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Cardiovascular Technology Startup Karoo Lands Series A
Karoo Health closed an oversubscribed Series A worth $16.2 million for its cardiovascular technology platform. Co-leaders on this round were Allumia Ventures and 7wire Ventures. For healthtech founders, the...
AI Agent Payments Heat Up as Natural Takes On Stripe
Natural raised $30 million to rebuild payments for AI agents, and it is aiming at Stripe. The startup wants software agents to pay for goods and services on their...
AI Sales Assistant Tools Get Cheaper With Fireflies
Fireflies.ai launched its AI Sales Suite this week, aimed squarely at teams that cannot stomach six-figure sales software. The company already supports more than 22,000 sales teams and groups...
Protecting Trade Secrets: Lessons From Apple v OpenAI
Apple has taken OpenAI to court over stolen technology, and CNBC reported the trade secrets complaint, which Apple filed in a federal court in Northern California. The suit lists...
Skills Assessment AI Draws $5M as Hiring Proof Shifts
Hiring on a small team means guessing whether someone can actually do the work, and a startup just raised money to remove that guess. On July 16, DeweyLearn announced...
Solopreneur Math: 4 Numbers Behind the Solo Startup Boom
The solopreneur path stopped being a fallback and started becoming the default, and Forbes contributor John Werner laid out the numbers on July 18. His argument is simple. AI...
Fed Rate Decision Nears as Inflation Cools This Summer
The next Fed rate decision arrives late this month, and this week’s data gave policymakers plenty to weigh. Inflation cooled again in June, retail sales edged up, and business...
Construction Robots Go Mainstream as Monumental Raises $32M
If you run a business that depends on building anything, you already know the ache of a project stalled by a labor shortage. This week brought a sign of...
Gen Z Entrepreneurs Are Turning Franchising Into a Career
A new report on Gen Z entrepreneurs shows a shift I love to see: young founders are treating franchising as an entry-level path into business ownership, not a fallback....
AI ROI Reality Check: Why Most AI Spending Falls Short
A recent Gartner analysis of AI ROI delivers a sobering message, sharing that only a mere “one in 50 AI investments delivers transformational value.” The analysis also shares that...
