The 4 Questions That Helped Me Stop Making Blind Decisions as a Founder
Asking the right questions and listening to the answers can expose blind spots and turn your team’s input into shared ownership.
This implant can restore sight for patients with macular degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects more than 5 million people around the world. And until now, no treatment could restore their vision. The Prima system, which was approved in Europe in July and is awaiting FDA clearance in the US, changes that. It combines a retinal implant with camera-equipped eyeglasses to improve sight in patients…
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What 8 Years of Backing Women Founders Taught Me About What It Takes to Build a Business That Lasts
Reach gets you noticed. A room full of people who’d fight for you gets you funded, forgiven and followed.
Lucid Motors’ EV output falls to lowest level in almost two years
The company is deliberately limiting production after years of struggling to find mass-market demand for its EVs.
The CEO of a Company That Cut Ties With Subway Reveals How It Went From Running Out of Cash to $54 Million a Year
YuChiang Cheng saw a different path forward — and it’s paying off big time.
OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.
Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say
Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch.
After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests
Days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.
Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils Beam, its first open-weight model, which it says rivals GLM-5.2 on reasoning with far less inference compute. Weights are due this month.
Social Media Collaboration Is One of the Most Powerful Growth Tools You’re Not Using Yet
If your content is only reaching people who already know your business, you may be hitting a growth ceiling without realizing it.
He Wrote Down Everything People Hate About Going to the Doctor. Then He Built a Business to Fix It.
Dr. Darshan Shah created Next Health to take the fear and frustration out of doctor visits. Now, he has more than 25 clinics around the world.