start-up

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IQM, a Finnish start-up, announced Friday that it had taken on extra funding to keep up with high investor demand.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Since joining him at the age of 21, Gleit has watched a start-up called Facebook transform into a tech giant called Meta, and weathered many storms and controversies along the way.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

That's exactly what a new start-up is offering shoppers in a busy market in the Indian capital, Delhi.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Tesla stock dropped 4.6% on Monday after OpenAI announced it was hiring for a robot business, putting the AI start-up in direct competition with Tesla’s plans to sell humanoid robots.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

I slapped the out of order sign on the neighboring Galaga cabinet and looked at the start-up screen, which was listing off the game’s villainous ghosts: Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline