Bitcoin is under fire from Microsoft founder and billionaire, Bill Gates. In an interview with CNBC, gates said Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are “kind of a pure ‘greater fool theory’ type of investment,” he said Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I […]
Financial stress is a leading cause of lost productivity in the workplace according to a recent employee financial wellness survey conducted by PWC. One San Francisco, California-based startup is aiming to help employers improve the financial wellness of their employees. The […]
UBTECH Robotics announced Friday that it has completed $820 million Series C investment, the single largest funding round ever for an artificial intelligence company. The latest funding now put the value of the company at $5 Billion, making UBTECH the world’s […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Monday, May 7. Learning Machine, the blockchain startup co-developed a system for putting digital diplomas on the blockchain with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has raised $3 […]
Isreal-based startup Future Meat Technologies announced it has secured a $2.2 million seed investment round co-led by Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods. Tyson Foods is a Fortune 100 company, and one of the world’s largest food producers. In […]
Happy weekend! Here is the roundup of the top startup news of the week. If you want this weekly update in your inbox every week, please subscribe to the TechStartups Newsletter using the form at the right corner of this […]
Some of the biggest headaches business travelers face are: keeping track of receipts, submitting expense reports on time and facing questions about the legitimacy of certain charges. Now, technology is making expense reporting easier. One of the leaders in this […]
As most of you probably know, we’ve covered blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) more than any other technology topics. AI is one of top 10 breakthrough technologies, if not the top. Some could argue it’s blockchain. The point is, the […]
IronNet Cybersecurity, a startup founded by former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) chief, Gen. (Ret.) Keith Alexander, has raised $78 million in additional funding. The company said in a press release. The investment was led by new investor C5 Capital with participation from […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Friday, May 4 ServiceNow buys AI startup Parlo for for its NLP technology. ServiceNow announced Thursday that it will acquire Parlo, a Silicon Valley-based startup that trains algorithms […]
CloudPay is the world’s only cloud-based platform for integrated global payroll and payments processing, collaboration and delivery. Through its unified SaaS platform, the company enables its customers to improve business performance through greater fiscal control, see people costs through enhanced visibility, […]
SoundHound announced today it has raised $100 million in new funding to drive adoption and distribution of its Houndify voice AI platform across verticals including automotive, Internet of Things, consumer products, and enterprise apps and services. The funding will accelerate global expansion, […]
The US economy is booming and investment in startup is at all time high. In 2017 alone, global funding to VC-backed startups jumped 50% to $164.4 billion. This does not necessarily reflect investment backed by from governments and non-profit organizations. Now […]
Teenage entrepreneurs from 5 continents pitched their companies in front of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) this past weekend. Eight of those teams won $50,000 of investments each at a $1,000,000 valuation, and will […]
The mobile game market is on fire. According to the latest report from video editing company, Wondershare Filmora, mobile gaming is forecast to represent over 50% of total games market. That is a big rise from the 45% that is projected for 2018. […]
Zola, the wedding-planning startup, is about to join the unicorn startup club. Today, Zola announced it has raised $100 million in Series D financing to help reinvent wedding planning and registry for millennials. The funding round was led by existing investor Comcast […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Thursday, May 2. Wedding-planning startup Zola tied the knot with $100 Million funding. Wedding startup, Zola, just tied the knot on a big financing round to try […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform provider Faraday announced today it has secured more than $2 million in new funding, and added top talent to its team of leading data scientists and business software experts. The latest round of funding, from new […]
The world will soon run out of fossil fuels. The question a lot of people are asking is, how long will fossil fuels really last? It is argued that oil will run out in 53 years, natural gas in 54, and coal […]
Researchers and scientists are working tirelessly to find cures for cancer. Epigenetic therapy is a relatively new concept for cancer treatment. According to NIH, it has been found that the epigenetic silence of tumor suppressor genes induced by overexpression of histone […]
