For some of you who have been following us for some time now, you know that we love to write about Elon Musk and his companies partly because of his perseverance and how he defied all odds to make Tesla […]
Every year, startup employees in the United States forgo 50 percent of $60 billion in unexercised stock options. When employees leave their startups, they have a limited amount of time to exercise their stock options before they expire. The cost to […]
Last month, electric-vehicle startup Faraday Future became the latest EV company to join the so-called special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). The Gardena, California-based Faraday Future announced it was going public through a merger with Property Solutions Acquisition Corp in a […]
The entire restaurant industry has experienced the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC)-owned businesses are at the greatest risk of permanent closure and economic setback. Black-owned businesses are closing at rates twice as fast […]
The last time we wrote about Highspot was back in November 2018 when the Seattle, Washington-based AI-powered sales enablement startup raised $35 million to fuel global expansion. A lot has changed since then. Highspot helps companies including DocuSign, Dow Jones, General […]
After decades of U.S. internet service providers and cable companies’ monopoly on internet access, the stranglehold they have on Americans might soon be broken. U.S. cable companies currently charge anywhere between $69 to over $200 for internet access with a cable […]
Torii, a New York-based enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tech startup, today announces that it has closed a $10 million Series A financing round to automate software management in the enterprise to expand its engineering and data science teams in Israel and […]
Before Tesla came into the scene, legacy automakers including old automakers like Ford and General Motors and upstart companies, have all tried and failed, for one reason or another, to build the world’s next great electric vehicle. For example, at least […]
We’ve written extensively about the Pfizer vaccine. After a slow start and a series of setbacks, researchers at Pfizer, along with its partner BioNTech, continue to work day and night to finally deliver what’s now known to be the most […]
Earnix, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based FinTech startup and a provider of a software platform for pricing analytics and optimization used by insurance and retail banking organizations, today announced it has raised $75M in growth funding with a pre-money valuation of $1 billion. The […]
A little over a year ago, the United States Justice Department (DOJ) also charged four Chinese military intelligence officers with hacking the credit-reporting giant Equifax, in one of the largest data breaches in history. Just last week, we wrote about China […]
According to analyst estimates, Tesla has made about $1 billion in profit on its bitcoin investment. That means the world’s largest electric car company is on a trajectory to make more from its Bitcoin investments than profits from selling its EV (electric […]
Israeli startup Papaya Global has developed a totally new, cutting-edge system that promises to revolutionize cross-border payroll. The innovative approach they have taken, borne of the frustration that founder and CEO Eynat Guez had with existing systems has seen the company […]
Back in January, Elon Musk posted a cryptic message on Twitter that left his 47 million fans guessing about his next project. Musk tweeted a meme gif with a cryptic message that reads: “X.com/x.” A click on the link takes you to […]
Bitcoin has been making waves since the beginning of 2021 as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency gain more than 350% this year alone. At the end of January, bitcoin was hovering around $40,000. Then on January 8, Bitcoin exploded to a […]
The state of Texas continues to dominate the headlines as millions of Lone Star State residents are without power. As U.S. President declares a state of emergency in Texas, the blame and fingerpointing have already begun. Initially, many blamed the rolling […]
Happy weekend! With over 90 percent of startups ending in failure, reading success stories of other entrepreneurs and startup founders will encourage others in their startup journey. Today, we’re going to share the story of Jonathan (Jony) Volk, the founder of […]
Everyone was quick to blame Texas state’s wind turbines for the massive power outages that left millions of Texans without power as an unusual polar vortex traveled across the Southern and Eastern parts of the United States. In one of our […]
Yesterday, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory achieved engineering a feat by the landing of Perseverance rover on Mars after 203 days and 300 million miles journey. The Perseverance rover, along with its helicopter sidekick Ingenuity, has been traveling to Mars […]
The U.K.’s Supreme Court upheld a long-awaited ruling that Uber’s drivers should be classified as workers rather than independent contractors. The ruling, which could jeopardize Uber’s business model, has broader ramifications for the so-called gig economy and huge implications for Uber’s […]
