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Galaxea AI lands $290M Series B+, valuation hits $29B
Chinese robotics startup Galaxea AI secured roughly $290 million in a Series B+ round, pushing its valuation to about $29 billion. The financing, sourced from industrial investors, long‑term funds and state‑backed capital, follows a $140 million round in February and will fund its Vision‑Language‑Action and World Action models.
Steven Pivnik, who quit Baruch College in 1988, leveraged a mainframe programming course to land a job at Reader's Digest, founded the software firm Binary Tree, earned $115,000 annually, and secured a multi‑million‑dollar acquisition by Quest Software in 2020. His story highlights a viable alternative to the traditional degree route for aspiring entrepreneurs.
San Francisco product manager Priscilla Tina launched Postcard Press, an AI‑driven app that lets users send photos as $2 postcards. In its first three months the service logged about 100 users and a viral Instagram reel that amassed over 80,000...
Tesana unveiled a SaaS platform that converts written prompts into functional video games, drawing roughly 10,000 paying customers within its first two weeks. The startup aims to democratize game development, targeting a future of 100 million new creators.
Andromeda Robotics founder Grace Brown has introduced Abi, a socially interactive humanoid robot, into senior living communities across California and Washington. The robot, already operating in Australian facilities, can converse in 90 languages and is positioned to address the loneliness...
📡 Prop News | What's happening in the industry: Propr has initiated its seed round with Vault #1, introducing innovative models and new capital structures along with assets like Solana spot to the prop trading industry. SharkFunded is set to launch its...
This is true for me I used to be confused why bootstrappers slowed down after hitting revenue milestones like $20,000 a month But I realised that for most of them, they have enough 6-10 months of having 'enough' is a real reset in...
The interview with Andrew Dudum, founder and CEO of Hims & Hers, explores how the tele‑health company reached a $4.3 billion market cap on $2.3 billion in revenue after an early public listing. Dudum frames the public markets as a “boot‑camp” that...
The most dangerous word in entrepreneurship: “soon.” “I’ll launch soon.” “I’ll start posting soon.” “I’ll reach out to that prospect soon.” Soon is where ambition goes to die quietly. Replace “soon” with a date. Put it on the calendar. Tell someone. Now it’s real.
By now we have all read the piece in @nytimes about MEDVi's $1B+ business selling GLP-1s online with a ton of marketing, and very little ownership of infrastructure. I asked two friends @josh_tauber and @keatonbedell: - Is there any moat? (no) -...
The video marks the 35th anniversary of HEC Challenge+, a flagship accelerator launched in 1990 to convert scientific talent into entrepreneurial leaders. Integrated within HEC Paris’s suite of thirty startup‑support programs, Challenge+ distinguishes itself by targeting deep‑tech ventures and offering...
#ThisDayInTechHistory. April 4, 1975. Bill Gates and Paul Allen create a partnership called Microsoft. Later, it grows into one of the largest US corporations and places them among the world’s richest people. https://t.co/W5BQfvWcOE
1/10,000 times someone gets lucky and gets famous with relative ease. We hear that story, then think "that's how it goes, at least if you're successful." No, that's not how it goes. It’s a grind, and with a product, usually you have...
The video introduces Paperclip, an open‑source framework that lets entrepreneurs spin up fully autonomous AI companies composed of multiple coordinated agents. The presenter walks through a live demo where a virtual CEO hires a founding engineer, newsletter researcher, reviewer, and...
In 1992 Texas entrepreneur Don Lokke launched "telecomics," a series of political cartoons distributed via bulletin board systems (BBS) before the public web existed. His flagship strip, "Mack the Mouse," satirized rising taxes and the recession during the Clinton‑Bush‑Perot race,...
This is spot on. One downside to business models with extremely transparent roi is that customers can then easily compare vendors and profits get competed away. The fallacy is thinking it's just "deliver customer value." It's really "deliver value...
The article outlines five critical questions to ask after hearing a startup pitch, emphasizing timing, founder motivation, product superiority, founder fit, and focus. It argues that being slightly early allows a venture to capture market share once demand matures, while...
The article debunks the self‑made millionaire myth, arguing that true entrepreneurial success hinges on community and mentorship. After a grueling first venture that ended in a painful exit, the author discovered that a supportive network of women founders transformed a...
VCs convincing founders to take money with a 90%+ probability they will fail. They call it a treadmill for a reason. The second you take capital, you're on it, and it's set at a speed that works for them, not necessarily...
