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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This $1 billion AI startup founded by an MIT alum claimed to use AI, but its “AI” was just two founders taking notes by hand

Daniel Levi Posted On November 12, 2025

The launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 ignited one of the biggest funding frenzies in tech history. Ever since, investors have been pouring billions of dollars into startups — as long as they have the word “AI” in their names. […]

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Swedish EV self-driving trucking startup Einride to go public via SPAC deal valuing the company at $1.8 billion

Daniel Levi Posted On November 12, 2025

Autonomous EV trucking startup Einride is gearing up for its biggest milestone yet — a public debut on the New York Stock Exchange through a SPAC merger with Legato Merger Corp. III, valuing the Swedish startup at $1.8 billion. The […]

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IBM Unveils Nighthawk and Loon chip processors, marking major leap toward practical quantum computing

Daniel Levi Posted On November 12, 2025

IBM announced the Quantum Nighthawk processor, featuring 120 qubits and 218 tunable couplers, enabling 30% more complex circuits. The chip is expected to reach users by late 2025 for applications ranging from drug discovery to materials science. The company also […]

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Tesla’s sales plunge 63% in China, hitting lowest point in 3 years as rivals outpace the EV giant

Daniel Levi Posted On November 11, 2025

Tesla is hitting another rough patch — this time in China, its second-largest market. Just a week after sales collapsed across Europe, new data shows Tesla’s retail deliveries in China fell sharply in October, marking the lowest level in three […]

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SoftBank sells its entire stake in Nvidia for $5.83 billion. Is the AI bubble about to burst?

Daniel Levi Posted On November 11, 2025

SoftBank just pulled off one of its boldest financial moves in years — selling every last share of Nvidia it owned for $5.83 billion. The timing couldn’t be more striking. Nvidia sits at the center of the AI boom, its […]

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Gameboost: From a Startup Company to a Leading Gaming Marketplace

Daniel Levi Posted On November 11, 2025

GameBoost is a Croatian gaming marketplace founded in 2022 by Kristijan Salijević. The platform connects gamers with professional sellers offering account selling, in-game items, and game keys across hundreds of popular titles. The company secured €2.5 million in funding from […]

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OneLot raises $3.3M in record seed round to empower used car dealers across the Philippines

Daniel Levi Posted On November 10, 2025

The used car market in the Philippines has quietly grown into a $15 billion industry—fueled by small, family-owned dealerships that keep the country’s mobility running. Yet, for years, most of these entrepreneurs have been locked out of the traditional banking […]

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Valar Atomics, a nuclear startup backed by Palmer Luckey and Palantir CTO, raises $130M to build thousands of advanced reactors

Daniel Levi Posted On November 10, 2025

Valar Atomics, a Los Angeles–area tech startup betting on advanced nuclear technology, has raised $130 million in fresh funding backed by Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar. The raise, led by Snowpoint Ventures, Day One Ventures, […]

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CoLab raises $72M in funding to redefine engineering with AI-powered design platform

Daniel Levi Posted On November 10, 2025

Engineering is entering a new phase—and it’s being rewritten by AI. For years, mechanical and hardware design teams have relied on tedious design reviews, endless meetings, and slow iteration cycles. Now, a St. John’s, Canada-based AI startup CoLab is convincing […]

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ZKsync’s Atlas Positions Decentralized Exchange Grvt As The Nerve Center Of Institutional DeFi

Daniel Levi Posted On November 10, 2025

Privacy-focused decentralized exchange platform Grvt says it has a plan to leverage ZKsync’s Atlas upgrade and position itself as the new “market layer” for Ethereum’s capital flows. In doing so, it aims to connect users to liquidity across Ethereum’s Layer-2 […]

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Are We Really Ready for Vibe Coding?

Daniel Levi Posted On November 7, 2025

How talking to machines became “coding” — and why that should both excite and scare us. Back in March 2025, TechStartups published “When Vibe Coding Goes Wrong,” one of the first deep dives into the strange new frontier of AI-assisted […]

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Mastercard negotiating to buy Zero Hash

Daniel Levi Posted On November 7, 2025

Mastercard is negotiating to acquire Zero Hash, a Chicago-based crypto and stablecoin infrastructure provider, in a deal reportedly valued between $1.5 billion and $2 billion. Multiple outlets say the talks are advanced but not final, framing the move as one […]

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Top Tech News Today, November 7, 2025

Daniel Levi Posted On November 7, 2025

Top 10 Tech News Stories Today — Your Quick Briefing on the Latest Technology News, Startup Trends, and Innovation Shaping the Future It’s Friday, November 7, 2025, and we’re back with the Top 10 Technology News Stories for the Day. […]

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U.S. corporate layoffs top 1 million so far in 2025; 153,000 job cuts in October alone

Daniel Levi Posted On November 6, 2025

The wave of layoffs that began in the tech sector early this year has now swept through nearly every corner of corporate America. According to data released by Challenger, Gray & Christmas (CGC), U.S. employers announced 153,074 job cuts in […]

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From $6.42 to $180 in 3 years: How Palantir became the poster child for the AI bubble

Daniel Levi Posted On November 6, 2025

When Palantir Technologies went public in September 2020, its $10 Wall Street debut was met with curiosity more than conviction. Back then, the Peter Thiel-backed data analytics startup—best known for serving the U.S. intelligence community—closed its first day of trading […]

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Google unveils ‘Ironwood,’ its most powerful custom AI chip yet to challenge Nvidia in the AI race

Daniel Levi Posted On November 6, 2025

Google’s $75 billion bet on AI hardware is starting to pay off. Seven months after Alphabet announced one of the largest infrastructure investments in its history — aimed at building custom chips and data centers for generative AI models like […]

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Top Tech News Today, November 6, 2025

Daniel Levi Posted On November 6, 2025

Top 10 Tech News Stories Today — Your Quick Briefing on the Latest Technology News, Startup Trends, and Innovation Shaping the Future It’s Thursday, November 6, 2025, and we’re back with the Top 10 Technology News Stories for the Day. […]

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Ripple raises $500 million at $40 billion valuation led by Fortress and Citadel to expand stablecoin and payments business

Daniel Levi Posted On November 5, 2025

Ripple has pulled off another major milestone. The crypto-focused fintech startup announced a $500 million strategic investment led by Fortress Investment Group and Citadel Securities, valuing the firm at $40 billion. Other heavyweight investors joining the round include Pantera Capital, […]

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Amazon sues Perplexity over ‘agentic’ shopping tool, accusing the AI startup of covertly accessing customer accounts

Daniel Levi Posted On November 5, 2025

Amazon accuses Perplexity of disguising its AI agent as a human shopper. Perplexity fires back, calling Amazon’s lawsuit an act of corporate bullying. The case spotlights a fast-growing clash over how AI “agents” interact with online platforms. AI startup Perplexity […]

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Xpeng to launch robotaxi fleet and humanoid robot in 2026 with own AI chips, in a challenge to Tesla’s AI mobility lead

Daniel Levi Posted On November 5, 2025

Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng is pushing deeper into artificial intelligence, announcing plans to launch a robotaxi fleet and humanoid robot in 2026—a bold move that puts the Guangzhou-based company on a collision course with Tesla. At its headquarters in […]

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