Daniel Levi

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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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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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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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Lightchain AI Could Make you a Millionaire in Days

Daniel Levi Posted On March 28, 2025

Bitcoin’s first millionaires took years – Lightchain AI can do the same in a matter of days. This new crypto positioned itself as a game-changer in the blockchain space, raising incredible amounts during the presale. New, game-changing projects are achieving […]

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This 21-year-old built an AI to cheat LeetCode tech interviews, landed FAANG offers, then got kicked out of Columbia

Daniel Levi Posted On March 27, 2025

What happens when a college kid builds an undetectable AI to beat the interview system everyone hates? That’s the story of Chungin “Roy” Lee, a 21-year-old computer science student at Columbia University who decided to go after what he saw […]

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Yutori, an AI assistant startup founded by ex-Meta execs, raises $15M to build agents that go beyond chat—backed by ‘AI Godmother’ Fei-Fei Li and Jeff Dean

Daniel Levi Posted On March 27, 2025

Yutori, a new AI startup out of San Francisco, just came out of stealth mode with $15 million in seed funding and a bold pitch: personal AI assistants that can actually complete tasks for you, not just chat about them. […]

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When Vibe Coding Goes Wrong

Daniel Levi Posted On March 26, 2025

In early February 2025, Andrej Karpathy—co-founder of OpenAI and a widely respected computer scientist—posted something that lit a spark: “Vibe coding.” The post quickly garnered over 4.5 million views. “There’s a new kind of coding I call “vibe coding”, where […]

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