The New York-based AI-powered insurance startup Lemonade Inc., announced a $120 million Series C funding round led by the SoftBank Group, with participation from existing investors. The startup plans to use the funds to accelerate its global expansion in 2018. […]
Effective February 15, 2018, Google will block all ads (including those owned or served by Google) on all websites that display non-compliant ads. Chrome’s built-in ad-blocker will start working on February 15, 2018, the company announced today. This announcement will have […]
Good morning! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, December 19. Google’s Waymo is teaming with insurance startup Trov on passenger insurance for self-driving service. Waymo LLC, the driverless-car unit of Google-parent Alphabet Inc., is […]
If you are like the rest of us, we dream of great summer vacation in a tropical island sipping margarita at beach bar overlooking the sea. But that is not what prompted Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal, to come […]
We’ve all witnessed it during our commute hours, road rage, drivers yelling at other drivers. You might ask, is there not a way to better communicate with other drivers? CarWink reinvents the way drivers communicate with each other while minimizing road […]
A California-based startup, Rigetti, is trying to take quantum computing to the next level. The company wants to quantum computers can be game changer and be used to perform a common form of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Rigetti Computing is […]
Good morning! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, December 18 Aconex, the Australian tech startup beats the odds and now sold to Oracle for $1.6 billion. After 17 years of patience, perseverance, the […]
Chinese Electric Vehicle startup, NIO, is releasing its Tesla rival in 2018 — and it’s amazing. NIO just launched sales of its first vehicle three years after the company was founded, undercutting the price of a rival model from Tesla Inc. Chinese customers […]
Did you know that your toothbrush contains millions of bacteria that could be making you and your family sick? Think about the last time you cleaned your toothbrush. Chances are, it’s been too long to remember. An exposed toothbrush, like the one […]
Are you tired of getting stuck in traffic? You could be flying to work next year if this Chinese startup has its way. Ehang has developed a taxi drone or flying car that it plans to roll out as soon […]
iSpace, a Tokyo-based startup company has raised $90 million Series A funding to send a spacecraft into lunar orbit by 2019, and then land a year later after orbiting the Moon. The funding was led by Japan Airlines Co. and Tokyo Broadcasting […]
Move over, Bitcoin! The new cryptocurrency, Ripple (XRP) price surges 84% in one day to new record high. On December 10, Ripple had a market capitalization of just over $9 billion. As of Wednesday morning, that market cap had increased to […]
According to Bloomberg, Samsung is planning to launch its Bixby-powered smart speaker within the first half of 2018 to take on Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Apple’s upcoming HomePod. Samsung also mentioned back in August that it’s was working on […]
Last week we covered SmaCircle S1’s eBike. For people on the market for a new eBike, that is probably one of the best eBikes out there. The question is, what about if you want to convert your ordinary bike into […]
For millions of high school seniors, the next few weeks will be incredibly stressful as colleges across the nation are releasing their enrollment decisions. Eagerly, students wait to see if the hours of test-prep, expensive college visits, and endless essay […]
Good morning! Here are top tech startup news stories you need to know this Friday, December 15 Portugal tech startup JScrambler is helping consumers fight cyber crime. JScrambler, a Portugal tech startup founded by two friends, Rui Ribeiro and Pedro Fortuna, is […]
Have you ever dreamed of living in an off-the-grid house where you don’t have to worry about the hustle and bustle of big cities? PassivDom may be able to help you make your dream come true. PassivDom is an Ukrainian startup […]
The United States is facing a lack of financial literacy in teens combined with a 30% decline of teen workforce participation over the past 40 years. First jobs serve as a rite of passage, and those are gone as we […]
Stateless, a Boulder Colorado-based startup founded by Murad Kablan and Eric Keller. Their patented product was the result of research work they did at the University of Colorado Boulder. They aim to disrupt the a “Network-as a Service” market. The idea […]
The number one critical success factor for any startup is to meet a need or identify a problem or pain point and try to provide a solution to alleviate the pain point. Most startups fail to understand this basic principle. […]
