Posts by Liam Redmond
Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers as it looks to trim costs
Microsoft is offering buyouts to 60,000 employees — roughly a quarter of its global workforce — as the company looks to slash costs while investing heavily in artificial intelligence. The tech giant based in Redmond, Wash., has offices throughout the world, including in California. Microsoft didn’t indicate how many California employees are eligible for the…
Read MoreLessons From Barbara Corcoran, Suze Orman and Other Women Who Beat the Odds
What does it take to succeed when you’re the only woman in the room? For Barbara Corcoran, it meant refusing to play by everyone else’s rules. For Suze Orman, it meant proving she could succeed in finance when the people around her didn’t believe she belonged. And for Andrea Miele, it was building something they…
Read MoreJeremy Adams on the Hard Lessons of Building a Business
Most ambitious founders understand it takes a lot of work to launch a sustainable business. But there’s a difference between understanding the cost on the surface and experiencing it firsthand. Jeremy Adams falls firmly in the camp of the latter. He spent the early years of his adulthood waiting tables and trying to pay his…
Read MoreManufacturing Automation Startup Formic Raises $50M
Formic, a Chicago-based robotics company, pulled in $50 million of growth funding, according to a Business Wire release dated October 22. Mercato Partners headed a Series B that forms part of the total, S2G Investments supplied debt, and Citi plus several venture firms joined in. Here is the lesson I want you to steal. Formic…
Read MoreSatellite Navigation Startup Xona Raises $250M to Rival GPS
Xona, a California company building navigation satellites, has closed a Series D worth $250 million, according to a Business Wire announcement from October 22. Future Ventures led the round and valued the company at $2.45 billion. Xona says it has taken in over $570 million overall since 2019. If your product relies on location or…
Read MoreSeries A Round Advice: Investors Warn of a 2027 Correction
Raising a Series A feels harder than it has in years, and three investors said so out loud at TechCrunch Disrupt. In a panel recapped by TechCrunch, partners from Peak XV, Index Ventures and Bessemer explained what they want to see. One of them also predicted a market correction as soon as 2027. That mix…
Read MoreLegal AI Startup Legora Raises $550M: Growth Lessons for Founders
Legal software company Legora closed a Series E worth $550 million, which values it at $8.8 billion, according to its own announcement dated October 21. Atreides Management led the round, and the previous valuation was $5.6 billion. The company says annual recurring revenue now tops $200 million. Founders watching the legal AI market should read…
Read MoreDeceptive Trade Practices: What Meta’s $25B Ruling Means for Founders
A New Mexico judge told Meta on Wednesday to hand over $25 billion as a penalty, according to Source New Mexico, after a jury decided the company had engaged in deceptive trade practices under state law. A Santa Fe jury had earlier tallied roughly 44 million breaches of the state’s Unfair Practices Act. Meta says…
Read More‘Summer House’s Carl Radke talks prepping for the New York City Marathon, ‘Summer House’ Season 11, and whether he’d follow in Ciara Miller’s footsteps on ‘DWTS’
Carl Radke has become quite the marathon man. The Summer House star, who paid a visit to DECIDER’s studio earlier this month, is gearing up for this year’s New York City Marathon, marking his second time taking part in the race and his fourth marathon overall. “We’re in the middle of training still because I…
Read MoreSmall nuclear reactors could boost the Asean Power Grid: GE Vernova executive
Gray sees Singapore and the Philippines as promising markets for deployment of these cutting-edge reactors [SINGAPORE] Nuclear power with small modular reactors (SMRs) could be a “huge strategic advantage” for South-east Asia – especially if it can be incorporated into the Asean Power Grid (APG), Eric Gray, CEO of GE Vernova’s power segment, said on…
Read MoreJapanese companies compensate users as cyberattacks buffet economy
Recent cyberattacks has exposed weaknesses in Japanese companies’ ability to protect their wealth of customer data Published Mon, Oct 26, 2026 · 01:54 PM [TOKYO] Japanese companies are moving to pay compensation to users following waves of cyberattacks that have disrupted internet services and raised concerns about economic stability. GMO Internet Group, a leading provider…
Read MoreSingapore faces energy risks with ‘resource nationalism’ that undermines contracts: Tan See Leng
The minister emphasises reliability of supply as a key requirement to the Republic’s central gas buyer [SINGAPORE] Singapore will have to brace for greater risk of energy supply disruptions amid “resource nationalism” that undermines contracts, said Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Tan See Leng on Monday (Oct 26). Countries may prioritise…
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