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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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MatrixSpace raises $20M to advance AI-powered counter-drone radar, adds L3Harris as investor
Nickie Louise Posted On October 15, 2025


For years, defense and security teams have struggled to spot and stop small, fast-moving drones before they cause harm. Traditional radar systems weren’t built for this kind of threat—they’re bulky, power-hungry, and costly to deploy. MatrixSpace saw that gap early […]


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KuCoin becomes the first top crypto exchange to earn CCSS certification, setting new security benchmark for global crypto exchanges
Nickie Louise Posted On October 15, 2025


In an industry still haunted by billion-dollar breaches and shaken user confidence, one crypto exchange is doubling down on trust. KuCoin, the global trading platform serving over 40 million users, announced that it has secured the CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS) […]


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Waymo to launch driverless ride-hailing in London, its first robotaxi market in Europe
Nickie Louise Posted On October 15, 2025


Alphabet’s Waymo is heading across the Atlantic. The self-driving car unit behind Google’s parent company is bringing its driverless ride-hailing service to London — marking its first robotaxi launch in Europe and the latest sign that the autonomous race is […]


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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – October 14, 2025
Nickie Louise Posted On October 14, 2025


It’s Tuesday, October 14, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves today. From bold bets in biotech and AI to fintech, medtech, industrial automation, and deep tech, investors continued to deploy capital […]


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He raised $1.5M from his own customers. Now, Hospitable’s founder is proving startups don’t need VCs to scale
Nickie Louise Posted On October 14, 2025


When most startup founders chase venture capital to fuel growth, Pierre-Camille Hamana went in the opposite direction. The founder of Hospitable, a property management software for hosts and property managers in the short-term rental space, didn’t pitch investors or hire […]


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Lila Sciences hits $1.3B valuation after $115M raise from Nvidia to build ‘AI Science Factories’
Nickie Louise Posted On October 14, 2025


For decades, scientific progress has depended on the patience of people in lab coats — mixing chemicals, waiting for reactions, recording results. That pace is about to change. Lila Sciences, a Cambridge-based AI startup founded just last year, is betting […]


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Oura raises $900 million in funding at $11 billion Valuation to become the Apple of preventive health
Nickie Louise Posted On October 14, 2025


ŌURA, the Finnish health tech startup best known for its Oura Ring, has raised more than $900 million in new funding at an $11 billion valuation — a staggering leap for a hardware company once dismissed as niche. The round, […]


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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – October 13, 2025
Nickie Louise Posted On October 13, 2025


It’s Monday, October 13, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves today. It’s a quiet day on the funding front with markets closed for the U.S. holiday. We’ll be back in full […]


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OpenAI partners with Broadcom to build 10-gigawatt AI chip infrastructure, adding to Nvidia and AMD deals
Nickie Louise Posted On October 13, 2025


OpenAI’s ambition to control its own compute destiny just kicked into a higher gear. The maker of the popular ChatGPT announced Monday that it’s officially partnering with Broadcom to build and deploy 10 gigawatts of custom artificial intelligence accelerators, a […]


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Microsoft and SoftBank in talks to invest $2 billion in UK self-driving startup Wayve
Nickie Louise Posted On October 13, 2025


British autonomous driving startup Wayve is in advanced talks with Microsoft and SoftBank for a potential $2 billion funding round that could value the company at around $8 billion, according to a report from the Financial Times. The move underscores […]


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Dutch government seizes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, citing threat to Europe’s tech security
Nickie Louise Posted On October 13, 2025


It started as a straightforward acquisition. In late 2023, we featured Nexperia after the Chinese-owned semiconductor company received approval from the Dutch government to acquire Nowi, a small but innovative chip startup based in Delft. At the time, it seemed like […]


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Top Startup and Tech Funding News Roundup – Week Ending October 10, 2025
Nickie Louise Posted On October 10, 2025


It’s Friday, October 10, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves this week. From multibillion-dollar AI financings and energy-storage bets to early-stage breakthroughs in biotech, defense, and developer tools, capital continued to […]


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Top Startups to Watch in 2025
Nickie Louise Posted On October 10, 2025


Seven years after our first “Top 200 Startups to Watch,” we return with the definitive 2025 list. From AI and fintech to space and defense tech, these 20 startups are shaping the future of global innovation. The tech landscape in […]


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Space startup funding hits record $3.5B as investors look beyond SpaceX and other giants
Nickie Louise Posted On October 10, 2025


AI startups have pulled in $192.7 billion so far in 2025, according to a report by Bloomberg. But while AI continues to dominate venture capital investing, investors haven’t lost sight of other frontiers. The space industry just had its biggest […]


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Sam Altman–backed college startup Campus hires former Meta AI VP, acquires Sizzle AI
Nickie Louise Posted On October 10, 2025


Campus, the edtech startup backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is taking a major step forward in its mission to redefine community college. The company has hired Jerome Pesenti, Meta’s former Vice President of AI, as its new head of […]


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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – October 9, 2025
Nickie Louise Posted On October 9, 2025


It’s Thursday, October 9, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories making waves today. From multibillion-dollar AI labs and defense tech breakthroughs to fresh Series A bets in fintech, biotech, and workflow automation, investors […]


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Sora hits 1 million downloads in under 5 days, beating ChatGPT’s launch record
Nickie Louise Posted On October 9, 2025


OpenAI’s latest app, Sora, has exploded out of the gate. In less than five days, the short-form AI video generator hit one million downloads, racing past the early growth pace of ChatGPT and claiming the top spot on Apple’s App […]


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Mentium raises $3.2M in funding to bring AI digital workers to freight brokerages and logistics
Nickie Louise Posted On October 9, 2025


Freight brokerages keep global supply chains moving, but their back offices are often stuck in the past — overloaded with manual tasks, fragmented data, and outdated systems. Mentium, an Austin-based AI startup, wants to change that. The company has raised […]


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NVIDIA CEO endorses Cursor: ‘100% of our engineers now code with AI’
Nickie Louise Posted On October 9, 2025


In a CNBC interview, Jensen Huang called Cursor his favorite enterprise AI service — a watershed moment for the fast-rising MIT-founded startup that’s redefining software development. When NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang speaks, the tech world listens. In an October 8 […]


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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – October 8, 2025
Nickie Louise Posted On October 8, 2025


It’s Wednesday, October 8, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news spanning the U.S. and around the world. From billion-dollar energy bets and reusable rockets to AI-powered legal tech and blockchain infrastructure, capital poured into […]


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