Topic: startup ecosystem
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Expand North Star: Scaling Startups from 180 Countries
Expand North Star 2025 is the world's leading startup and investor event, featuring over 2,000 startups and 1,200 investors from 180 nations, and it plays a key role in scaling the global digital ecosystem after a year of $368 billion in venture capital investment. Brazil is the event's first off...
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GITEX Expands to Latin America, Fuels $950B Digital Boom
Latin America's digital economy is projected to reach nearly $950 billion by 2026, with GITEX launching its inaugural Latin American edition in São Paulo in 2027 to accelerate this growth. GITEX LATAM will showcase Brazil as a tech hub, leveraging its digital infrastructure and economic leadershi...
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GITEX 2025: AI and Enterprise Leaders Shape the Intelligence Economy
GITEX 2025, held in Dubai, unites a record number of global technology leaders, startups, and investors to explore AI and the intelligence economy, emphasizing Dubai's role as a nexus for public-private collaboration. High-level dialogues featured global ministers and officials discussing innovat...
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Gitex Global 2025: AI Breakthroughs Take Center Stage
Gitex Global 2025 in Dubai is the world's largest tech and AI showcase, focusing on biotechnology, quantum computing, and semiconductors to address global challenges like disease and sustainability. The event unites over 6,800 enterprises and 2,000 startups from 180 nations, featuring industry le...
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Cloudflare Plans to Hire Over 1,100 Interns to Train Future Tech Leaders
Cloudflare plans to hire over 1,100 interns in 2026 to invest in future tech talent by providing hands-on experience and free access to its developer tools for university students. The initiative addresses a decline in tech internships and youth employment, with CEO Matthew Prince viewing AI as a...
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South Korea's Silicon Valley Falls Short of Global Dreams
Pangyo Techno Valley is South Korea's leading technology hub, established in 2011, but it faces significant gaps in global influence, talent attraction, and international capital compared to Silicon Valley. The hub hosts major companies like Naver and Kakao but is dominated by small to mid-size e...
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Silicon Valley's New AI Training Ground: Virtual Environments
Reinforcement learning environments are emerging as a key method for training autonomous AI agents by allowing them to practice complex tasks in risk-free simulated settings. The demand for these environments is driving significant investment and competition, with both established firms and new s...
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Sheikh Mohammed Orders GITEX 2026 to Become World's Largest Tech & AI Event
GITEX TechCation 2026 aims to become the world's largest technology and AI event, transforming Dubai into a premier innovation hub through a citywide celebration of tech, investment, and lifestyle. The event is scheduled for December 7-11, 2026, at Expo City Dubai, supported by a strategic partne...
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GITEX GLOBAL 2025 Sets Record with Global Tech Dialogues
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 set records as the world's premier tech event, featuring 6,800 enterprises and showcasing innovations in AI, quantum computing, and digital health across five days at Dubai venues. The event emphasized international collaboration and policy discussions on AI, with key dialogues ...
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AI Leaders Unite in Cairo to Shape Middle East & Africa's Tech Future
A landmark AI event in Cairo brought together global leaders to outline a collaborative vision for digital innovation in the Middle East and Africa. Egypt aims to capture $42.7 billion in annual AI value by 2030, supported by its National AI Strategy and advancements in the global AI Readiness In...
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Vibe Coding: The Next Frontier for Enterprise Software
Vibe coding enables software development through natural language prompts, poised to significantly impact large enterprises by enhancing efficiency, innovation, and accessibility. It democratizes software creation by allowing non-technical staff to build applications, reducing reliance on scarce ...
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Egypt's Top Ministers Launch Major Entrepreneurship Initiative
The third annual Entlaq Summit in Egypt launched the Egyptian Entrepreneurship Sector Diagnostic Report (SDR 2025), backed by key government ministries and private sector sponsors to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Egypt Startup Charter, supported by the president and prime minister...
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Pakistan, UAE Forge AI & Cybersecurity Pact at GITEX 2025
Pakistan and the UAE have established a strategic partnership focusing on artificial intelligence, digital governance, and cybersecurity, following high-level discussions at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai. Pakistan's Digital Nation vision aims to position the country as a regional innovation hub, sup...
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Anthropic CEO Fires Back at Trump Officials Over AI Fear-Mongering Claims
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei clarified the company's AI policy stance, emphasizing that AI should advance human progress and advocating for transparent risk discussions and responsible development. The company faced criticism from industry figures like David Sacks, who accused it of fear-mongering ...
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GITEX Ai India Debuts April 2027 as Tech Economy Nears $350B
India will host its first GITEX Ai India event in April 2027 in Bengaluru, focusing on AI, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing to boost its tech sector, which is projected to reach a $350 billion economy by 2026. The event aims to strengthen India's position as a global tech leader by fost...
