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Meta’s $2 billion Manus deal pushes away some of startup’s customers, who are ‘sad that this has happened’
When Meta agreed to spend a reported $2 billion on Manus at the end of last year, the social media giant said it planned to take the startup’s subscription AI agent offering and “scale this service to many more businesses.” But some existing Manus customers aren’t thrilled with the deal and say they’re now going […]
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OpenEvidence, the ‘ChatGPT for doctors,’ doubles valuation to $12 billion
A startup widely known as “ChatGPT for doctors” raised a new funding round that values the company at $12 billion. OpenEvidence, based in Miami, Florida, closed a $250 million financing, led by Thrive Capital and DST, the company told CNBC. The startup first raised outside capital in February, when it reeled in $75 million from […]
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The founders of billion-dollar AI startups are getting younger — here’s why
Aexander Wang, CEO of Scale, attends an AI summit in Paris in February 2025. Getty Images The founders of some of the world’s most successful startups have been young: Think Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, both of whom were just 19 when they launched their ventures. But with the rise of billion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) […]
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How a former U.S. special forces officer raised $22 million for his cybersecurity startup
Gene Yu is the co-founder and CEO of Blackpanda. Courtesy of Gene Yu At age 46, startup founder Gene Yu seems to have lived several lives in one. Before he started his own company, he was a Division 1 tennis player, graduated with a computer science degree from the United States Military Academy, commonly known […]
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The ‘rebellious’ instincts that turned Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli into a generative‑AI trailblazer
Victor Riparbelli, co-founder and CEO of Synthesia, has become one of Europe’s leading voices on AI — despite starting far from the traditional tech path. Growing up in Denmark, Riparbelli often felt out of step with its consensus-driven culture. “It’s an amazing place, but it’s really not a place that inspires ambition and drive and innovation,” he told CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick on the “Executive Decisions” podcast. He immersed himself in books and computers, […]
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France’s economic miracle never came — here’s what went wrong
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Look at the way the French work, and you’ll start to see why “Macronomics” fell short. When Emmanuel Macron took office in 2017, he promised a French economic renaissance. His supply-side strategy aimed to slash taxes and curb public spending to spur […]
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CNBC Disruptor 50 2026: Nominate a company to be included on the list of the most innovative startups
CNBC is now accepting applications for the 2026 Disruptor 50 list — our fourteenth annual look at venture-backed companies innovating across industries, experimenting with AI and, increasingly, making it work at scale. The deadline for submissions is Monday, Feb. 23 at 11:59 pm EST. All independent, privately-owned companies founded after Jan. 1, 2011, are eligible, […]
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Indian quick commerce startup Zepto files for $1.2 billion IPO amid warnings of bubble in the sector
Zepto isn’t the only quick commerce startup in India, and competition is heating up both domestically and globally. The country’s online grocery market is set to be worth around $24 billion dollars by 2025, according to Redseer. Zepto Indian quick-commerce startup Zepto has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, according to a public notice […]
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Palantir CIO Jim Siders leaves to become head of Thrive Capital’s new IT services business
Jim Siders speaks at an event Courtesy: Jim Siders Thrive Capital, the tech investment firm known for taking big stakes in companies including OpenAI, Stripe and Databricks, announced on Monday that it’s tapped Palantir veteran Jim Siders to serve as CEO of Shield Technology Partners, a newly created business focused on IT services. Siders spent […]
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Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation
Jyoti Bansal, co-founder and CEO of Harness, speaks at the company’s Unscripted conference in London on Sept. 25, 2025. Harness Almost nine years ago, Jyoti Bansal sold AppDynamics to Cisco for $3.7 billion just as the software startup was set to go public. Bansal’s latest venture, Harness, is now worth substantially more than that, after […]
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