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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Legal tech startup Trust & Will raises $25M from Northwestern Mutual, UBS to simplify estate planning with AI

Nickie Louise Posted On March 11, 2025

Trust & Will, an online estate planning startup, has secured $25 million in Series C funding to ramp up its use of artificial intelligence. The San Diego-based company has now raised a total of $75 million. Moderne Ventures led the […]

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Elon Musk confirms massive cyberattack on X by nation-state or coordinated group

Nickie Louise Posted On March 10, 2025

X (formerly Twitter) was hit by a major cyberattack on March 10, 2025, leading to significant service disruptions. Users began noticing issues as early as 6:00 AM Eastern Time, with reports peaking at about 41,000 incidents by 10:00 AM, according […]

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The rise and fall of Beyond Meat: How a Hollywood-backed fake meat company lost its sizzle and 95% of its value

Nickie Louise Posted On March 10, 2025

It’s been two years since we last covered Beyond Meat, the plant-based meat company once hailed as the “Tesla of the food industry.” Backed by Hollywood celebrities and positioned as a solution to climate change, Beyond Meat aimed to reshape […]

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OpenAI Co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s AI startup Safe Superintelligence (SSI) in talks to raise $2B at $30B valuation

Nickie Louise Posted On March 10, 2025

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s AI startup, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), is reportedly in talks to raise over $2 billion at a valuation topping $30 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. This follows earlier reports from February suggesting SSI was targeting […]

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ServiceNow to acquire AI startup Moveworks for $2.85B to boost automation, marking its largest-ever deal

Nickie Louise Posted On March 10, 2025

ServiceNow is making its biggest bet yet. The software giant announced on Monday that it’s acquiring AI startup Moveworks for $2.85 billion in a cash and stock deal, marking the largest acquisition in its history. The move signals ServiceNow’s push […]

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Digital physical therapy Startup Hinge Health eyes IPO as early as April 2025 amid sector rebound

Nickie Louise Posted On March 10, 2025

Signaling a potential rebound in the sector, digital physical therapy startup Hinge Health is preparing for an initial public offering that could take place as early as April—or possibly as soon as next week, according to a report from CNBC. […]

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Anysphere, the AI startup behind code editor Cursor, in talks to close at $10 billion valuation

Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2025

Anysphere, the AI startup behind the popular AI-powered code editor Cursor, is in discussions to raise hundreds of millions from investors in a round that could push its valuation close to $10 billion. Just months ago, the company was valued […]

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Manus AI: The Next-Gen AI Agent Taking Over China—And Soon, The World?

Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2025

After sending shockwaves through the global tech stock market in February, China may be experiencing its second DeepSeek moment. A new AI agent called Manus is making waves in China, and it might not be long before it reaches the […]

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Microsoft ‘has begun testing out models from xAI, Meta and DeepSeek as potential OpenAI replacements in Copilot’

Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2025

Just a day after reports surfaced that Microsoft is planning a future without OpenAI, Reuters revealed on Friday that the Redmond-based tech giant, a major investor in OpenAI, has started testing models from xAI, Meta, and DeepSeek as possible alternatives […]

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Larry Page has a new AI startup, Dynatomics

Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2025

After months out of the spotlight, Larry Page is reportedly working on a new AI-driven company called Dynatomics. The Information reports that the startup is focused on using artificial intelligence to design products in a way that streamlines manufacturing. The […]

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Microsoft is reportedly plotting a future without OpenAI

Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2025

Microsoft’s AI head is plotting a future without OpenAI. According to a report from The Information, Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft’s AI division, has set his sights on a bold objective: reducing the company’s dependence on OpenAI. In a […]

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Turing raises $111M in funding to accelerate AGI advancement, hits $2.2B valuation

Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2025

Turing, an AI infrastructure startup accelerating the advancement and deployment of AI systems, has secured $111 million in Series E funding, bringing its valuation to $2.2 billion. The round was led by Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, with […]

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ByteDance launches Lynx, a React Native killer from TikTok’s arsenal

Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2025

The cross-platform development space just got an unexpected shake-up. ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, has launched Lynx, an open-source framework built to challenge React Native. And to clear up any confusion—this Lynx is not the old terminal-based web browser that shares […]

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Microsoft to invest $300M in AI infrastructure in South Africa, expanding its global AI push

Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2025

Less than a month after investing $700 million in a cloud data center project in Poland, Microsoft is doubling down on its AI expansion. The company announced plans to invest an additional 5.4 billion rand ($296.81 million) to strengthen artificial […]

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Alibaba unveils QwQ-32B (Qwen2.5-32B), a new AI reasoning model that competes with DeepSeek’s R1

Nickie Louise Posted On March 6, 2025

Just two weeks after unveiling the Qwen 2.5-Max model, Alibaba is back with another AI reasoning model, QwQ-32B (Qwen2.5-32B), which it claims can go head-to-head with DeepSeek’s R1. Announcing the launch on X, Alibaba described QwQ-32B as a reasoning model […]

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Google unveils AI Mode search: A smarter search experience powered by AI Overviews

Nickie Louise Posted On March 5, 2025

Google on Wednesday introduced a new experimental feature in Search called AI Mode Search. Built on a custom version of the Gemini 2.0 model, this addition aims to change how people interact with search by making it more conversational and […]

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OpenAI is planning to charge $20,000 a month for PhD-level AI agents

Nickie Louise Posted On March 5, 2025

OpenAI is gearing up to launch a new line of AI agents, with prices ranging from $2,000 to $20,000 per month to do tasks like coding and PhD-level research, the Information reported. These AI-driven tools are designed for high-level tasks […]

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Ceramic.ai emerges from stealth with $12M to make AI training faster and more cost-effective

Nickie Louise Posted On March 5, 2025

Ceramic.ai, an AI startup founded by former Google VP of Engineering and Gradient Ventures founder Anna Patterson, has emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding to reshape how enterprises train and fine-tune AI models. Backed by investors including NEA, […]

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UK-based safety tech startup Notify raises £1.5M to improve workplace safety with AI

Nickie Louise Posted On March 5, 2025

Notify Technology, a UK-based safety tech startup, has raised £1.5 million in fresh funding from Calculus Capital, the North East Venture Fund (backed by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia Ventures), and private investors. The company, whose […]

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HealthTech startup Freed raises $30M led by Sequoia to transform medical scribing with AI

Nickie Louise Posted On March 5, 2025

Doctors are drowning in paperwork. Between patient visits, they spend hours filling out clinical notes, updating records, and handling administrative tasks that keep them away from what matters most—providing care. A recent study from Google Cloud found that clinicians spend […]

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