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LoopFeedback launches to close AI feedback gap with $12M seed round
Former Google and Apple researchers Dr. Maya Patel and Dr. Alex Liu have founded LoopFeedback, a startup building a real‑time human‑in‑the‑loop feedback system for large language models. The company announced a $12 million seed round led by Andrees, aiming to improve model alignment and safety.
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By the numbers: abcoffee raises $7.35M in pre‑Series B
Andrea Lacy Leverages Super Bowl Program to Accelerate Luv’s Brownies Expansion
Andrea Lacy, founder of Luv’s Brownies, was accepted into the Super Bowl LX Source Program, giving her dessert truck access to NFL event planners and high‑visibility catering gigs. The milestone underscores her 30‑year journey from the first internet‑only bakery to a multi‑city food‑truck operation.
12 Lessons That Could Have Fast‑
In November, my little writing business crossed $20,000,000 in lifetime sales. It took us over 5 years to reach this milestone. But we could have gotten here a whole lot faster with everything we know now. Here are 12 of the biggest lessons...
The $5 Lottery Ticket that Changed How I Think About Funding
The author recounts how a $5 lottery ticket highlighted the gamble inherent in traditional venture capital financing. After narrowly avoiding bankruptcy, his company grew from $5 million to $100 million, and later he scaled Sinch to $3 billion in revenue, only to experience...
Exclusive: Exponent Energy Raising $20 Mn in an Extended Series B
Exponent Energy announced an extended Series B round that will raise Rs 182 crore ($20 million), co‑led by 360 One and TDK Ventures, with participation from existing backers. The funding lifts the post‑money valuation by roughly 56% to about Rs 1.25‑1.30 billion. Revenue surged 80% to Rs 30.2 crore...
Need Funding? Here Is a List of Startup Accelerators You Can Apply to Right Now:
The post publishes an updated 2026 list of startup accelerators, detailing funding ranges, equity stakes, and acceptance rates across top‑tier, early‑stage, AI‑focused, venture studio, and global programs. Notable offers include a16z Speedrun’s $750K‑$1M for 7‑10% equity and OpenAI Converge’s $1M...
Do All Business Need PR? A Startup Perspective on Timing, Value, and Approach
Public relations is often postponed until a startup secures funding or traction, but the article argues that PR should be considered early to shape perception, clarify messaging, and build credibility. In the nascent stage, PR acts as a tool for...
Solo Founders Need Unified AI to Stop Context‑switch Chaos
Most founders don’t have a “strategy” problem. They have a context-switching problem. In our early interviews, the pattern is clear: - 5+ tools open - 0 clear next steps - Constant feeling of “I’m behind” That chaos quietly kills good ideas. Vora IQ is our answer: A unified...
Exclusive: WeRize to Raise Rs 64 Cr From Existing Investors
Full‑stack fintech WeRize is raising Rs 64 crore (~$6.9 million) through convertible equity, with Sony Innovation Fund contributing Rs 46 crore and 3one4 Capital Rs 18 crore. The capital will fund general operations, working‑capital needs, capital expenditures, and geographic expansion. WeRize, founded by former Lendingkart executives, serves...
Signal Your Vision: Use And‑But‑Therefore Narrative
Every founder tells a story. Your pricing shows value, your hiring shows ambition, your roadmap shows priorities. Investors read these signals before they trust your pitch. Use And-But-Therefore: We saw a gap And incumbents blocked it But we built X Therefore we win. Make...
Should We Raise Capital?
Chenmark’s founders reflect on why they never took a $20 million external fund between 2015 and 2019, opting instead to bootstrap their hold‑co model. The lack of capital forced disciplined cash‑flow reinvestment, lean talent acquisition and a culture of shared risk....
Veteran-Turned Tik-Tok Star Appears on ABC's 'Shark-Tank' To Share 'Remento'
Navy veteran and TikTok personality "Patriotic Kenny" appeared on ABC's "Shark Tank" to showcase Remento, a digital storytelling platform that turns recorded video and audio memories into hardcover books with QR-linked media. Remento announced it has surpassed one million user‑generated...
Hire Truth‑seekers, Not People‑pleasers, for Lasting Success
Best part of building Hedgeye from scratch in 2008? I got to pick people who wanted to be right more than they wanted to be liked. That's a rare roster
Creating Tools, Monetizing, Teaching: A Positive Feedback Loop
This is fascinating. I'm building these tools that people find useful enough to pay for them. At the same time, I'm sharpening my marketing skills and ideating a full course on how to build these types of tools and how to...
Inside Daniel Anomfueme’s Mission to Build Africa’s First Truly Decentralised Science Tech Ecosystem
Daniel Anomfueme, a technical project manager and community builder, has founded DeSci Africa, the continent’s first decentralised science community, after helping VitaDAO secure $4.1 million and launch its governance platform. His work bridges blockchain governance and open‑science, aiming to remove paywalls...
