Nuclear startup Last Energy raises $100M for its steel-encased micro reactor |

After years in the wilderness, it’s a good time to be a nuclear startup. “For the first half a decade that I was telling people…

This Startup Wants to Build Self-Driving Car Software—Super Fast

For the last year and a half, two hacked white Tesla Model 3 sedans each loaded with five extra cameras and one palm-sized supercomputer have…

Stanford's star reporter takes on Silicon Valley's 'money-soaked' startup culture |

4:52 PM PST · December 11, 2025 Theo Baker is truly an outlier. While journalism as a major has seen shrinking enrollment for years and…

Intel Takes Major Step in Plan to Acquire Chip Startup SambaNova

Intel has signed a term sheet to acquire the AI chip startup SambaNova Systems, two sources with direct knowledge of the agreement tell WIRED. The…

AI-for-Science Startup ChemLex Raises USD 45M, Launching Self-Driving Lab for Drug Discovery in Singapore

/PRNewswire/ — ChemLex, a next-generation AI-for-science company, today announced the establishment of its global headquarters and self-driving laboratory in Singapore, alongside the close of a…

Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales |

In Brief Posted: 8:52 AM PST · December 8, 2025 Quilt, the startup based in Redwood City, California, that’s created sleek, customizable heat pumps, has…

Sources: AI synthetic research startup Aaru raised a Series A at a $1B 'headline' valuation |

3:38 PM PST · December 5, 2025 Aaru, a startup that provides near-instant customer research by using AI to simulate user behavior, has raised a…

Meta acquires AI device startup Limitless |

Limitless, the AI startup formerly known as Rewind, has been acquired by Meta, the company announced Friday on its website. The company, which made an…

Here’s What You Should Know About Launching an AI Startup

Julie Bornstein thought it would be a cinch to implement her idea for an AI startup. Her résumé in digital commerce is impeccable: VP of…

A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy

A geothermal startup said Thursday that it has hit gold in Nevada—metaphorically speaking. Zanskar, which uses AI to find hidden geothermal resources deep underground, says…