Adapting to a world with higher interest rates — a guide for startups
Make customers want what you have to sell. Once you get the formula right, you can worry about capital efficiency.
MIT Technology Review is a 2026 ASME finalist in reporting
The American Society of Magazine Editors has named MIT Technology Review as a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the reporting category. The shortlisted story—“We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard”—is part of the publication’s Power Hungry package on AI’s energy burden. AI is often described…
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Wattpad ditches ‘Paid Stories’ for a freemium model
After launching its “Paid Stories” program in 2019, the social storytelling platform Wattpad is now replacing it with a new freemium model called “Wattpad Originals” that gives authors the best of both worlds– monetization and growing their audience of non-paying readers. With the new model, authors can hide certain chapters behind a paywall while also […]
The Download: Big Tech’s big AI bet, and crypto’s day in court
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. Why Big Tech’s bet on AI assistants is so risky Since the beginning of the generative AI boom, tech companies have been feverishly trying to come up with the killer app for the…
Science lab automation and robotics startup Automata raises $40M
Automata, a company that combines software and hardware to automate science labs around the globe, has raised $40 million in an equity-based round of funding, as the U.K.-based startup looks to double down on recent growth across Europe and the U.S. Founded out of London in 2015, Automata in its original guise targeted myriad industries […]
Meta planning ad-free subscription or tracking ads ‘choice’ in EU, per WSJ — in latest bid to keep snooping
New battle lines appear to be being drawn up in the European Union between Facebook and Instagram owner Meta and regional users’ privacy rights. As it stands, the tech giant is running ads unlawfully in the EU since they target users by tracking and profiling their activity without a valid legal basis. This follows a […]
Sparx wants to do for enterprise what Truebill did for consumer recurring bills
Sparx is very much in its early stages, however, in the past six months, the company has already reached profitability.
Running a Profitable Restaurant Is Not Easy. But Coach Chip Klose Has a Plan for You.
Author and restaurant coach Chip Klose discusses his method for making 20% profit in the restaurant business.
Ride the Momentum With These 3 High-Growth Tech Stocks in October
With rapid digital transformation across various industry verticals and the growing adoption of emerging technologies, the demand for tech services is expected to surge significantly, creating numerous growth opportunities for…
Ten Key Labs wants to simplify managing equity for startups
Amar Varma, a three-time entrepreneur and VC, experienced firsthand the challenge of dealing with administering equity stakes within a startup. It’s his belief that many existing solutions — e.g. spreadsheets and even software-as-a-service tools — require founders to handle an outsize amount of the management and accounting work manually, and often end up complicating rather […]
Venture capital spring is here
Over the past six months, I have seen a trickle of early-stage financings turn into a river, and I predict we will soon see a gush.