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Seattle indie game studio Starform raises $6M to bolster aerial combat sim ‘Metalstorm’
- Seattle-based video game developer Starform has raised $6 million in a funding round led by BITKRAFT Ventures to support its air combat game Metalstorm.
- The funding will be used for player outreach and expanding Starform's development team.
- Metalstorm has garnered an audience of 3 million players since its release last year and is currently available on multiple platforms.
- Starform plans to release Metalstorm on additional platforms in 2025.
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Best Drone Startups in India for 2025
- Indian drone startups are transforming industries with new solutions in areas like agriculture, logistics, defense, surveillance, and infrastructure.
- NewSpace Research and Technologies (NRT) develops next-generation unmanned systems and technologies.
- DroneAcharya is a leader in providing complete aerial and geospatial solutions in India’s UAV industry.
- Garuda Aerospace makes drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and offers training.
- Zen Technologies develops training simulation solutions for the defense industry.
- IdeaForge designs, develops, engineers, and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones.
- Drona Aviation is a startup from IIT Bombay that provides drone development products and services.
- Skylark Drones is a company that creates and provides products to help businesses use drones more effectively.
- Aereo is a top drone solutions provider that helps improve decision-making, speed up project completion, and increase efficiency with complete drone solutions.
- Indian drone startups are becoming important players in the global market, shaping the country's technological progress and the future of drones in India.
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New York Robotics Network is building community in NYC and beyond
- The New York Robotics Network is building a community in the metro area and worldwide, organising events to help startups, engineers, investors, and end users connect.
- Jacob Hennessey-Rubin, founding board member, and Randy Howie, founding board member and senior operating director, revealed the founders spotted an opportunity to build an ecosystem that supports robotics startups, industry, investors, and partners in the Tri-state area.
- NYRN’s mission is to help empower and support the diverse membership as they manage the complexity of the world’s fastest-growing tech ecosystem, forge partnerships with partners across the globe, represent the region’s robotics ecosystem domestically and globally, and expand the robotics industry within the New York metro area.
- NYRN¹s primary industry sectors include medical/bio/lab, construction and infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, art and theater, food and hospitality, and warehouse and logistics.
- NYRN works to connect startups, engineers, investors, and end users and is less focused around one or two universities, getting grants, or directly incubating startups.
- NYRN currently counts 100+ startups in their index. Founders of companies such as Adagy have come to New York from other locations, and startups like Joby, Phantom, or Zoox have hired remote workers.
- NYRN has put on more than 10 networking events for the community in the past three years and has signed 501(c)(6) nonprofit incorporation papers.
- NYRN is developing country focus groups for countries investing in robotics, including Japan, UK, France, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Denmark.
- NYRN seeks to establish the region as a leading hub for robotics excellence and to propel the industry toward a future of transformative impact and global leadership.
- NYRN is planning to provide career and business development services and acceleration opportunities and is partnering with AcceleratorCON.
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After 30 Years at Capcom, Hideaki Itsuno Heads Up Tencent’s New Lightspeed Japan Studio
- Hideaki Itsuno has announced he will be returning to development, leading a new studio called Lightspeed Japan Studio, a subsidiary of Lightspeed Studio owned by Tencent.
- Itsuno, known for his work on the Dragon's Dogma series and the Devil May Cry series, left Capcom after 30 years with the company.
- He expressed excitement about creating original triple-A action titles and building innovative gaming experiences for players worldwide.
- Itsuno's latest release, Dragon's Dogma 2, was a major success, selling 2.5 million copies shortly after its release.
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Esteban Sosnik (Reach Capital) on building a sector specific fund, challenges of digitizing…
- Esteban Sosnik, co-founder of Reach Capital, discusses the challenges of digitizing education and the potential of gamified learning experiences.
- Reach Capital, an EdTech-focused fund, has raised over $500 million in its 10-year lifespan, and has expanded its focus beyond the U.S.
- Esteban breaks down the EdTech industry into four primary segments, with opportunities for growth and innovation.
- Despite the rapid digital adoption during the pandemic, infrastructure and access challenges limited the full potential of edtech, especially in underserved regions.
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SECP Hosts First-Ever Startup Conference
- The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) hosted Pakistan's first-ever startup conference, aiming to boost innovation and economic growth.
- The event brought together lawmakers, startup founders, international speakers, and stakeholders to discuss building a strong startup ecosystem in Pakistan.
- Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb expressed the government's commitment to promoting innovation as a driver of economic growth.
