuation to €2 billion ($2.16 billion). The round was co-led by Sequoia Capital, Alphabet’s CapitalG, and Meritech, with backing from DST Global. Founded in 2019 by Arthur […]

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OpenAI revises AI model release schedule: o3 and o4-mini arriving in weeks, GPT-5 to follow in a few months

Nickie Louise Posted On April 4, 2025

OpenAI is switching things up. In a post shared on X, CEO Sam Altman announced that the company will release two new models—o3 and o4-mini in the next couple of weeks, with GPT-5 now expected a few months later. “Change […]

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Plaid raises $575M at $6B valuation, down from $13.4B peak, letting employees cash out amid IPO delay

Nickie Louise Posted On April 4, 2025

Fintech startup Plaid has raised $575 million in a new funding round that puts its valuation at $6 billion—less than half of its 2021 peak of $13.4 billion. The new round gives employees a way to cash out their equity, […]

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Dear Founders: Stop building SaaS without an audience and distribution

Nickie Louise Posted On April 3, 2025

It’s 2025, and SaaS has become the modern-day gold rush for tech-savvy builders. Everywhere you look, someone is launching a subscription product. And why not? The appeal is obvious: high margins, recurring revenue, and the potential to scale without trading […]

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Republic acquires INX for $60M to build regulated global platform for tokenized assets

Nickie Louise Posted On April 3, 2025

The push to bring digital assets into the mainstream just took a major leap forward. Republic, a New York-based private investment firm, has announced it will acquire INX, a U.S.-regulated trading platform for digital securities and crypto. The $60 million […]

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Unravel raises $7M to transform travel booking with TikTok-style AI video commerce

Nickie Louise Posted On April 3, 2025

Planning a trip usually starts with hours of search and comparison—flipping through dozens of tabs, reading endless reviews, and trying to piece together inspiration from scattered sources. But for a new generation of travelers, that’s not how it works anymore. […]

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AutonomyAI launches from stealth with $4M to replace front-end dev grunt work with AI agents that actually understand your codebase

Nickie Louise Posted On April 3, 2025

Most AI coding tools today feel like an extra pair of hands—but not a very smart one. They can autocomplete lines, suggest snippets, or assist a developer with repetitive tasks. But they rarely work independently, and they definitely don’t understand […]

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Qualcomm acquires generative AI division of Vietnamese startup VinAI to boost on-device AI capabilities

Nickie Louise Posted On April 3, 2025

Qualcomm has acquired the generative AI arm of VinAI, a Vietnamese AI startup backed by local conglomerate Vingroup in a quiet push into Vietnam’s tech scene. The deal includes MovianAI, a separate entity that housed VinAI’s generative AI work. Neither […]

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Lumai, an Oxford spinout and AI accelerator startup, raises $10M+ to cut AI compute costs with optical acceleration

Nickie Louise Posted On April 2, 2025

As AI models get bigger and more power-hungry, data centers struggle to keep up. The cost of training and running large language models (LLMs) keeps climbing, and silicon chips are hitting performance limits. With U.S. data center energy use expected […]

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Chinese tech firms rush to order $16B in new Nvidia’s H20 AI chips amid looming U.S. ban

Nickie Louise Posted On April 2, 2025

Chinese tech giants are scrambling to secure Nvidia’s H20 chips before new U.S. export restrictions kick in. According to a report by The Information, companies like ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent collectively placed over $16 billion in orders for AI chips […]

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Meta’s AI research chief Joelle Pineau resigns amid ‘panic’ over open-source AI rivals and company’s push for AGI

Nickie Louise Posted On April 2, 2025

Just two months after an anonymous Meta employee warned on the professional forum Blind that the “Meta GenAI Org [is] in Panic Mode” over the rise of open-source competitors like DeepSeek, the company is now losing one of its top […]

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Circle, the startup behind USDC stablecoin, files for $5B IPO amid crypto market revival

Nickie Louise Posted On April 2, 2025

Just a year after it confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO, the company behind the USDC stablecoin is officially going public. Circle filed its S-1 with the SEC on Tuesday and plans to list it on the New York Stock […]

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