Startups

Navan’s $6.5B IPO Set for Takeoff – TravelTech Unicorn Aims High, But Will It Deliver?

Navan is a Palo Alto–based travel and expense management platform (formerly TripActions) that has expanded beyond corporate travel booking into payments and expense software. Its October IPO marks one of the first

21 October 2025

Wall Street’s High-Stakes Gamble: Kalshi’s $300 Million Raise Ignites Prediction Market Wars

Kalshi’s $300 Million Cash Infusion and Rapid Ascent Kalshi’s latest funding round – over $300 million at a $5 billion valuation – marks one of the largest bets yet on the emerging prediction market industry

10 October 2025

Finance · Investments · NASDAQ:COIN · NYSE:ICE · Prediction Markets · Startups · Wall Street

From Startup Nation to Space Nation: Inside Israel’s Booming Satellite Industry

Historical Background: From Ofeq to the Moon Israel’s space journey began modestly but ambitiously. In the 1960s, academia and defense researchers laid the groundwork for a national space program en.wikipedia.org. The Israeli

12 September 2025

Innovation · Israel · Satellites · Space · Space Industry · Startups

AI Race Heats Up: Musk’s Showdown, $183B Startup & New Global AI Rules – Top Stories (Sept 3–4, 2025)

Microsoft Launches In-House AI Models, Signaling Independence Microsoft announced it has built two powerful homegrown AI foundation models after years of relying on OpenAI. The company introduced MAI-Voice-1, a lightning-fast speech generator,

4 September 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Global Regulation · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:DUOL · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:MSFT · Startup News · Tech Industry · Trending News

AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Regulatory Showdowns – Aug 26–27, 2025 News Roundup

AI Research & Innovation Climate modeling revolution: Scientists at the University of Washington unveiled an AI-driven climate simulator that compresses millennia of weather into hours. Dubbed DL-ESyM, the model couples two neural

27 August 2025

AI · Innovation · Investments · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · Regulations · Tech News

Apple’s $100B Surprise, Space Startup Soars, and Tech Glitches Galore – Tech News Roundup (Aug 6–7, 2025)

Apple commits $100 billion to US manufacturing as part of the American Manufacturing Program, expands Corning to 100 percent of iPhone and Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky, and partners with Samsung

7 August 2025

Apple · Industry Highlights · Space · Startups · Tech News · Technology Failures

Ukraine’s Tech Triumphs Amid Turmoil: Startups, Cyber Warriors, and a Digital Revolution (2024–2025)

In 2024 Ukrainian startups attracted about $462 million in funding, a 120% YoY rise, with defense-tech startups pulling at least $59 million and the Brave1 fund granting $40 million in grants. Creatio,

16 July 2025

Cybersecurity · Innovation · Startups · Technology · Ukraine