The AI gold rush is pulling workers into startups as layoffs and RTO push them out of corporate jobs
Last year, Nicole Landis Ferragonio and Joe Luchs decided to leave Amazon and launch an AI startup. Loading audio narration……
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We’re former Google coworkers who raised $4.5M for an AI startup. We didn’t build a big team — we built fast instead.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Praneet Dutta, a 32-year-old CEO in Palo Alto, and Joe Cheuk, a…
AI startups are moving into smaller neighborhoods and shifting San Francisco’s economic center
Despite the pandemic, an exodus of tech companies, and a feared “doom loop,” a one-two punch of return-to-office mandates and the explosion…
A CEO thought she was starting a menopause company. Then AI changed everything.
Midi Health CEO Joanna Strober originally set out to launch a menopause startup. Then, AI changed everything. Loading audio narration……
Slate raises fresh $650 million as reservations for its mid-$20,000 truck cross 160,000
Investors are betting a fresh $650 million that Slate can make its proudly bare-bones EV pickup a hit. Loading audio…
There’s a new fight brewing in the ad industry
The brand-safety battles that once pitted CMOs against Big Tech are over. Now, there’s a new war brewing over “AI…
AI recruiting startup Mercor hit by cyberattack; Meta halts collaboration – The Economic Times
A few days ago, artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting startup Mercor confirmed it was hit by a security incident linked to…
A $700M Nvidia-backed AI search startup is hiring. Only rebels need apply.
CEO of Exa Will Bryk (left) and cofounder Jeff Wang (right).Exa An Nvidia-backed AI search startup is expanding to Singapore.…
Read the memo: Tesla rival Lucid cuts 12% of its US workforce as EV winter takes hold
Lucid launched its latest EV, the Gravity SUV, last year.Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images EV startup Lucid Motors is cutting 12% of…
$14 billion AI startup Mistral — Europe’s answer to OpenAI — lands French military deal as the region bets on homegrown tech
France’s military signed an AI deal with $13.6 billion startup Mistral to boost defense tech. Mistral’s AI will run on…
Slate’s design chief explains why the startup built its electric truck without screens, stereos, or power windows
EV startup Slate unveiled its no-frills, affordable electric truck earlier this year. The “mid-$20,000s” truck’s minimalist base version comes without…
Marc Benioff, Jack Altman, and Sapphire Ventures invested $9 million in this sales tech startup. Check out its pitch deck. – Business Insider
Gaurav Bhattacharya came up with his idea for Jeeva AI, a sales tech platform, when he was struggling to keep…
A legal tech funding frenzy sparked in 2025 with these 7 notable deals
Legal tech has had a breakout year for VC funding, which reached $3.2 billion in 2025. As the sector attracts…
Read the pitch decks that 9 healthcare AI startups used to raise millions in 2025 – Business Insider
Investors have been breaking out their checkbooks this year for healthcare startups, especially when AI is involved. Digital health startups…
An AI startup that wants to make home construction easier used this pitch deck to raise $19 million
Digs, an AI product for home builders, has raised $19.1 million in seed funding. Digs came out of stealth in…
I left Google after 10 years to launch my AI startup in Tokyo. I can accomplish a lot more in Japan than in Silicon Valley.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jad Tarifi, the founder and CEO of the AI startup Integral…
Inside the AI startups reinventing consulting: ‘It’s not as good as McKinsey, but it’s instant’
For decades, the consulting and tech industries have moved in tandem: Silicon Valley develops new technology, and the big consulting…
Melinda French Gates-backed women’s health startup Tia just cut 23% of its workforce
Women’s health startup Tia has slashed about 23% of its staff, Business Insider has learned. The company, which provides in-person…