The Startup That Cracked the Code for Commercial Thermal Batteries
Fourth Power, founded by MIT professor Asegun Henry, announced a breakthrough thermal‑battery design that uses molten metal as the heat‑transfer medium stored in carbon bricks. The system operates at 1,900‑2,400 °C, delivering markedly higher power density and allowing the unit to...
Angie Hicks Charts Angi’s $1B+ Growth and AI‑Powered Future
Angi co‑founder Angie Hicks explained how the company grew into a $1 billion‑plus home‑services platform and is now rolling out AI tools to streamline service matching. Her interview highlights the strategic pivots that turned a simple directory into an AI‑enabled marketplace.
Targeting Insomniacs, Sleep App ‘Rest’ Hijacks TikTok Shop Broadcasts in the Early Hours
Rest, a subscription sleep‑coach app that uses AI and cognitive‑behavioral therapy, launched its "Late Night Mistakes" awareness campaign on March 9 by hijacking TikTok Shop live broadcasts during the 2‑3 a.m. window. The brand partnered with roughly two dozen creators who received...
Zetwerk To File DRHP Within Two Weeks For $550 Mn IPO
Zetwerk, the full‑stack B2B manufacturing platform, plans to raise up to $550 million through an IPO that could value the company near $4 billion. The offering will consist of a $300 million fresh issue and an offer‑for‑sale component for the balance. The firm...
Discomfort Means You're Building, Not Following Consensus
If you're a startup founder right now and competitors are raising more money, getting more headlines, and investors are questioning your strategy... Good. That means you're doing the job right. Bill Walsh has this quote. "How do you know if...
Show HN: I Made an Email App Inspired by Arc Browser
João announced an early‑access email application built on design cues from the Arc browser. The Show HN post invites a select group to try a demo that includes an exclusive 3D digital welcome card. All messages in the demo are...
Chris Arnold, Made Impact
Chris Arnold, founder of Made Impact, is building a nonprofit platform to capture a million stories of impact from international education and exchange programs. The organization aims to leverage those narratives to secure a Nobel Peace Prize nomination and to...
From Garage Pop-Up to Neighborhood Hub: Inside Chainsaw Cafe
Venezuelan immigrant Karla Subero Pittol transformed a garage pop‑up into Chainsaw Cafe, a micro‑cafe on Melrose Avenue that opened in November. The tiny storefront quickly attracted long lines, prompting a shift from a grab‑and‑go dessert concept to a full menu...
Build Experience First, Then Fill Market Gaps
If you've never… > created something > sold it > made a customer happy (and yes, a lemonade stand scale counts) It doesn't matter how many connections you have, how big your audience is, or how much money you have. You need relevant experience...
Ontop Partners with BVNK
Ontop, a Colombian payroll platform, has teamed up with stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK to introduce USD‑denominated stablecoin accounts for contractors and remote workers globally. The embedded accounts let users hold, receive, and transfer digital dollars with near‑instant settlement while shielding...
Netflix Buys AI Startup, Cementing AI in Hollywood Production
Netflix is paying up to $600M for an AI film startup founded by Ben Affleck. The tool edits footage after a director shoots, and David Fincher already used it on a Brad Pitt film. Studios want lower costs and tighter control, while...
Bluesky Raised $100M a Year Ago but for Some Reason Only Disclosed It Now
Bluesky closed a $100 million Series B round in April 2025, but only disclosed the financing in March 2026. The round was led by Bain Capital Crypto with participation from Alumni Ventures, Anthos Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Knight Foundation and True Ventures. Founder Jay Graber...
Investors Back People: How to Use Personal Branding to Raise Capital
Raising capital is increasingly competitive, and investors now weigh founder credibility as heavily as the business idea. Personal branding emerges as a strategic tool that signals trust, resilience, and vision before a pitch even begins. The article outlines five brand...
Earendil Labs to Scale AI-Driven Biologics Platform with $787 Million Funding
Earendil Labs announced a $787 million financing round, the largest recent capital raise for AI‑enabled drug development. The funding, led by Sanofi and the Biotech Development Fund, will be used to scale its AI‑driven biologics discovery platform, expand R&D teams, and...
Startups Take Four Times Longer and Costlier Than Expected
Building your own company is likely going to take 4x as long and cost 4x as much as you think it will.
Vincent
Vincent, also known as WithVincent, is a search engine and data platform dedicated to the alternative‑investment market. Founded by Indiegogo creator Slava Rubin and former Congressman Eric Cantor, it aggregates thousands of opportunities across real estate, venture capital, crypto, art,...
Sweden Must Curb Capital Flight and Revamp Education
Sweden built global giants, yet top startups still move to the US for late-stage capital. Founders make the “Delaware move” because Europe lacks strong exit options. At home, schools still reward memorization while AI rewards problem solving. Klarna fell 60% after its IPO...
Enzymatic Chemistry Turns $7K Reactor Into Billion‑Dollar Industry
🧪@Solugen is reinventing the trillion-dollar chemical manufacturing industry by combining biology and chemistry in a new way. In this episode of Hard Tech, YC's Jared Friedman visits co-founders Gaurab Chakrabarti (@Gaurab) and Sean Hunt (@TungstenSeanide) at their Houston HQ to see...
