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Meta Acquires Autonomous Agent Developer Manus AI, Marks Its Fifth Deal in 2025
Meta completed the acquisition of Singapore-based startup, Manus AI, on Monday. The artificial intelligence (AI) company is known for its autonomous general-purpose AI agent, which can complete a range of tasks based on user prompts. The AI agent was released in March, and later the company introduced a subscription-based service to make it widely ...
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India Gets 7 New Unicorns: Startups That Became Worth $1 Billion In 2025
India added seven new unicorns to its kitty this year. The startups that achieved the valuation of $1 billion in 2025 focus on artificial intelligence (AI), financial technology, consumer goods, and lifestyle.
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Ex-Google Employees Bet Big On AI After ChatGPT Launch, Now Their Startup's Worth $100 Million
The duo's decision was sparked by ChatGPT's launch in November 2022, which made them question the future of human software developers.
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Indian-Origin Tech CEO Says His AI Startup Is Being Blackmailed To Extort $3 Million
The company has reported the extortion attempt to law enforcement and has indicated its intent to pursue further legal action against the individuals involved.
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South Korean Startup Innospace Fails on First Orbital Launch Attempt of Hanbit-Nano Rocket
South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt as the Hanbit-Nano rocket crashed about a minute after liftoff from Brazil. The mission marked the country’s first private orbital launch effort and carried satellites from Brazil and India. The cause of the failure remains unclear, and the company is expected to invest...
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CEO Backs Struggling Developer From Mathura, Now He's A Core Team Asset
Tomar emphasised that his company doesn't believe in firing unless absolutely necessary, stating that "with the right polish, people can be superb team members."
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US Startup Founder Champions Work-Life Balance For Staff: "They Didn't Sign Up To Be Entrepreneurs"
The serial entrepreneur encourages her staffers to totally disconnect from work once theyre off the clock.
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Meta Will Lose Its Godfather of AI at the End of the Year
Meta’s Chief AI Scientist, Yann LeCun, has confirmed he will leave the company after 12 years to start a new venture focused on Advanced Machine Intelligence. LeCun said he will depart by the end of the year. The move follows Meta’s growing focus on superintelligence, although he noted his startup may still partner with the company.
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Jeff Bezos Set to Head Project Prometheus, Building AI for Physical World Applications: Report
Jeff Bezos has reportedly founded a new artificial intelligence (AI) startup called Project Prometheus, where he will serve as co-CEO alongside Vik Bajaj. The early-stage company has reportedly raised $6.2 billion and focuses on AI for the physical economy. The startup is said to have hired talent from major AI labs and may soon be formally announc...
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iPhone Air Designer Abidur Chowdhury Reportedly Departs Apple for AI Startup
Abidur Chowdhury, a key designer behind the first iPhone Air and the face of its launch video, has reportedly left Apple, marking another significant change within the company’s already shifting design organisation. His departure comes as the original iPhone Air struggles with weak demand and production pauses. Apple is currently said to be worki...
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California Startup Designs Giant Inflatable Bag To Catch Asteroids And Space Debris. How It Works
TransAstra has designed and tested the Capture Bag - an inflatable device available in various sizes, capable of capturing objects ranging from small rocks to boulder-sized asteroids
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3 AI Founders, Including 2 Indian-Americans, Become World's Youngest Self-Made Billionaires
These three high school friends founded the AI recruiting startup Mercor, which recently secured $350 million in funding, valuing the company at $10 billion.
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Reddit Sues Perplexity for Scraping Data to Train AI System
Reddit has sued AI startup Perplexity and three other firms, accusing them of illegally scraping its data to train Perplexity’s AI search engine. The complaint claims the companies bypassed Reddit’s protections to steal data needed for Perplexity’s “answer engine.” This case joins a growing list of lawsuits by content owners over unauthor...
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Reflect Orbital Plans to Light Up Parts of Earth Where Sunlight Does Not Reach by April 2026
Reflect Orbital recently filed an application with the US FCC Space Bureau seeking permission to test launch its Earendil-1 non-geostationary orbit satellite. With this, the startup plans to begin redirecting the light emitted by the Sun with the help of glass-like satellites to dimly lit parts of the Earth. After closing its Series A round earlier...
