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Aspiring entrepreneurs in Redding will have a chance to turn an idea into a business in a single weekend as Startup Redding’s Startup Games return for their 10th year. (Shasta EDC)

PolarDoc, a startup led by Florida International University biomedical engineering doctoral students Jenny Pei and Amanda Sanchez, has been named one of eight global finalists in the 2026 EF Hult Prize—often called the ‘Nobel Prize for students’—after advancing from a field of 18,000 startups worldwide. 

AI has ushered in a lot of never-happened-before moments, but one of the most transformative is its impact on enterprise IT. Companies that have historically been cautious and committed long-term to what they buy are on pace to spend $4.25 trillion on technology in 2026, market researcher IDC predicts. It’s almost all driven by AI.

ByClare Duffy Thursday, September 3, 2026 2:22PM Nvidia announced that it will buy AI startup Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a massive bet by the chipmaker to expand the reach of open-

Sumit Vishwakarma03 Sep 2026 15:03IST New Update

Wonderful said it would use the funds to go on a hiring spree and improve its product. John Reynolds8 hours ago

BioLabs Rochester, MN is building momentum toward its September opening, with leadership in place and recruitment underway for early-stage biotechnology and health technology companies seeking to grow alongside Mayo Clinic and Minnesota’s expanding life science ecosystem.

It’s a balmy Wednesday afternoon in Hayes Valley, and Caden Broussard’s hands are completely full. 

Today’s founders have learned to build without waiting for perfect conditions. Rather than sweating ever-present uncertainty, they’ve built an adaptation muscle: finding leverage in new technologies, making disciplined decisions about where their money goes (and comes from), and adjusting quickly as economic conditions evolve.

Félix Pago, a stablecoin remittance startup, has raised $200 million from investors including Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, known as a16z.