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start-up



VERB
initiate activity
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ServiceNow rises after receiving new price target raises, announcing new AI advances, and saying it wouldn’t acquire a start-up.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Less than two weeks ago, Musk said his artificial-intelligence start-up xAI would aim to more than double its amount of Nvidia chips at its Colossus 2 data center by the end of the year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Europe needs to view artificial intelligence with more optimism -- despite growing warnings about its dangers -- or risk falling further behind, the head of a leading European AI start-up warned.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

He previously served as chief executive at the tech start-up Character.AI, which developed a chatbot platform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

It was something like a start-up inside a start-up, and in a field in which I had no professional experience to speak of.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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