January 14, 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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German startup Isar Aerospace’s space rocket explodes 44 seconds after takeoff from Norway
Nickie Louise Posted On March 31, 2025


For the first time, a private company from continental Europe has attempted to launch a rocket into orbit. Isar Aerospace, a German startup, launched its Spectrum rocket from Norway’s Andøya Spaceport, but the mission ended in failure just 44 seconds […]


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Elon Musk’s xAI acquires X in all-stock deal worth $33 billion, valuing the combined company at $113 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On March 29, 2025


In a move that has sent shockwaves through the tech world and beyond, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has acquired X Corp (formerly known as Twitter) for $33 billion in an all-stock deal with debt included. The transaction, announced […]


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OpenAI nears $40B funding as ChatGPT revenue set to triple to $12.7 billion by 2025
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2025


OpenAI’s dominance in artificial intelligence is about to get a $40 billion vote of confidence. The ChatGPT maker is reportedly closing in on one of the largest private funding rounds ever, one that would push its valuation to a staggering […]


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EU to invest $1.4 billion in AI, cybersecurity, and digital skills to catch up with the US
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2025


The European Union (EU) is tired of playing catch-up in tech—and it’s putting $1.4 billion on the table to prove it. On Friday, the European Commission announced it will invest €1.3 billion between 2025 and 2027 to boost artificial intelligence, […]


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CoreWeave goes public at $40/share, raising $1.5B in biggest U.S. tech IPO since 2021, but falls short of price target
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2025


CoreWeave officially priced its IPO at $40 a share on Thursday, raising $1.5 billion and setting the stage for what’s now the largest tech public offering in the U.S. since 2021. Shares are set to begin trading today, Friday, March […]


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Bill Gates warns: AI will replace most human jobs, including doctors and teachers, within a decade
Nickie Louise Posted On March 27, 2025


For years, experts have been warning about artificial intelligence replacing humans. Now, with the rise of generative AI, agent-based systems, and the growing use of robotics across industries like medicine and education, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the latest to […]


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Alibaba unveils Qwen2.5-Omni-7B: Its new open-source AI model for cost-effective AI agents in a challenge to DeepSeek
Nickie Louise Posted On March 27, 2025


Less than a month after unveiling QwQ-32B (Qwen2.5-32B), an AI reasoning model that competes with DeepSeek’s R1, Alibaba is back with another release—this time, aimed at pushing multimodal AI forward. On Thursday, Alibaba Cloud launched Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, the latest addition to […]


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Rivian spins out a new micro-mobility startup Also with $105M in funding from Eclipse
Nickie Louise Posted On March 26, 2025


What started as a quiet internal project inside Rivian has now stepped into the spotlight as its own independent company: Also, Inc. The move signals Rivian’s bigger bet on electric micromobility. Think smaller vehicles—e-bikes, scooters, and compact rides built for city […]


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Microsoft launches CoPilot AI Agents, ‘Researcher’ and ‘Analyst,’ aim to rethink how we work
Nickie Louise Posted On March 26, 2025


Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled two new AI agents—Researcher and Analyst—into Microsoft 365 Copilot, aiming to reshape how people handle research and data-heavy tasks at work. These agents, which Microsoft calls “first-of-their-kind reasoning agents,” are built to act like on-demand experts, […]


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Entrepreneurial Courage: Thriving in Unconventional Markets
Nickie Louise Posted On March 26, 2025


In today’s fast-paced business world, most entrepreneurs tend to follow the same well-trodden paths, focusing on mainstream industries such as technology, e-commerce, and finance. While these sectors offer tremendous opportunities, they are also saturated with intense competition. However, some of […]


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Elon Musk’s Grok AI lands on Telegram, gaining access to over 1 billion users: A new era for search and chat
Nickie Louise Posted On March 26, 2025


Elon Musk’s chatbot, Grok—built by his AI company xAI—has officially landed on Telegram. That gives it access to a messaging platform with more than 1 billion monthly active users. The move, announced in March 2025, marks Grok’s most ambitious expansion […]


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U.S. blacklists over 50 Chinese tech companies to curb China’s AI and quantum advancements
Nickie Louise Posted On March 26, 2025


The sudden success of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek in January caught tech leaders by surprise, triggering over $1 trillion in the U.S. tech market crash. Now, policymakers in Washington are stepping in, aiming to slow China’s momentum in artificial intelligence and […]


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Google launches Gemini 2.5 Pro, its most intelligent AI model ever
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2025


Google just rolled out Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, its most advanced AI model so far. This new release tops the charts on the LMArena leaderboard, outperforming models like Claude 3.7, Grok 3, and DeepSeek-R1. It stands out in math, science, […]


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Did DeepSeek’s V3 update just kill vibe coding tools like Cursor, Loveable, and Windsurf?
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2025


Just yesterday, DeepSeek quietly pushed out a soft launch of its latest model, DeepSeek-V3-0324—a hefty 700GB open-source release that’s quickly turning heads. Based on early tests, V3 not only outpaces OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Sonnet 3.5 in coding and math but […]


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ByteDance launches InfiniteYou: An AI tool that creates endless realistic versions of you in any style
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2025


ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, just dropped something that’s already making waves: InfiniteYou. Released on March 21 via GitHub, this new open-source AI model takes a single photo and spins it into endless, identity-consistent images—across any number of looks, themes, […]


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Samsung co-CEO Han Jong-hee dies of heart attack at 63; Jun Young-hyun named sole CEO
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2025


Samsung Electronics announced on Tuesday that Han Jong-hee, one of the company’s co-CEOs, has died of a heart attack at the age of 63. His death comes four years after the passing of former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who turned […]


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U.S. ranks first in European patent applications, followed by Germany, Japan, China, and the Republic of Korea
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2025


In a year marked by geopolitical tension and economic headwinds, American ingenuity continues to lead the charge in global innovation. Despite a slight dip in overall patent filings, the U.S. once again led the world in European patent applications in […]


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Quantum startup PsiQuantum to raise $750 million in BlackRock-led funding round
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2025


Quantum computing startup PsiQuantum is raising at least $750 million in a new funding round that could value the company at $6 billion pre-money, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter. One of them said BlackRock is leading […]


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Napster is back: 25 years after its launch, the iconic music-sharing platform is acquired for $207M to disrupt the metaverse
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2025


Napster, once known for shaking up the music industry with its controversial peer-to-peer sharing model, is making a comeback. On Tuesday, 3D tech company Infinite Reality announced it acquired the iconic brand for $207 million. The new vision for Napster […]


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How AI-Powered Fintech Startups Are Transforming Global Financial Services
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2025


The financial technology (fintech) sector is undergoing a major transformation, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. AI-powered fintech startups are revolutionizing financial services by automating investment strategies, enhancing fraud detection, and improving credit scoring. These innovations are attracting […]


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