Entrepreneurship
AI Agents for Business Just Got a $77M Vote of Confidence
Ema closed a fresh $77 million funding round announced September 23, a Series B led by Creaegis with Accel, S32 and Prosus all increasing their existing stakes. The round...
Startup Competition From Stan Puts $100K on 100 Founders
Stan announced Launchpad on September 22, a 14-day founder competition. Programming stretches from October 4 to October 19, and the location is a private retreat in the Pocono Mountains,...
Side Hustle Ideas: How One TikTok Video Built a $15M Brand
A single TikTok video turned into a $15 million business for Pavan Bapu and Luke Wilson, two former coworkers whose dog-feeder side hustle, Houndsy, has grown steadily since Wilson...
AI Tools for Business Get Cheaper as OpenAI Cuts API Prices in Half
OpenAI cut its API prices in half on September 22 by releasing two fresh models, Sol and Luna, both carrying the GPT-6 label, and the company says the new...
How Founders Can Run a Hybrid Office Without the Chaos
When you first introduced hybrid work, it likely felt like a win for everyone. Then reality set in. On some days the office is packed with nowhere to sit,...
Startup School: a16z Bets $42 Million Against the Dropout Myth
Andreessen Horowitz opened a new school this week called the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, a tuition-free program lasting a year, based in San Francisco, built for roughly 50 recent grads...
Cash Flow Management Tightens as Buyers Push Back
Nine out of ten founders saw their customers behave differently this year, according to a Mercury poll of 1,500 founders at early-stage companies fielded in May 2026. The changes...
Godot Engine Business Grows as W4 Raises $18M
Dublin-based W4 Games raised $18 million in a Series B led by Tencent, money it will spend building enterprise tooling around the open-source Godot Engine and pushing into Asia....
Tech IPO Market Gets Its First Real Test
Smart ring maker Oura opened its investor roadshow on Monday, asking investors for a fully diluted value of $15.62 billion and making it the largest tech IPO to test...
Small Business Health Insurance Gets an AI Broker
A New York startup called Corridor launched on September 21 with $25 million and a narrow promise: bring the caliber of small business health insurance guidance normally reserved for...
