This founder just landed funding for a second go at the same problem: affordable custom home design
Drafted is now nearly five months old, and it’s everything Atmos wasn’t.
Montana’s plan to become an experimental medical hub just pushed forward
As of this week in Montana, any biotech company with an experimental drug has a clear path to selling it to consumers. Companies whose drugs have been through preliminary testing—sometimes in as few as 10 healthy people—can pay $12,500 to apply to a newly established review board for approval. Once its treatment is rubber-stamped, the…
Marissa Mayer’s new startup Dazzle raises $8M led by Forerruner’s Kirsten Green
Mayer launched Dazzle after shuttering her photo and contact management startup Sunshine.
Researchers are getting organoids pregnant with human embryos
At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining of the uterus and then grips tight, burrowing in as the first tendrils of a future placenta appear. This is implantation—the moment that pregnancy officially begins. Only none of it is happening inside a…
Gen Z Is Buying Themselves Toys in Record Numbers This Holiday Season. Here’s Why.
Experts blame the ‘Peter Pan Effect’ for young adults collecting plush toys like Labubu dolls and Jellycat.
Why This Business Model Is Opening the Door to Entrepreneurship for People With Almost No Capital
Micro-franchising helps people with limited resources become business owners by offering low-cost and proven franchise models.
How This Pair of Dermatologist Brothers Set Out to Fix Hair Loss Treatment in America
Doctors Ben and Sean Behnam built an alternative to one-size-fits-all solutions with their new company, Happy Head.
Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa+ now works with Angi, Expedia, Square, and Yelp
The new integrations join other services like Yelp, Uber, OpenTable and others.
Lemon Slice nabs $10.5M from YC and Matrix to build out its digital avatar tech
Digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to AI chatbots with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image.
France’s postal and banking services disrupted by suspected DDoS attack
France’s postal service, La Poste, said it was hit by a disruptive cyberattack that knocked its services offline.
This Shake Shack Exec’s Family Didn’t Believe Hers Was a ‘Real Job.’ Here’s How She’s Bringing Innovation to the Brand.
Steph So discusses how she blends hospitality with technology, why curiosity drives her decisions and how Shake Shack keeps innovating without losing its soul.