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The AI startup industry may be heading for consolidation and bigger problems...
The world of artificial intelligence startups has been an amusement park of innovation and investment during the economy's long bull run, but the roller coaster market threatens to go off its rails and...
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A San Francisco startup is shipping coronavirus home test kits to sick...
San Francisco-based healthcare startup Carbon Health is offering $167 home test kits for the coronavirus disease for patients in California.Californians who qualify are those who feel sick and are...
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CULTIVATED: How the cannabis industry is preparing for — and reeling from —...
Welcome to Cultivated, our weekly newsletter where we're bringing you an inside look at the deals, trends, and personalities driving the multibillion-dollar global cannabis boom. Sign up here to get it...
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Former Cisco CEO John Chambers offers these important tips for startups...
John Chambers, the former CEO of Cisco, has been through several downturns and global health crises in his career.As the coronavirus panic sparks a new economic downturn, he shared his insights into...
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Tony Xu, the founder and CEO of $13 billion DoorDash, said the hardest...
The hardest funding round DoorDash CEO Tony Xu ever had to raise for his company was its seed round, he told Business Insider in a recent interview.After DoorDash graduated from a startup accelerator...
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This San Francisco startup just raised $12 million for its speech recognition...
Deepgram offers a speech recognition service that's built on deep-learning technology.CEO and cofounder Scott Stephenson got the idea for the service while monitoring a dark matter experiment two miles...
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As startups face layoffs and cash freezes, this company is hiring extra staff...
Farewill, a startup that makes it easier for people to write their will, has seen a 300% increase in demand for its services since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. At a time where many companies...
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Cannabis site Leafly just laid off nearly 40% of its workforce as coronavirus...
Cannabis news and information site Leafly laid off nearly 40% of its workforce on Monday, the company confirmed to Business Insider.Several other cannabis companies have also had layoffs in recent...
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3D manufacturing startup Carbon is working with the White House to address...
Manufacturing startup Carbon is working with the White House to address the country's shortage of medical supplies with 3D-printed products, a company spokeswoman told Business Insider.The Redwood...
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'It's like they are trying to f--- us': Founders say investors are using the...
Startups face going bust if the coronavirus induces a global recession.Founders and venture capitalists say unscrupulous investors are taking advantage of the uncertainty to renege on deals.One founder...
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Brex, the $2.6 billion credit card startup, just used its deep pockets to...
Brex, the $2.6 billion credit card startup for other startups, announced Tuesday that it had acquired blockchain startup Neji, web publishing startup Compose Labs, and internal database company Landria...
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A software CEO who helped CIOs weather the Great Recession shares 4 steps...
The coronavirus is hammering businesses of all sizes and sending executives scrambling to map out strategies to mitigate the impact of the pandemic. CIOs have the difficult task of keeping digital...
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San Francisco startups have suspended sales of at-home coronavirus test kits...
San Francisco startups Nurx and Carbon Health have stopped offering at-home coronavirus testing kits. Both startups suspended sales after the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning last week...
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TripActions, the $4 billion Andreessen Horowitz-backed corporate travel...
TripActions, the corporate travel startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz's massive $2.2 billion growth fund, laid off as many as 350 employees across business divisions on Tuesday, Business Insider has...
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'This is when leaders are born': Tech legend John Chambers says that only the...
Tech legend John Chambers, the former CEO of Cisco, has spent the last few weeks sheltering in place in his Silicon Valley home.He has kept in touch with his team, including startup founders and CEOs...
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The Sequoia investor who left to start his own VC firm says startup founders...
Chris Olsen, a former Sequoia investor who left to start his own VC firm in the Midwest, says startup founders can expect their access to funding to dissipate because of the coronavirus outbreak and...
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Former Apple CEO John Sculley says a lesson from Steve Jobs can help startups...
Former Apple CEO John Sculley thinks that once the coronavirus pandemic is over, the US economy will enter a new age of innovation. Industries like telehealth and remote work are on the cusp of a...
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Walmart is about to let machines negotiate contracts with some suppliers, and...
The coronavirus pandemic is upending global supply chains, and the looming economic recession could make managing the complex web of vendors even harder. Some large corporations are turning to...
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A Forbes alum armed with $150 million is building a new social network to...
Block.one, a blockchain company, created a new social network called Voice to "revolutionize social media" and hired Forbes' global chief digital officer Salah Zalatimo as its CEO.Block.one built...
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Brex just open-sourced its recession contingency plans. Here's how the $2.6...
Brex, the $2.6 billion credit card startup, hosted a webinar Tuesday for other startups that were planning to fundraise in early 2020.With recession bells already ringing, many startups are concerned...
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