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Expand North Star 2025: Digital Finance & Deep-Tech Innovations
Expand North Star 2025, held at Dubai Harbor, gathered thousands of visitors and industry leaders to explore digital finance and deep-tech innovations, featuring 2,000 startups and over 1,200 investors managing assets exceeding $1.1 trillion. Key discussions at the event focused on the integratio...
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Waymo Co-CEO Reveals Autonomous Vehicle Truths at Disrupt 2025
The journey to fully autonomous vehicles is complex, with Waymo's co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana set to discuss real-world challenges like safety, public trust, and regulations at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Mawakana will provide an honest assessment of progress and hurdles in scaling autonomous technology...
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Humanoids, AVs & Beyond: AI Hardware's Future at Disrupt 2025
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco will host over 10,000 attendees to explore AI hardware advancements, featuring leaders from Waabi and Apptronik. The session will focus on integrating AI into physical systems like autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots, addressing challenges such as ener...
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Hong Kong's 2026 Innovation Fund: A New Era for Startups
Hong Kong will launch an Innovation & Technology Industry-oriented Fund in 2026 to boost its startup ecosystem and strengthen its position as a global innovation hub. The government is expanding existing programs, including scaling up the Innovation & Technology Venture Fund and introducing a Pil...
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Sheikh Mohammed Opens Gitex Global 2025, Highlights UAE's Tech Progress
Gitex Global 2025, inaugurated by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, emphasizes the UAE's commitment to leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build a robust digital economy, with Dubai aiming to contribute AED100 billion annually from digital transformation by 2033. The event has evolved in...
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Hong Kong Tech Pavilions to Shine at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai
A group of 22 Hong Kong tech exhibitors, organized by the HKTDC and HKSTP, will showcase innovations at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai to explore Middle East market opportunities. The exhibitors will present advanced solutions in AI, robotics, IoT, and greentech, with networking events designed to he...
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Gitex Global 2025: AI Use Cases Take Center Stage
Gitex Global 2025, scheduled for October 13-17 in Dubai, will showcase transformative AI applications and position Dubai as a central hub in the global AI economy, focusing on data, algorithms, and interconnected digital systems. The event will feature over 6,800 companies and 2,000 startups from...
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South Korea's Plan to Challenge OpenAI and Google in AI
South Korea is investing ₩530 billion ($390 million) in five domestic companies to develop foundational AI models, aiming to reduce foreign reliance and enhance national security. The government will use a performance-based selection process, evaluating progress every six months and eventually fu...
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Africa Tech Festival 2025: Leaders from Gov, Biz & Sport to Drive Digital Future
The Africa Tech Festival 2025, scheduled for November 11–13 in Cape Town, is the premier event for advancing Africa's digital transformation through expanded speaker lineups and cross-sector collaboration. Key speakers include government officials like South Africa's Minister of Communications, c...
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Juicebox Raises $30M to Transform Hiring with AI Search
Juicebox, founded by David Paffenholz and Ishan Gupta, has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital, bringing its total funding to $36 million to advance its AI-driven talent search engine. The company's AI tool, PeopleGPT, uses large language models to understand natural lan...
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Gitex Global Expands to Year-Round Innovation Hub at Expo City Dubai
Gitex Global 2026 will relocate to Expo City Dubai in December, evolving into a year-round innovation hub and introducing the new "TechCation" concept that blends technology with lifestyle experiences. The initiative supports the Dubai Economic Agenda D33, aiming to strengthen Dubai's position am...
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Veeam Buys Securiti AI in $1.7 Billion Data Security Deal
Veeam has acquired Securiti AI for $1.725 billion to enhance data management and protection, integrating its technology into Veeam's data resilience solutions by early December. The acquisition aligns with Veeam's strategy to expand its capabilities in data security and AI readiness, following a ...
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Groww, Backed by Satya Nadella, to Become First Indian Startup to Go Public After U.S.-India Move
Groww is preparing for a multi-billion dollar IPO, becoming the first Indian startup to list domestically after relocating its headquarters from the U.S. to capitalize on India's expanding capital markets. The IPO involves a secondary sale of shares by major investors and aims to raise ₹10.6 bill...
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OpenAI Acquires Sky AI to Enhance Mac User Experience
OpenAI has acquired Sky AI, a natural language interface designed to enhance user interactions with Mac computers by assisting with tasks like writing, coding, and planning directly within applications. The acquisition aims to integrate OpenAI's AI deeply into Mac workflows, leveraging the Sky te...
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Otter.ai's CEO Aims Beyond Meeting Transcription
Otter.ai is evolving from a transcription service into a corporate knowledge hub, introducing enterprise tools that integrate meeting insights into business workflows. The platform aims to eliminate information silos by centralizing meeting data, allowing companies to scale growth and achieve bet...
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