Mark Zuckerberg ‘had no concept of small talk’ and would ‘just stare at you,’ the VC behind Airbnb and Reddit says
The ‘Gen Z stare’ became an internet meme last year—used to describe a blank, expressionless look from a…
Exclusive: Posh lands $37M Series B to crack the ‘what are we doing tonight?’ problem
Event platform Posh raised a fresh $37 million to solve one of the quintessential “tarpit” startup ideas: turning…
This AI founder who quit her 9-to-5 law job has a warning for anyone dreaming of doing the same: ‘I’m working harder now than I ever did’
Office workers who daydream of being their own boss may fantasize about calling the shots, earning sky-high salaries,…
Billion-dollar AI startup founders are getting younger — here’s why
Alexandr Wang, former CEO of Scale, attends an AI summit in Paris in February 2025. Getty Images The…
The No.1 reason startups fail in the first two years, according to a VC
Concept Ventures was an early investor in billion dollar AI firm Eleven Labs. Reece Chowdhury A venture capitalist…
Two Gen Zers turned down millions from Elon Musk to build an AI based on the human brain—and it’s outperformed models from OpenAI and Anthropic
Two years ago, a pair of 22-year-old friends who met in high school in Michigan found themselves sitting…
Nvidia joins $2 billion India deep tech alliance to mentor AI startups
Co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang spoke to journalists during a trip to Beijing in July. Picture…
Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement
Thiruvananthapuram: With an educational background in photonics and aerospace engineering and professional experience in multiple countries, Yedhu Krishnan…
Founders and VCs weigh in on the U.K.’s ambition deficit
Almost 60% of young people in the U.K. are interested in starting their own businesses, per the Generation…
Startup founders share how they bounced back from failure
Over two-thirds of startup founders have a fear of failure, per the Founder Resilience Research Report, 2024. Skynesher…
YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup
Sorry, high schoolers, your dreams of pitching that dream start-up on Shark Tank will have to wait. Paul…
The German Entrepreneur Award for planqc
The spin-off from the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics wins in the StartUp category with its approach…