All the headlines from our Startups Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 8 2025 // ICEYE, a Finnish satellite developer with a number of defense contracts, has raised money at a €2.4 billion ($2.8 billion) valuation, capitalizing on the military spending boom across Europe.Venture firm General Catalyst...
Nov 13 2025 // Large companies have been stuffing artificial intelligence software into every possible product for years. Now, Founders Fund is backing a startup that wants to help small businesses use the technology, too.Netic, which...
Oct 31 2025 // Universal Music Group NV signed an agreement with artificial intelligence-powered music startup Udio to settle a copyright lawsuit and collaborate on a new commercial music creation and streaming service.Udio will launch...
Oct 27 2025 // Hong Kong startup Stellerus aims to create a constellation of satellites to become the world’s first provider of three-dimensional wind data provided by the devices, according to the South China Morning...
Oct 24 2025 // Bishop Street Underwriters announced the rollout of Bishop Street Program Managers (BSPM), an incubator for developing managing general agents (MGA).Embedded within Bishop Street’s ecosystem and backed by its $600...
Oct 17 2025 // Stand Insurance has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round to expand its artificial intelligence-powered coverage for homeowners.The company targets insurance markets deemed risky, with policies covering properties...
Oct 16 2025 // A former Crum & Forster executive and a London-based underwriter incubator have teamed up to launch a new specialty insurance company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bartlett 1889 Specialty Insurance plans to offer...
Sep 24 2025 // Autonomous trucking startup Gatik AI Inc. plans to operate 50 self-driving freight trucks in Canada by the end of next year, pushing toward driverless shipping with plans to remove the safety driver within months of...
Aug 15 2025 // Insurance broker Aon Plc was accused in a civil lawsuit of helping cause the collapse of Vesttoo Ltd., an Israeli insurance startup once valued at $1 billion that went bankrupt after disclosing certain documents...
Jul 22 2025 // A former chief executive of two clothing technology companies was released on $1 million bail Friday after pleading not guilty to charges alleging she cheated investors of over $300 million over the past six...
Jul 11 2025 // The Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is reincorporating its business from Delaware to Nevada and calling for its portfolio companies to do the same — citing concerns over bias in the state...
Mar 18 2025 // Megan Garcia says her son would still be alive today if it weren’t for a chatbot urging the 14-year-old to take his own life.In a lawsuit with major implications for Silicon Valley, she is seeking to hold Google and...
Mar 14 2025 // The battle for artificial intelligence supremacy hinges on microchips. But the semiconductor sector that produces them has a dirty secret: It’s a major source of chemicals linked to cancer and other health...
Mar 7 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating Scale AI, a data labeling startup backed by tech giants Nvidia, Amazon and Meta, for its compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, the California-based firm said on...
Feb 19 2025 // Dream, an artificial intelligence company that provides cybersecurity services to governments and critical infrastructure operators such as hospitals and utilities, has raised $100 million at a $1.1 billion valuation.Bain...
Feb 14 2025 // The Andover Companies, a long-standing mutual insurance group in the Northeast, is among the investors in Mereo Insurance, a Bermuda-based (re)insurance startup chaired by former AIG Executive Chairman and CEO Brian...
Feb 11 2025 // Mereo Advisors, a Bermuda-based firm chaired by former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Duperreault, has secured more than $700 million to fund its new reinsurance operations.The company...
Feb 6 2025 // A venture capital-backed startup illegally jacked up rents for furnished apartments in Los Angeles — more than 50% in one example — after last month’s wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, the city...
Oct 31 2024 // Aerospace startup Sceye has partnered with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to deploy climate management tools to monitor wildfires and storms from the edge of space, the company and the government agencies exclusively...
Sep 19 2024 // A startup founded by a former Google executive aims to use artificial intelligence to improve weather forecasting, joining technology behemoths like Nvidia Corp. and Huawei Technologies Co. in an increasingly crowded...