October 11, 2025
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Daniel Levi

Daniel is a writer and editor for Tech Startups. Daniel has been involved in technology and gaming for over two decades. He has previous experience in software development and loves writing about emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency. Daniel also enjoys hiking and camping.


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Is Figma in trouble or just feeling the AI heat? The design giant’s legal letter to Lovable signals more than just a trademark dispute
Daniel Levi Posted On April 15, 2025


Figma made headlines in December 2023 after its $20 billion merger with Adobe fell apart over regulatory roadblocks. Now, the once-design giant is making news again—this time with a cease-and-desist letter. The letter wasn’t directed at a copycat. It was […]


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Nate, a startup that promised AI-powered shopping, turns out to be secretly powered by hundreds of humans in the Philippines
Daniel Levi Posted On April 14, 2025


Last year, Amazon got busted for claiming its cashier-free stores were powered by AI—when they were actually run by low-wage workers in third countries. Now a VC-backed startup is under fire for the same thing: pretending humans were AI by […]


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Kraken expands beyond crypto: Launches commission-free stock trading in a challenge to Robinhood
Daniel Levi Posted On April 14, 2025


In a direct challenge to Robinhood, crypto exchange Kraken has launched commission-free stock trading as it steps into traditional finance. Starting Monday, users in select U.S. states can trade more than 11,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs—no fees, no crypto required. […]


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Cybersecurity in the Age of Smart Machines: What Industries Need to Know
Daniel Levi Posted On April 11, 2025


We’re undeniably becoming increasingly reliant on digital data in our daily lives. As technologies like IoT, AI-driven platforms, smart devices and systems, and more become prevalent, simple, everyday tasks such as driving a car, shopping online, and locking our doors […]


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Google launches Firebase Studio, a free AI coding tool and alternative to Cursor, Bolt, and v0 for building full-stack apps
Daniel Levi Posted On April 9, 2025


Google just shook up the developer tool space with something that’s bound to get attention: Firebase Studio — a browser-based, AI-driven development environment that’s free and feels like it was made to challenge tools like Cursor, Bolt, and v0 head-on. […]


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Llama 4 Scandal: Meta’s release of Llama 4 overshadowed by cheating allegations on AI benchmark
Daniel Levi Posted On April 8, 2025


Meta rolled out its much-hyped Llama 4 models this past weekend, touting big performance gains and new multimodal capabilities. But the rollout hasn’t gone as planned. What was supposed to mark a new chapter in Meta’s AI playbook is now […]


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Estonia’s climate tech startup UP Catalyst lands €18M from EIB to turn CO₂ into graphite and tackle EU supply shortfall
Daniel Levi Posted On April 8, 2025


Europe is staring down a graphite shortage, and the clock’s ticking. With demand for battery materials surging, the supply gap for graphite alone is expected to hit nearly 800,000 metric tonnes by 2030. Around 15% of that shortfall is expected […]


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Sipay, Turkey’s fastest-growing fintech startup, raises $78M to accelerate global expansion
Daniel Levi Posted On April 8, 2025


Sipay, the payment and embedded fintech startup that’s taken Turkey by storm, just announced a $78 million Series B round—pushing its valuation past $875 million. The round was led by Elephant VC, with backing from QuantumLight, the venture firm founded […]


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Is It Still Possible for a Tech Startup to Make It Big in the Sports Betting World?
Daniel Levi Posted On April 7, 2025


It’s fair to say that the sports betting industry has grown massively over the past decade, thanks to constant technological advancements, changes in regulations, and the fact that more and more people are getting into online betting. With a huge […]


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Apple wins legal battle against UK’s attempt to hide iPhone backdoor appeal from the public
Daniel Levi Posted On April 7, 2025


Apple has won a legal battle against the UK government’s attempt to keep its iPhone backdoor appeal under wraps. On Monday, the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal rejected the government’s effort to keep details of a court hearing hidden from the […]


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What is a Cap Table?
Daniel Levi Posted On April 5, 2025


A capitalization table, or “cap table,” is simply a spreadsheet that shows who owns what in a company. If you’re asking this question, you’re probably trying to figure out how startups keep track of shares, ownership percentages, and types of […]


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How Tech Startups Can Protect Their Customers’ Data in 2025
Daniel Levi Posted On April 4, 2025


It has never been so important for companies to give customer data top priority. Customers expect their data to be treated carefully, especially given the rise in digital transactions, more cybersecurity threats, and tighter laws. This expectation covers businesses of […]


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UK startup Grid Edge raises £2.8M to cut building emissions and energy costs with AI
Daniel Levi Posted On April 3, 2025


Running large commercial buildings is expensive—and wasteful. Energy bills keep climbing, and building owners are under pressure to cut emissions. That’s where Birmingham-based startup Grid Edge comes in. The company’s AI-driven platform helps building operators use less energy, reduce their […]


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The Best Way to Work with ORM in .NET: A Practical Guide for Developers
Daniel Levi Posted On April 2, 2025


Ever wondered what ORM in .NET is and why developers rave about it? ORM, or Object-Relational Mapping, is a game-changer in modern software development, especially within the .NET Framework. It bridges the gap between the object model used in C# […]


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Distribution Eats AI for Breakfast (and Lunch)
Daniel Levi Posted On April 1, 2025


The launch of ChatGPT more than two years ago ignited a shift in how people think about building and shipping software. Thanks to ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs), it’s now easier than ever to spin up AI wrappers—apps […]


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Elon Musk claims U.S. government ‘deleted a terabyte of financial data to cover their crimes’; data recovered
Daniel Levi Posted On April 1, 2025


In a sharp twist that could shake up Washington, Elon Musk says the U.S. government deliberately erased a terabyte of financial data to hide alleged “crimes”—but his team has since recovered it. Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency […]


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OpenAI raises $40B in record funding round, hits $300B valuation in largest private tech deal
Daniel Levi Posted On March 31, 2025


OpenAI has pulled in a massive $40 billion, closing the largest private funding round in tech history and pushing its valuation to an eye-popping $300 billion. The maker of ChatGPT confirmed the deal on Monday, marking a new high watermark […]


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Ambient emerges from stealth with $7.2M from a16z CSX to build the world’s first AI-powered proof-of-work blockchain
Daniel Levi Posted On March 31, 2025


Ambient, a new Web3 project founded by a Harvard-educated technologist, has emerged from stealth mode promising to completely transform how AI is accessed and deployed around the world. Backed by $7.2 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz’s Crypto Startup […]


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Google-backed AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs raises $600 million in first funding round
Daniel Levi Posted On March 31, 2025


Isomorphic Labs, a drug discovery startup spun out of Google DeepMind, just announced it has raised $600 million in its first round of external funding. The raise was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from Google Ventures and Alphabet, which […]


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Real-world uses of cryptocurrency that are changing how industries work
Daniel Levi Posted On March 28, 2025


Cryptocurrencies are fixing real problems in business and making money doing it. From travel websites bringing in $100 million a year to turning billions of dollars worth of material goods into digital tokens, blockchain is doing some remarkably useful things, […]


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