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Inflection AI, the start-up launched by LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman and DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, has poached staff from Google and Meta.

Yokoy, a Swiss start-up helping companies manage their expenses, has raised $80 million in a financing round led by Sequoia Capital.

Reading the fine print means you could save money, according to Erika Kullberg, lawyer and founder of Plug and Law.

Nexii is manufacturing fire and water resilient wall panels for commercial and residential buildings with no carbon emissions.

“A lot of beauty is sold offline and Nykaa has become such a big brand that we cannot ignore our offline channel as well as offline consumers,” she said.

Silicon Valley links between VCs, Russian founders and investors have created a range of issues as a result of the invasion of Ukraine and business retreat.

Around a dozen fellows from Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, helped to build the emissions tool on a full-time, pro bono basis for six months.

Marvel Fusion, a German start-up that has raised more than $65 million, aims to commercialize fusion using laser technology.

31-year-old Christen Nino De Guzman helped launch content creator programs at tech companies like Instagram and TikTok. But the pay inequality she saw in the industry inspired her to quit her $150,000-a-year job and launch an app called Clara, which lets influencers share the value of their brand deals.

BlocPower is ‘greening’ buildings across America and promising big returns for major investors.

Alina Vandenberghe started Chili Piper in 2016 and now has 220 employees in 40 countries with clients like Spotify and Airbnb. Here are the keys to her success.

In 2015, Microsoft bought Christian Reber’s to-do list app, Wunderlist, for a sum that was reported to be between $100 million and $200 million.

The billionaire has co-founded an artificial intelligence start-up called Inflection with DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman.

A successful entrepreneur must have a playbook for how to scale their business, according to Zuleyka Strasner, founder and CEO of Zero Grocery.

Fifth Season, a vertical farming upstart in the heart of steel country is hoping that it can come to play a big role in a new era of urban-based agriculture.

As major cities across Ukraine endure devastating attacks, company leaders in the U.S. and Europe have expressed awe at their Ukraine-based staff.

In 2014, Amazon launched a competitor to Block. The company was “terrified,” according to co-founder Jim McKelvey. But it didn’t give up.

Ford Motor Company is selling its e-scooter business, Spin, to German rival Tier in exchange for equity.

NCX is using satellite imaging and AI to count trees. The start-up, backed by Marc Benioff, is growing rapidly as demand for carbon offsets is surging.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis Business School’s DEI accelerator is taking a new approach to funding start-ups and creating generational wealth.