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Eight Startups Challenging Nvidia in AI Chips
By
Kevin McLaughlin
,
Anissa Gardizy
,
Jon Victor
and
Aaron Holmes
· Aug. 24, 2023 6:00 AM PDT ·
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Nvidia dominates the market for graphics processing units used to train artificial intelligence models, although rivals like AMD and Intel are trying to catch up. Now some scrappy startups are entering the fray with alternative designs for AI chips they claim work better and more efficiently than Nvidia’s GPUs. Other startups are targeting...
Nvidia dominates the market for graphics processing units used to train artificial intelligence...
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Five Startups Vying to Be the OpenAI of China
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Juro Osawa
· June 5, 2023 6:00 AM PDT ·
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As OpenAI and Google battle for artificial intelligence supremacy in the West, a parallel contest is happening in China. Dozens of young Chinese startups as well as local tech giants Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu are developing machine-learning models to power chatbots similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Five Chinese startups, including MiniMax and...
As OpenAI and Google battle for artificial intelligence supremacy in the West, a parallel contest...
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Three Startups That Help Online Retailers Cut Out Facebook Ads
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Malique Morris
· June 28, 2022 6:00 AM PDT ·
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Direct-to-consumer brands that rely heavily on Facebook and Instagram ads have been reeling ever since Apple’s 2021 privacy changes made it harder and more expensive to land new customers. But a small group of e-commerce software startups is looking to help DTC sellers work together to showcase their goods in new ways—without...
Direct-to-consumer brands that rely heavily on Facebook and Instagram ads have been reeling ever...
Five Cloud Startups Going After AWS’ Blind Spots
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Kevin McLaughlin
· March 15, 2022 6:00 AM PDT ·
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Five Cloud Startups Going After AWS’ Blind Spots
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Kevin McLaughlin
· March 15, 2022 6:00 AM PDT ·
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Amazon Web Services has built a commanding lead in the cloud computing market by listening to what services and features its customers want and then delivering them. But some application developers believe AWS, in its relentless pursuit of Fortune 500 customers to fuel revenue growth, has become more aligned with corporate IT departments than...
Amazon Web Services has built a commanding lead in the cloud computing market by listening to...
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5 Startups Vying to Be the Shopify of the $43 Billion Resale Market
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Malique Morris
· Feb. 16, 2022 6:00 AM PST
Selling secondhand clothes and accessories online is a booming business, and that’s creating an opportunity for the behind-the-scenes tech players that power the transactions. These include startups such as Trove, Archive, Recurate and The Archivist. These re-commerce startups are following in the footsteps of Shopify, which grew into a...
Selling secondhand clothes and accessories online is a booming business, and that’s...
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Six European Instant-Delivery Startups to Watch
By
Mark Di Stefano
and
Cory Weinberg
· July 13, 2021 6:00 AM PDT ·
3 comments
The battle over who can deliver junk food, beer and vape pens quickly to Europeans is revving up. Over the last six months, thanks to a pandemic-inspired surge in online shopping, startups that promise to deliver party staples and fresh food to customers in London, Amsterdam and other major European cities have multiplied at a rapid clip....
The battle over who can deliver junk food, beer and vape pens quickly to Europeans is...
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Seven E-Commerce Startups to Watch
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Malique Morris
· June 16, 2021 6:01 AM PDT ·
2 comments
As online shopping booms, venture investment in the e-commerce sector has taken off. That has put a spotlight on the small software companies that power online shopping, from enabling product subscriptions to making merchants’ websites run faster. These include firms such as Fabric, Nacelle, Shogun and ReCharge. In the first quarter of...
As online shopping booms, venture investment in the e-commerce sector has taken off. That has put...
Six Businesses That Are Changing Online Shopping
By
Malique Morris
· March 11, 2021 10:20 AM PST ·
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Six Businesses That Are Changing Online Shopping
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Malique Morris
· March 11, 2021 10:20 AM PST ·
1 comment
Stuck at home during the pandemic, Americans have been flocking to online shopping sites and mobile apps. The growth has been a boon for the rising number of startups that specialize in injecting excitement into online shopping for consumers who may have grown bored with mundane grids of product photos. Many of the emerging companies focus on...
Stuck at home during the pandemic, Americans have been flocking to online shopping sites and...
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Six Startups Filling the Growing Need for Online Education
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The Information Staff
· Sept. 28, 2020 11:06 AM PDT
Startups in educational technology, a growing sector often overlooked in the past, are now finding themselves near the front of the class. More than 60% of U.S. public school students in grades K-12 started the school year remotely, according to data service Burbio. These at-home learners are feeding demand for an early wave of education...
Startups in educational technology, a growing sector often overlooked in the past, are now...
