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In its first product launch since being acquired by wealth AI leader BridgeWise in February, Context Analytics now enables institutional investors to quantify market sentiment in podcasts using ticker-mapped, finance-tuned scores.…

OpenAI hires Jason Boehmig, the co-founder and former CEO of contract management powerhouse Ironclad, marking a decisive strategic pivot as the artificial intelligence pioneer establishes its new legal vertical. This appointment signals far…

Uganda generates 600 metric tonnes of plastic waste every single day, and roughly 60% of it is left to rot, burn, and leach into the environment. One Ugandan entrepreneur decided that statistic was not a tragedy — it was a supply chain.…

Oslo-based AI startup Cloudgeni has secured $1 million in seed funding to expand its automated cloud infrastructure operations across the Nordics and the United States. This fresh injection of capital, marking the official close of the…

Applications now open for founders across India; Season 2 premieres in December 2026 India: After a debut season on Amazon MX player that drew over ₹130 crore in funding commitments for the featured startups, Bharat Ke Super Founders…

JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong pledged on Wednesday to protect the company's 900,000-strong workforce from automation during an internal speech. Bold words. Reassuring, even. But here's the twist: the company operates fully automated…

Cognition AI closed a Series D of more than $1 billion at a $26 billion post-money valuation — and buried inside the announcement was one statistic that stopped the tech industry cold: 89% of all code committed at Cognition is now written…

UGX 62 billion (~$16.8 million) in corporate contracts flowing to women-owned businesses — that's the headline achievement that set the stage for something bigger. On May 22, 2026, at its Kampala headquarters, MTN Uganda formally unveiled…

Sarojini Nagar alone draws 50,000 to 60,000 shoppers on a typical day — a figure that doubles during weekends and festive seasons. Yet nobody talks about what happens after the deals are struck: aching shoulders, overstuffed bags, and…

Twenty-four carefully curated deep-tech start-ups presented their innovations before more than 90 investors at the Bharat Innovates investor showcase in Bengaluru — a day-long capital-connect event co-convened by the Ministry of Education…