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Got A Fix For Delhi's Air? Win Rs 50 Lakh In Clean-Air Innovation Challenge
Delhi is turning to innovators for its next clean-air breakthrough. Delhi government on Friday launched a first-of-its-kind Innovation Challenge to crowdsource affordable technologies that can directly cut particulate pollution from roads
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Meta Acquires Autonomous Agent Developer Manus AI, Marks Its Fifth Deal in 2025
Meta completed the acquisition of Singapore-based startup, Manus AI, on Monday. The artificial intelligence (AI) company is known for its autonomous general-purpose AI agent, which can complete a range of tasks based on user prompts. The AI agent was released in March, and later the company introduced a subscription-based service to make it widely ...
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India Gets 7 New Unicorns: Startups That Became Worth $1 Billion In 2025
India added seven new unicorns to its kitty this year. The startups that achieved the valuation of $1 billion in 2025 focus on artificial intelligence (AI), financial technology, consumer goods, and lifestyle.
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Ex-Google Employees Bet Big On AI After ChatGPT Launch, Now Their Startup's Worth $100 Million
The duo's decision was sparked by ChatGPT's launch in November 2022, which made them question the future of human software developers.
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Indian-Origin Tech CEO Says His AI Startup Is Being Blackmailed To Extort $3 Million
The company has reported the extortion attempt to law enforcement and has indicated its intent to pursue further legal action against the individuals involved.
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South Korean Startup Innospace Fails on First Orbital Launch Attempt of Hanbit-Nano Rocket
South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt as the Hanbit-Nano rocket crashed about a minute after liftoff from Brazil. The mission marked the country’s first private orbital launch effort and carried satellites from Brazil and India. The cause of the failure remains unclear, and the company is expected to invest...
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CEO Backs Struggling Developer From Mathura, Now He's A Core Team Asset
Tomar emphasised that his company doesn't believe in firing unless absolutely necessary, stating that "with the right polish, people can be superb team members."
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US Startup Founder Champions Work-Life Balance For Staff: "They Didn't Sign Up To Be Entrepreneurs"
The serial entrepreneur encourages her staffers to totally disconnect from work once theyre off the clock.
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Meta Will Lose Its Godfather of AI at the End of the Year
Meta’s Chief AI Scientist, Yann LeCun, has confirmed he will leave the company after 12 years to start a new venture focused on Advanced Machine Intelligence. LeCun said he will depart by the end of the year. The move follows Meta’s growing focus on superintelligence, although he noted his startup may still partner with the company.
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Jeff Bezos Set to Head Project Prometheus, Building AI for Physical World Applications: Report
Jeff Bezos has reportedly founded a new artificial intelligence (AI) startup called Project Prometheus, where he will serve as co-CEO alongside Vik Bajaj. The early-stage company has reportedly raised $6.2 billion and focuses on AI for the physical economy. The startup is said to have hired talent from major AI labs and may soon be formally announc...
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iPhone Air Designer Abidur Chowdhury Reportedly Departs Apple for AI Startup
Abidur Chowdhury, a key designer behind the first iPhone Air and the face of its launch video, has reportedly left Apple, marking another significant change within the company’s already shifting design organisation. His departure comes as the original iPhone Air struggles with weak demand and production pauses. Apple is currently said to be worki...
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California Startup Designs Giant Inflatable Bag To Catch Asteroids And Space Debris. How It Works
TransAstra has designed and tested the Capture Bag - an inflatable device available in various sizes, capable of capturing objects ranging from small rocks to boulder-sized asteroids
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3 AI Founders, Including 2 Indian-Americans, Become World's Youngest Self-Made Billionaires
These three high school friends founded the AI recruiting startup Mercor, which recently secured $350 million in funding, valuing the company at $10 billion.
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Reddit Sues Perplexity for Scraping Data to Train AI System
Reddit has sued AI startup Perplexity and three other firms, accusing them of illegally scraping its data to train Perplexity’s AI search engine. The complaint claims the companies bypassed Reddit’s protections to steal data needed for Perplexity’s “answer engine.” This case joins a growing list of lawsuits by content owners over unauthor...
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Reflect Orbital Plans to Light Up Parts of Earth Where Sunlight Does Not Reach by April 2026
Reflect Orbital recently filed an application with the US FCC Space Bureau seeking permission to test launch its Earendil-1 non-geostationary orbit satellite. With this, the startup plans to begin redirecting the light emitted by the Sun with the help of glass-like satellites to dimly lit parts of the Earth. After closing its Series A round earlier...
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Got A Fix For Delhi's Air? Win Rs 50 Lakh In Clean-Air Innovation Challenge
Delhi is turning to innovators for its next clean-air breakthrough. Delhi government on Friday launched a first-of-its-kind Innovation Challenge to crowdsource affordable technologies that can directly cut particulate pollution from roads