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Four Startups Helping You Network in a Virtual World
By
Kate Clark
· Aug. 4, 2020 7:01 AM PDT ·
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A new spate of startups is building video communication and virtual event software for the coronavirus era. Backed by venture capital funding and undeterred by Zoom’s dominance, leaders of these nascent firms say they offer more-effective ways to meet new people, host events and communicate with colleagues—tools that will outlast...
A new spate of startups is building video communication and virtual event software for the...
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How Five Startups Responded to Economic Upheaval
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The Information Staff
· July 6, 2020 7:01 AM PDT ·
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The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the tech startup landscape, driving some companies out of business and pushing others to the brink. Yet some firms that make products suited to remote working and social distancing have seen their sales rise sharply. Other companies have managed to quickly reconfigure their operations to support new...
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the tech startup landscape, driving some companies out of...
Six Startups Prospering During Coronavirus
By
The Information Staff
· April 28, 2020 7:00 AM PDT ·
1 comment
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Six Startups Prospering During Coronavirus
By
The Information Staff
· April 28, 2020 7:00 AM PDT ·
1 comment
The coronavirus lockdowns have been devastating for many businesses, but a small fraction of Silicon Valley startups that help businesses function remotely or consumers cope indoors are seeing a jump in demand. The sudden surge left some startups scrambling to keep up, just as it did with Amazon, Instacart and other big consumer companies. ...
The coronavirus lockdowns have been devastating for many businesses, but a small fraction of...
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Five Startups Seeing a Covid-19 Bounce
By
The Information Staff
· April 1, 2020 7:01 AM PDT ·
4 comments
The coronavirus is decimating business at many venture capital–backed startups. But for a few firms, the pandemic has had the opposite effect, as consumers flock to products and services that make staying at home easier or help them cope with the crisis.These companies, five of which we profile below, include an online pharmacy that has...
The coronavirus is decimating business at many venture capital–backed startups. But for a...
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These Real Estate Startups Hope to Do Good and Make Money
By
Cory Weinberg
· Jan. 30, 2020 7:00 AM PST ·
1 comment
Companies profiting from buying, selling or leasing cheap real estate are sometimes tagged as flippers, loan sharks or slumlords. Now, venture-backed startups are jumping into the market, claiming they can clean up unseemly parts of the industry while using software-driven financial and property management services to make money.We profile four...
Companies profiting from buying, selling or leasing cheap real estate are sometimes tagged as...
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The Young Firms Rethinking Social Media
By
Alex Heath
· Oct. 16, 2019 7:01 AM PDT ·
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The world of social media is dominated by companies like Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter, but that hasn’t stopped a new breed of startups from trying to carve out markets where they think the sector’s giants have fallen short.These emerging social media firms, four of which we profile below in our latest installment of Startups to...
The world of social media is dominated by companies like Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter, but that...
These Startups Want to Reshape 5G Devices, Disease Treatment, Startup Credit and the Power Grid
By
The Information Staff
· Feb. 11, 2019 6:31 AM PST
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These Startups Want to Reshape 5G Devices, Disease Treatment, Startup Credit and the Power Grid
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The Information Staff
· Feb. 11, 2019 6:31 AM PST
As we approach the mid-point of 2019’s first quarter, the startup funding environment remains promising, many investors say. After all, multibillion-dollar funds such as Sequoia’s still have plenty to invest even after last year’s record pace. Nearly $131 billion in venture capital was deployed in private companies worldwide in...
As we approach the mid-point of 2019’s first quarter, the startup funding environment...
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These Startups Want to Revolutionize Health Care, Gaming and Transportation
By
The Information Staff
· Nov. 26, 2018 7:00 AM PST
It isn't unusual for big company employees to spot ways to improve on products or internal operations. That can lead to startup ideas, as we have found with a couple of the firms profiled in our latest installment of Startups to Watch. One is a firm founded by a former Apple employee attempting to improve manufacturing automation. Another...
It isn't unusual for big company employees to spot ways to improve on products or internal...
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These Startups Want to Shake Up Home Buying, Shopping, Lidar and Agriculture
By
The Information Staff
· Aug. 22, 2018 7:02 AM PDT ·
1 comment
Some of Silicon Valley’s biggest startups are reaching their 10th anniversary as private companies. Their ability to attract funding, and dominate news cycles, means smaller companies doing creative things in their industries are easily overlooked. But the startup scene is as busy and competitive as ever.In our latest installment of...
Some of Silicon Valley’s biggest startups are reaching their 10th anniversary as private...
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These Startups Aim to Disrupt Travel, Real Estate, Healthcare and Investing
By
The Information Staff
· Jan. 31, 2018 7:02 AM PST ·
5 comments
One company hopes to use cryptocurrency to finance journalism. Another is using artificial intelligence to help people snare the best hotel prices. A third is making an extremely low-powered microphone for portable voice-activated devices. All three are in our latest group of startups we think are worth watching. The nine firms are in a wide...
One company hopes to use cryptocurrency to finance journalism. Another is using artificial...
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