Posts by Liam Redmond
Startup Acquisition Lessons From Schneider’s Deal for PTC
Schneider Electric has agreed to buy PTC, the engineering software maker behind Creo and Onshape, in an all-cash deal that values PTC’s equity at roughly $22.6 billion. The companies announced it on October 5, 2026, and Schneider will pay $205 per share. The target for closing is the third quarter of 2027, and shareholders and…
Read MoreFrom killer-robot protests to tech talks for seniors, S.F. Bay Area residents wrestle with AI
San Francisco Bay Area residents, living in the beating heart of the artificial intelligence boom, are just as conflicted about the technology as the rest of the country. As OpenAI showed off its latest AI assistants in San Francisco last week, protesters outside — some dressed as killer robots —demanded it keep AI away from…
Read MoreDriver opens fire on strangers along major US interstate, tells cops he ‘had to kill people today’
An Iowa man accused of opening fire on passing vehicles along an interstate and wounding a woman allegedly made a chilling admission to police after his arrest, according to court documents. Andrew Darrick Tanaka, 27, of West Des Moines, faces four counts of attempted murder in Monday afternoon’s shootings along Interstate 35 in Warren County,…
Read MoreBrand Extension Lessons From Kraft’s Cheesy Ramen
Kraft Mac & Cheese is stepping outside the pasta aisle for the first time in nearly 20 years. The brand announced Cheesy Ramen on October 6, a new line of cheese-flavored ramen that arrives nationwide in early 2027. It is a textbook brand extension, and the playbook works at any size. Growth often comes from…
Read MoreBold Marketing Beats Caution, New Study Finds
Playing it safe is not as safe as it looks, according to a new study from FleishmanHillard and Contagious. The research, released October 6 in New York, argues that caution has become the riskiest strategy in marketing. The findings matter to any founder with a small budget and a big goal. Treat the study with…
Read MoreDemo Day Lessons From PearX’s Latest Startup Class
Investors got a fresh look at early-stage AI this week, as TechCrunch highlighted five startups from the latest PearX demo day. PearX is the accelerator run by Pear VC, and its cohorts are small by design. Running a company is hard enough without also having to guess what investors want to see. Demo day is…
Read MoreTeen Entrepreneur Zain Javaid Raises $11M for Ghost
A 19-year-old founder just raised $11 million in seed funding for Ghost, a startup that sells a $3,499 computer built to run personal AI agents. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, and the founder is Zain Javaid. If you are a teen entrepreneur or just starting out, this one is for you. Age did not stop…
Read MoreStartup Valuation Math: Etched Fields $40B Offers
Etched, an AI chip company, is reportedly weighing new funding offers that would price it somewhere from $40 billion to $50 billion, TechCrunch reports, citing sources. That would roughly double the $21 billion price tag it earned only two months ago. Most founders will never see a number like that. However, the way a startup…
Read MoreUS$7 trillion data-centre boom is creating gaps in insurance cover in Apac: report
There are interconnected and concentrated risks in power, construction, operations, cybersecurity and downtime [SINGAPORE] Insuring the Asia-Pacific’s rapidly expanding data-centre sector is becoming increasingly challenging. Global insurance broker Howden identifies the wide range of interconnected and concentrated risks in power, construction, operations and cybersecurity, with downtime being a significant business exposure. The expansion is being…
Read MoreDodgers, Angels receive surprising report cards from the Automated Ball-Strike system’s first season
The Dodgers were horrible. The Angels were great. No, that’s not a dispatch from topsy-turvy land. It’s their report cards following the first season Major League Baseball has utilized the Automated Ball-Strike system (ABS), courtesy of Baseball Savant’s calculations of the total run value of overturns on challenges. ABS is the review process that uses…
Read MoreKyrsten Sinema’s ex-bodyguard demands she pays his bond a month after trashing her home
Kyrsten Sinema’s ex-boyfriend turned lover called on her to pay his jail bond – despite allegedly threatening to “take down” the former lawmaker, a month on from trashing her home where he caused more than $200,000 worth of damage. US Army veteran Matthew Ammel’s request emerged in court documents filed Monday – a week on…
Read MoreIndia’s central bank lifts rates for first time in nearly four years
Published Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 01:55 PM INDIA’S central bank raised interest rates for the first time in nearly four years and signalled further hikes may be on the table as rising inflation and a weakening currency drive a policy pivot. The Reserve Bank of India’s six-member monetary policy committee voted unanimously to raise…
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