This startup says it will beat Tesla to putting unmanned semi-trucks on the...
Starsky Robotics, a San Francisco startup that makes self-driving semi-trailer trucks, wants to put driverless big-rigs on the road in 2018.That would put the startup well ahead of Tesla's timeline....
View Article30 AND UNDER: These are the rising stars in tech who are driving innovation
Changing the world takes vision, grit, and hard work.And it takes just enough crazy to believe you might actually pull it off.That's what makes the young generation of innovators so important....
View ArticleA 32-year-old startup CEO threw up the first time she tried to negotiate a...
The Muse CEO Kathryn Minshew started the company to give people the kind of career guidance she wished she'd had early on.For example, the first time she tried to negotiate a raise, she felt extremely...
View ArticleFormer Google and Instagram engineers got millions to take TV into the...
Dreams is a new company that's reformatting TV for smartphones.It got $5 million from investors including Box Group, NEA, SV Angel, and Ronny Conway's A Capital Ventures.It's made watching TV on your...
View ArticleGoogle is the number-one place college students want to work for the fifth...
For the fifth year running, Google is the number-one company that college students from leading universities want to work for.That's according to new data from education software company Piazza, which...
View ArticleThe top 30 companies where Ivy League graduates who studied computer science...
The race to snag top tech talent from prominent schools is competitive. Typically, tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are all vying for the same pool of graduates. A recent from...
View ArticleThe SEC has received nearly 200 pages of complaints about Coinbase, the $1.6...
Coinbase users allege that the company has stolen funds and not responded to their complaints, according to complaints filed with the SEC.Coinbase says that it's addressing the complaints, and that it...
View Article14 popular startups you didn't know were backed by celebrity investors
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase.While some startups are bootstrapped,...
View ArticleThe most valuable venture-backed startups in all 50 states
Venture capital-backed companies based out of California are usually recognizable. But what can get lost in the mix are the companies based throughout the rest of the country.VC research firm Pitchbook...
View ArticleJay-Z has quietly filed paperwork to launch an investment firm that might be...
Jay-Z has filed new paperwork for a venture firm called Marcy Venture Partners along with Walden Venture Capital managing director Lawrence Marcus and Roc Nation president Jay Brown.Last year, it was...
View ArticleThe largest VC fund in Silicon Valley's history has raised a whopping $6...
Sequoia Capital has raised $6 billion, the Financial Times reports.The firm has plans to raise $2 billion more.The firm's $6 billion global-focused fund is the largest in Silicon Valley's history. For...
View ArticleHere are the top 3 qualities you need to succeed, according to a high school...
Cyan Banister is a self-taught engineer, entrepreneur, and angel investor.Banister made early bets on companies like Uber, SpaceX, and Postmates.Now, she manages multi-millionaire dollar deals at Peter...
View ArticleThis CEO says his hot startup is working on a fix for the most annoying thing...
After electric scooters descended on San Francisco, city dwellers voiced their outrage over scooters routinely blocking sidewalks and building entrances.Parking startup SpotHero says it's in talks with...
View ArticleThe CEO of the world's biggest sneaker marketplace explains how a string of...
GOAT is the world's largest resale marketplace for high-end sneakers, and is valued at $250 million.Its cofounder and CEO Eddy Lu spent more than 10 years creating and leading failed startups and...
View ArticleI tried StyleBee, the 'Uber for beauty' startup that will send a hairstylist...
San Francisco-based startup StyleBee allows clients to book appointments with professional cosmeticians and stylists who come to you, not the other way around.Since it launched four years ago, StyleBee...
View ArticleLight, the startup that made a $2,000 camera with 16 lenses, is planning a...
Camera startup Light plans to introduce its first smartphone later this year, according to the Washington Post. The Post reports that the phone will have between five and nine rear camera lenses, not...
View ArticleChina created 46 startups worth at least $1 billion in the five years since...
Silicon Valley is still the global leader in startup creation, but Chinese cities Beijing and Shanghai are leading the pack over in Asia, hot on the heels of their Western counterparts. Most of the...
View Article16 'Shark Tank' home products that are actually useful
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase.Nine seasons in and hundreds of products...
View ArticleWhy this top LinkedIn employee quit to start his own data analytics company
Adam Weinstein, a former senior employee at LinkedIn, quit last year to start his own data analytics company, Cursor.Cursor lets users inside a company search for data across different departments,...
View ArticleAmazon and Walmart are readying for war over a growing chunk of the US...
Over the past few months, the long-standing rivalry between Walmart and Amazon has gotten intense, and one demographic in particular appears to be the battleground: the over-65 crowd. In June, Amazon...
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