- SECP highlighted its regulatory initiatives, including the Regulatory Sandbox and simplified incorporation procedures, to support startups in industries like digital finance and fintech.
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Meet Amperity’s new CEO: Former Salesforce exec takes reins at customer data startup
- Tony Alika Owens, a former Salesforce executive, has been appointed as the CEO of Seattle-based startup Amperity.
- Amperity is a customer data platform that helps companies collect and manage customer data.
- The startup recently reached a billion-dollar valuation and is a leader in the CDP sector.
- Owens plans to introduce more products targeted at technical users and expand the customer base.
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Efficiency engine: How three startups deliver results faster with Vertex AI
- Startups are reinventing industry standards constantly and focusing on tackling the biggest challenge first.
- AI accelerates their execution and gives them new insights to act faster and iterate better.
- AI plays an increasing role in the offerings of startups and also how they build those offerings.
- More than 60% of funded gen AI startups are building on Google Cloud, which is being used by startups like Abstrakt, NextNet, and Ferret.
- NextNet uses Google Cloud Vertex AI and Gemini to analyze vast amounts of biomedical data and identify hidden relationships.
- Abstrakt, a customer experience enhancer, uses generative AI to evaluate sentiment in real-time to empower teams.
- Ferret.ai offers a transparency solution using AI to provide curated relationship intelligence and monitoring.
- Deploying back-end solutions like Vertex AI’s unified development platform benefits the speed to market of startups.
- Open ecosystem of models and APIs offer flexibility to startups as their needs and market dynamics evolve quickly.
- Google Cloud provides a secure, fast, scalable platform so startups can focus on the solutions that matter most to their users.
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MMAD Communications unveils RBI-approved payment aggregator services under new brand "Mpay"
- MMAD Communications has unveiled its new payment aggregator brand called 'Mpay' after receiving authorization from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- Mpay will offer secure, scalable, and innovative payment solutions that comply with RBI's regulations, leveraging MMAD's expertise in high-volume payment processing.
- MMAD Communications applied for an RBI 'Payment Aggregator' license in 2021 and received final authorization on October 25, 2023, to launch and market its payment solutions under the Mpay brand.
- Mpay aims to redefine digital transactions by providing customized services for businesses and consumers in various sectors.
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Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work
- Particle, an AI newsreader app, aims to serve a valuable role in the media industry by helping consumers make sense of the news while still finding a way to support the publishers.
- Particle offers different modes to approach the news, pulls out important quotes, and provides links for further reading, and spectators are clicking through to publishers’ sites because of the app’s user interface.
- The app includes traditional and modern Ai technologies like Open Ai’s GPT-40 and GPT-40 mini, Cohere, and others.
- Particle leverages AI to present news from different angles and uses a tool called “Opposite Sides” that presents different viewpoints from the same story.
- The app’s killer feature is an AI chatbot that lets you ask questions and get instant answers about a story, and after the answer is generated, it includes an extra step to find the supporting material that matches those answers.
- Particle aims to compensate publishers or drive referral traffic by showcasing and linking to sources directly under its AI summaries, and the app includes big tap targets to click through to publishers’ sites.
- The app is entirely free for iOS users for the time being and intends to introduce other ways to work with publishers to provide its users access to paywalled content.
- Particle plans to use human editors to help better manage the AI content and curate its homepage as it grows.
- The company claims that its technology reduces AI accuracy problems that would otherwise occur one out of 100 times and reduces their likelihood to one out of 10,000 times.
- Backed by $4.4 million in seed funding and $10.9 million Series A led by Lightspeed, Particle has partnered with specific publishers to host their content via their APIs, including Reuters, AFP, and Fortune.
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Swiggy IPO: 500 Employees To Join The ‘Crorepati’ Club
- Around 500 employees of Swiggy will join the 'crorepati' club due to the company's IPO.
- Swiggy allotted stock options to employees under its ESOP schemes, resulting in wealth generation.
- About 5,000 current and former Swiggy employees hold stake in the company.
- Swiggy's IPO was oversubscribed and its shares are set to list on the BSE and NSE.
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Top 12 Accelerators and Incubators in the UK
- Seedcamp, founded in 2007, is considered one of the UK’s first-ever accelerator investment firms that offers £100,000 investment in exchange for 7.5% equity for startup applicants who are successful.
- Activate Studio is based in London and was founded in 2016. Applicants can raise £50,000 in exchange for equity and receive extensive support in building their minimum viable product.
