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start-up



VERB
initiate activity
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In 2022, former Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata's investment in start-up Goodfellows generated a lot of public interest.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will lead the upcoming initial public offering of artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Evans also has a biotech start-up, Haemanthus, which is developing laser-based technology to analyze biological samples, an undertaking with echoes of Holmes’ failed blood-testing company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 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

Walt had in fact visited Fairbanks during the start-up of the receiving station and had written some of the software crucial to its operation.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer


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