Why CoinDesk PitchFest Matters Heading Into Miami
CoinDesk PitchFest, a showcase within the Consensus conference, provides early‑stage Web3 founders structured exposure to leading investors and operators. Recent cohorts such as Rise, TransCrypts and zkMe leveraged the platform to secure seed funding and expand product capabilities. The upcoming...
Remitian Raises $7 Million, Unveils Tax Payment API
Remitian announced a $7 million seed round and the launch of its Tax Payment API, aimed at streamlining the final mile of tax remittance for accounting firms and fintech partners. The API embeds payment initiation, validation, and real‑time tracking directly into...
UK Tech Funding Roundup: This Week’s Deals From Edra to First Concepts
UK venture capital tracked £53.69 million across six deals from 16‑20 March, a 97% week‑on‑week drop. The largest round was Edra’s £22.4 million Series A for AI‑driven workflow automation, followed by Tracebit’s £15 million Series A in cloud‑focused cybersecurity. Smaller raises included Flexzo AI’s £8.9 million for...
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When Your Vibe Coded App Goes Viral—And Then Goes Down
Proof, an AI‑driven, agent‑native document editor, launched and quickly amassed over 4,000 documents before its server crashed repeatedly. The author recounts a sleepless week of debugging, relying on the same Codex agents that built the app to diagnose deep code...
After Funding Collapse, What’s Next for Food Startups?
After a wave of over‑funded plant‑based meat and indoor‑farming startups collapsed, legacy food giants such as PepsiCo and Cargill are reshaping their venture‑capital strategy. Executives say the market was flooded with money, funding ideas regardless of viability. With capital now...
Unicorns Are Flush with Cash and Stuck. A New Kind of Startup Crisis Is Taking Hold in 2026
Unicorns are facing "cap table gridlock," where layered ownership structures hinder growth and exits. The issue stems from three shifts: concentration of venture capital into a few mega‑rounds, larger funding rounds, and longer private‑company lifecycles. As AI and other sectors...
Interview: Jem Walters, CTO, Vanquis
Jem Walters, former Virgin Money CIO and co‑founder of the Snoop app, became CTO of Vanquis in September 2023 to lead a sweeping digital overhaul. He is consolidating three legacy technology stacks into a unified Salesforce‑based platform while building a Snowflake‑powered...
Depth Over Diversification: Inside 9shines’ Focused Category Strategy
9shines Label, founded in 2017, has built a D2C nightwear and comfort‑wear business around a single, well‑defined category. By prioritising breathable fabrics, inclusive sizing up to 7XL and functional details, the brand enjoys a near‑50% repeat purchase rate. Its hybrid...
Focus on What Never Changes, Not Every New Tool
Don’t ask: “How can I survive all this change?” Ask: “What *won’t* change?” Jeff Bezos built Amazon by asking that exact question. He didn’t obsess over competitors or waste time trying to predict the future. Instead, he built Amazon around things he knew customers...
Building $20 Software Yourself Isn’t a Brag‑worthy Flex
Spending 3 days vibe coding a replacement for $20/mo software is not the flex y’all think it is
Four Precise Questions Replace Generic Discovery for Founders
Founders: Stop generic discovery. Use these exact questions: What's the cost of not solving this now?" Who else is involved in these decisions? What's blocked past attempts to fix this? How would success be measured? 4 questions = complete qualification.
Monetize Services, Not Raw Markdown, for Dev Tools
For agentic systems founders and dev tools founders: People do not want to pay for raw markdown and they shouldn't have to. But they may pay for orchestration, hosting, updates, collaboration, portability, analytics, and managed execution. These can be great...
Track Joy and Frustration Daily to Boost Founder Insight
Founders: For 1 week, keep a notebook by your desk with two columns: -things I love -things I don't like When you feel really happy/excited about something, jot it in the first column. When you feel dread or frustration, second column. Regardless of...
20 Hours of Failure Beats Endless Speculation
It’s incredibly valuable to spend 20 hours really trying something, only to discover it doesn’t work. You would have spent far longer even just thinking about that wrong thing, to say nothing of the opportunity cost of not working on the...
Keeping Our Digital Bank Inside FDIC Insured Institution Pays Off
Not all fintechs are created equal. So grateful that we started our digital bank, @bankonroger, within our FDIC insured bank @citizensedmond rather than give into the temptation to spin it out.
Super Connector Steve Ramona Helps Reach Top 1%
Jim Cathcart: Rise to the Top 1 Percent https://t.co/6tRgiAR8sm via @YouTube Steve Ramona is a super connector, it was a joy to be on his podcast.
Customers Want Simple, Not Incomplete—MVP Misconception
In new products, customers forgive simplicity but not incompleteness. They might even prefer simplicity, but they don’t prefer barely-functioning software. That’s why "MVP" is the wrong idea. Agree? https://t.co/qNyxPrTDV9
Building a User‑Friendly Tool Discovery Platform: Vision & Challenges
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