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Managing a startup business requires you to spend most of your time and resources on fine-tuning strategy and hands-on operations. So there’s hardly any time left to create content and maintain a social media presence.

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Fusion energy startups are confronting an unexpected dilemma that has nothing to do with containing million-degree plasma. The federal government is now requiring equity stakes in exchange for funding awards, forcing founders to decide whether accelerating their technology is worth diluting ownership to Uncle Sam. It’s a policy shift that could reshape how deep-tech companies…

The U.S. government has long had an on-again, off-again relationship with the fusion power sector. As of last week, it’s definitely back on.

Bedrock Robotics has raised $600 million in a funding round that values the autonomous vehicle technology startup at $4.1 billion, marking a speedy ascent for the two-year-old company.

Company imitates reflection of sun from mirrors, prompting pushback from some scientists, environmentalists and California locals

Private investors put 6% of healthcare investment into women’s health, according to the World Economic Forum’s Women’s Health Investment Outlook. The report found that 90% of that money lands in just three clinical areas. WEF says low- and middle-income countries take the hardest hit from the gap.

OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, said on the 26th that it hosted the “OpenAI Model Masters” at its Seoul office to support Korean startups in developing artificial intelligence (AI) services.

Attorney Kang Yong-muk (Judicial Research and Training Institute class 37) of law firm Seum said startups, while concentrating on technology development and business expansion, can easily miss basic legal procedures such as export-import filings or permits. He noted that if a seemingly minor omission escalates into a criminal case, corporations end up spending the time…

Add preferred source Rob Snyder, author of The Power of Pull, says product-market fit isn’t something founders create by persuading buyers — it’s already sitting on a specific person’s to-do list, waiting to be found. Speaking on Lenny’s Podcast, he lays out a four-part test (Project, Unavoidable, List of options, Limitations) that forces founders to…