- Entrepreneur First was founded in 2011 and offers a six-month paid programme during which entrepreneurs can test their ideas, raise capital and potentially find co-founders and other useful connections. Successful entrepreneurs have the potential to raise $100,000 in exchange for a 10% equity share.
- Techstars London, founded in the UK in 2006 is one of the biggest accelerators in the world. Techstars invests in more than 500 different startups around the world every year, allowing them to join one of their three-month-long accelerator programmes.
- OneDay is a slightly unusual type of startup accelerator that allows entrepreneurs to achieve a fully accredited MBA by means of successfully launching a business. Participants receive one-on-one mentorship and support throughout the programme.
- Wayra UK invests in startups across the United Kingdom, providing not only financial investment but also strategic and networking support.
- SETSquared is an intermediary that acts as a collaboration between a few significant universities in the area and collectively supports the growth and success of new business opportunities by providing them with spinouts, licensing and incubation.
- Founders’ Institute is a pre-seed accelerator inviting both solo founders and co-founders to get involved. This accelerator also offers access to a top-notch network of mentors and alumni.
- Tech Nation is a technology-focused accelerator and incubator programme based in London with a particular focus in AI, fintech, infrastructure, climate technology and cyber tech.
- Bethnal Green Ventures offers successful candidates £30,000 investment in return for 6% equity. The company’s focus is on particularly ambitious founders that are making use of technology to tackle significant social and environmental problems.
- Founders Factory was established to help startups in the early stages achieve rapid growth by sustainable means via a network of world-class mentors, angel funding, technology development and so-called “lean acceleration”.
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Best AI Content Detector Tools for 2025
- AI content detector tools are used to find and analyse text created by artificial intelligence, like content written by AI models.
- Top AI Content Detector Tools in India for 2025 were explored, with the aim to discover the best AI tools for plagiarism detection, authenticity verification, and content quality control.
- Copyleaks is a cloud-based platform that uses advanced AI technology to detect plagiarism, copyright violations, and content leaks.
- AI Detector Pro is a tool that scans documents for AI-generated content and highlights parts that might be flagged by AI detection and suggests for rewording.
- Originality.ai is the most accurate AI content detector, with the fewest false positives, and can accurately identify content that has been paraphrased, whether it’s written by a human or AI.
- Grammarly is an online writing tool that uses AI to help improve grammar, spelling, punctuation, and clarity in English writing.
- Hugging Face helps users build, train, and deploy machine learning models.
- GPT-2 Output Detector is a machine learning tool that can identify fake news with high accuracy and can help detect plagiarism and AI-generated content.
- Writer.com is a writing and grammar tool that helps creating content that stays true to the brand’s voice and detects AI-generated content.
- ZeroGPT is a text detection tool that uses AI to help users tell the difference between content created by AI and content written by humans.
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Fleek Raises $20 Million to Expand Secondhand Apparel Platform
- London-based startup Fleek has raised $20.4 million to expand its secondhand clothing platform.
- Fleek works with thousands of resellers and retailers worldwide, facilitating the sale of 2.5 million secondhand clothing items from 1,000 wholesale suppliers.
- The funding round included investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Shopify president Harley Finkelstein, and others.
- Despite challenges faced by some secondhand clothing platforms, the resale market is projected to grow at about 11% per year through 2028.
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Bounce bags $19M to expand its traveler convenience network
- Bounce, a San Francisco-based luggage storage startup, has raised $19m in Series B funding to help finance its expansion strategy.
- Bounce revenue has grown 20x since the $12m Series A funding round in 2022 and is looking to expand from its core business towards more verticals.
- The startup’s focus over the next couple of years looks to be the Asia-Pacific region, where it is experiencing up to 4x revenue growth annually.
- Bounce for hotels is another vertical the company will be developing. This offers hotels the ability to offer luggage storage to guests via its platform.
- The fresh investment sees Bounce predicting it can reach around 30,000 locations by end of 2026, where it is focusing more on quality than quantity.
- Bounce’s network of physical location partners offers storage and delivery services to users around the world, and currently touches 4,000 cities in 100 countries.
- Existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst joined 20VC Growth, FJ Labs, Shilling, and Thayer Ventures as new investors in the Series B.
- Cody Candee, co-founder and CEO of Bounce, said the company is targeting a vision of “cloud storage for the physical world” enabling mobile app users to find and access services for storing and moving their stuff.
- The startup can see which locations are in demand from searches conducted by its over 1 million users that access its platform each month.
- Bounce also plans to develop the user experience of its platform by integrating more with shipping and delivery firms, which could see users renting or accessing pretty much anything they need or want.
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