Japanese government is earmarking about ($940 million) to speed and accelerate space startups toward the final frontier. The government is also creating a human resource hub and weighing a legal path for commercial development on the moon. The government will offer the […]
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is the most important and expensive component of any autonomous vehicle. It is a sensor that detects objects in a car’s proximity using lasers. Not so long ago a LiDAR sensor used to cost $75,000. […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Tuesday, March 20. Alibaba is putting $2 billion to work in online mall Lazada. The Chinese tech giant Alibaba is pumping another US$2 billion into Lazada as […]
Since the Tower of Babel, humans have never been closer than it is today. With the global emergence of the Internet and advances in translation and speech technologies, it’s now possible to communicate with people around the world than any […]
The global revenue of the market research industry is more than 44 billion U.S. dollars, according to the latest 2015 data from Statista. Up until now, the industry has been dominated by the old guard of traditional market companies like Nielsen and others. […]
Israeli startup media technology company, Elastic Media announced the the first AI-powered, mobile-firest eSports platform. In addition, the company also announced it’s relaunching as Blink. Blink will focus on the fast-growing, dynamic world of eSports where its technology will unlock the value […]
As noted by experts from the American Bureau of Interactive Advertising iAB, 2017 was in many respects the year of blockchain. Indeed, over the past year, the popularity of blockchain technology has jumped at an incredible rate. The words “blockchain” […]
A lot has been written about blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies. The concept of Blockchain emerged from a whitepaper written by Satoshi Nakamoto titled: “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” The 9-page whitepaper was written as part of Nakamoto’s response to the collapse […]
Percipient.ai, a developer of an advanced analytics platform that provides decisive intelligence on national security missions, announced today it has secured $14.7 million in Series A funding round. The round, led by Venrock, puts the company at $58.5 million. In addition ot the […]
Enterprise cloud computing software company, Nutanix, announced today it has acquired next generation app discovery startup Netsil. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. This is Nutanix second acquisition so far this month. Netsil is a San Francisco-based company that […]
A research team led by Teruyuki Hirano of Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences has validated 15 exoplanets2 orbiting red dwarf systems. The planets also include one ‘super-Earth’ that could harbor liquid water — orbiting small, […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Monday, March 12. FCC accuses startup Swarm Technologies of launching satellites without permission. The U.S. communications agency, FCC, has accused startup Swarm Technologies of launching four of its […]
Happy weekend! Here is a weekend roundup of top startup news for the week ending March 10, 2018. Please subscribe to the TechStartups Newsletter using the form at the right corner of this page, if you want this weekly update […]
The San Francisco tech startup, Atomwise, that develops artificial intelligence systems using powerful deep learning algorithms and supercomputers for drug discovery announced it has raised $45 million Series A to become the preferred artificial intelligence partner for the global pharmaceutical industry. The […]
Israeli medical technology startup, Vectorious Medical Technologies, has developed the world’s first miniature implant for left-atrial monitoring. The monitoring is necessary following repair of a complex congenital heart failure. Using Closed-loop CHF Therapy, the technology helps physicians to help patients help themselves. Via […]
Chicago-based database and analytics software startup, Ocient, has raised $10 million in Series A funding to support its growing engineering team, continue research & development and activate its new development lab. The investors and the terms of the deals were not disclosed. Founded […]
S&P Global acquires AI startup Kensho for $500 million, makes it the largest A.I. deal in history. S&P Global has acquired AI startup Kensho for $550 million. This makes the acquisition the largest price on an A.I. company to date. […]
Enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) startup, UiPath, today announced it has raised $153 million in Series B funding following a year of record growth. The round is led by Previous investor Accel Partners, with participation from new investors CapitalG and Kleiner […]
Last week, Russia’s Putin unveiled a new ‘invincible’ nuclear weapon in announcement that was cheered by many Russia lawmakers. “They have not succeeded in holding Russia back,” President Putin said, referring to the West. “Now they need to take account of a […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Monday, March 5. London startup Bulb is shaking up Britain’s £54bn energy market. Bulb is UK green energy supplier, with all of its electricity and 10% of its […]
