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Kunal Shah: The New WhatsApp CEO Who’s Rewriting the Rules of Global Tech
In one of the most significant leadership appointments in global technology this year, Meta has named CRED founder Kunal Shah as the new head of WhatsApp, marking the first time an Indian startup founder will lead the world's largest…
AWIEF Pitch n Grow 2026 Is Now Open — Here’s Everything Women-Led Startups Need to Know
Women-led startups attracted less than 1% of total venture capital funding in Africa in 2024, resulting in a $2.5 billion funding gap relative to male-founded startups over the past five years. Against that stark backdrop, the Africa Women…
Lamina Labs YCombinator Funding: Nepali MIT Founders Secure $3M After Stunning Demo Day Debut
Just twelve days after launch, Lamina Labs had already amassed 4,000 users and 187 paying customers — and the company's two founders hadn't even finished pitching at Demo Day yet. That traction tells you almost everything you need to know…
The Rise of Deterministic AI: How Startups Are Raising Millions to Solve the LLM Hallucination…
AI hallucinations cost businesses $67.4 billion globally in 2024 — continued to escalate sharply in 2025 as enterprise AI adoption surged toward 85%. That staggering figure isn't abstract. It shows up in legal briefs citing nonexistent…
GitHits Pre-Seed Funding: Finnish Startup Raises €1.5M to Build the “Google for Code”
Finland-based GitHits has raised €1.5 million in pre-seed funding, which it will use to develop what the company calls the "Google of code search." This GitHits pre-seed funding round is one of the most watched developer-tool launches in…
SpaceX Cursor Acquisition: The $60B Deal That Changes the AI Coding War Forever
SpaceX announced on Tuesday a formal agreement to buy the artificial intelligence startup Cursor for $60 billion worth of stock — and the ripples hit every corner of the tech world within hours. This is not just a bold corporate move. It is…
Foodstories Raises ₹50 Crore to Fuel Premium Food Retail Revolution in India
Foodstories has raised ₹50 crore from investor Nikhil Kamath, with existing backer Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office continuing its support in the latest funding round. The raise is more than a capital infusion — it's a signal that India's…
Anthropic Suspends Fable 5: A US Government Export Directive Shakes the AI Industry
Anthropic announced late Friday that it is disabling access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all customers after the US government issued an export control directive prohibiting their use by any foreign national, whether inside or…
Zonta Club Grants Transform Small Business Dreams into Reality for Women Entrepreneurs
The Zonta Club of Hilo presented $10,000 in microgrants through its Pay It Forward program in 2025, marking the fourth consecutive year of record applications. Six women entrepreneurs on Hawaii Island received financial support to launch or…
How TensorWave Challenges Nvidia with a $350M All-AMD Bet
A Las Vegas-based cloud computing startup just broke Nevada's record for the largest Series B funding in state history, and it did it by refusing to use a single Nvidia chip. TensorWave, a Las Vegas-based AI cloud provider that built its…
