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The Unraveling of the Neobank Dream: Why Fi is Retracing Its Steps
Startups Mar 12, 2026

The Unraveling of the Neobank Dream: Why Fi is Retracing Its Steps

Once the poster child for India's digital banking surge, Fi is winding down its core services. We investigate what went wrong and what it means for fintech.

4 min
The High-Stakes Calculus Behind Gestala's Record-Breaking $21 Million Seed Round
Startups Mar 12, 2026

The High-Stakes Calculus Behind Gestala's Record-Breaking $21 Million Seed Round

A two-month-old Chinese BCI startup just secured historic funding. Behind the hype lies a strategic race for neural data sovereignty.

4 min
The Invisible Utility: How Alan is Quietly Rewriting the Social Contract
Startups Mar 12, 2026

The Invisible Utility: How Alan is Quietly Rewriting the Social Contract

Alan's €5B valuation marks a shift from insurance as a financial backstop to insurance as a proactive, high-frequency health operating system.

4 min
Kevin Mandia Raises $190M for Armadin to Automate Cyber Defense
Startups Mar 12, 2026

Kevin Mandia Raises $190M for Armadin to Automate Cyber Defense

Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia secures $190 million for Armadin, a startup building autonomous AI agents to manage cybersecurity threats without human intervention.

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Why Data Centers Are Stuck with 19th-Century Power Tech
Startups Mar 12, 2026

Why Data Centers Are Stuck with 19th-Century Power Tech

Modern data centers are running out of space. A new hardware startup is finally redesigning the transformer to fix the power density bottleneck.

3 min
The Quiet Solitude of the Transcription Pendant
Startups Mar 12, 2026

The Quiet Solitude of the Transcription Pendant

A former Apple engineer is betting $5 million that the future of memory isn't a camera or a screen, but a private audio diary worn around the neck.

4 min
The High Price of Digital Sovereignty: Periwinkle and the Business of AT Protocol Hosting
Startups Mar 10, 2026

The High Price of Digital Sovereignty: Periwinkle and the Business of AT Protocol Hosting

Periwinkle promises easy self-hosting on Bluesky's AT Protocol, but can a managed service truly deliver the independence users are looking for?

3 min
Palmer Luckey and the Billion-Dollar Bet on Hardware Nostalgia
Startups Mar 10, 2026

Palmer Luckey and the Billion-Dollar Bet on Hardware Nostalgia

ModRetro isn't just selling handhelds; it is testing if high-end manufacturing can turn legacy gaming into a luxury category with a $1 billion price tag.

4 min
Bluesky's Strategic Pivot: Why Jay Graber is Stepping Back from the CEO Role
Startups Mar 10, 2026

Bluesky's Strategic Pivot: Why Jay Graber is Stepping Back from the CEO Role

As Bluesky hits a critical growth ceiling, CEO Jay Graber departs the corner office to return to engineering. Is this a tech victory or a management crisis?

4 min
The Billion-Dollar Bet on Yann LeCun’s World Models
Startups Mar 10, 2026

The Billion-Dollar Bet on Yann LeCun’s World Models

Yann LeCun is leaving Meta behind to build AMI Labs with $1 billion in fresh capital. It’s a gamble that LLMs have already hit a dead end.

3 min
The Ghost in the Ledger: How Lio is Rewriting the Rules of Corporate Spending
Startups Mar 07, 2026

The Ghost in the Ledger: How Lio is Rewriting the Rules of Corporate Spending

A deep explore how Lio’s $30 million infusion from Andreessen Horowitz aims to fix the broken, manual world of enterprise procurement.

4 min
The 1,000 Call Threshold: How Direct Feedback Loops Are Defining Enterprise AI Success
Startups Mar 07, 2026

The 1,000 Call Threshold: How Direct Feedback Loops Are Defining Enterprise AI Success

Data reveals why 1,000 customer discovery calls are the new benchmark for enterprise AI startups seeking product-market fit in a crowded market.

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