Entrepreneurship
AI Agent Security: Neo Launches With $100M to Lock It Down
A new security startup named Neo left stealth on July 20 with $100 million in funding, the company announced, aiming to secure the flood of AI agents now entering...
Manufacturing Automation Goes Autonomous as 1872 Raises $15M %
If you have ever waited weeks for a fabricated steel order, you know the quiet stress of a supply chain that cannot find enough workers. A startup called 1872...
How to Start a Side Hustle as More Americans Take the Leap
A fresh QuickBooks entrepreneurship study found that one in three U.S. adults plans to start a business or side hustle within the next 12 months, a 94 percent jump...
Solo 401k: The Retirement Move Founders Keep Skipping
Many founders answer the retirement question the same way, telling a widely shared 24/7 Wall St analysis that they will simply sell the company one day. A solo 401k...
Small Business Marketing in 2026: Where Customers Come From
Small business owners just told LocaliQ’s 2026 marketing trends report that their best customers now arrive through word of mouth, with 83 percent naming referrals as their top acquisition...
AI Email Security Gets $4.1M as Threats Outsmart Filters
Email is still where most attacks on small companies begin. This week, AI email security startup StrongestLayer said it raised $4.1 million in new funding, bringing its total seed...
Physical AI Startup Gritt Launches With $32.4M
A new kind of construction crew just raised real money. Physical AI startup Gritt launched from stealth this week with $32.4 million in combined pre-seed and Series A funding,...
Fed Rate Hike Odds Climb Ahead of the July Meeting
A Federal Reserve rate cut looked like the base case a month ago. Now a fed rate hike is back in the conversation, with CME FedWatch data putting the...
AI Agents for Business Are Giving Founders Their Week Back
When I scaled my first company, every problem looked like a hiring problem. Fresh data on AI agents for business challenges that reflex, because knowledge workers who run production...
Teen Summer Jobs Fall to the Lowest Level Since 1948
Hiring a teenager for the summer used to be one of the easiest wins a small business had. A new report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas shows that window...
