With a new $100M raise, Princeton’s Thea Energy is now a top-funded fusion startup
Thea Energy’s pixel-inspired magnets could give its power plant plans a boost. The fusion startup hopes to get a commercial reactor working by 2034.
The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth last month with a huge claim: it had solved a mathematical bottleneck…
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CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target software developers in supply chain attacks
Cybercriminals used the Glassworm botnet to infect open source software projects with malware, and in turn hack the developers and companies that use that software.
Why Good Small Business Always Run Out of Cash — and What Savvy Entrepreneurs Do Differently
Here’s why cash flow is so brutal for independent merchants — and what they can actually do about it.
Stop Burning Out — 3 Energy Traps You Keep Falling For and How to Teach Your Nervous System to Avoid Them
Sustainable performance isn’t about resting more. It’s about teaching your nervous system how to land.
Rob Mac Shares the One-Word Reason He Teamed Up With Enterprise for a Truly Wild World Cup Sweepstakes
The ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’ creator and co-chairman of Wrexham AFC talks about big risks and bigger rewards.
I Pitched My Product From a Citi Bike — And Ate It for 100 Days Straight. Now It’s in Whole Foods and Surpassing $700,000 a Year.
Damiano Messineo merged his two passions: business and food.
Family Dining Chains That Don’t Serve This Meal Saw Sales Grow 11.6%
Restaurants serving only breakfast and lunch are beating traditional family diners. Here’s the reason why.
AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation
As Cognition reaches $492 in annualized revenue run rate, it more than doubled its valuation in eight months, it says.
This $7.2 Billion Startup CEO Gets Applications From Thousands of Job-Seekers a Day. Here’s What He’s Looking For.
The CEO is a former Google engineer who now leads a $7.2 billion AI company.
FAA orders SpaceX to investigate Starship V3 booster failure
Starship is grounded until SpaceX finds out why the first V3 booster failed during its first test flight.