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Ford is undergoing a large scale corporate restructuring, that includes shutting its Chariot commuter shuttle service. After Chariot raised $3m in its first 2 years, it was acquired by Ford for a reported $65m in 2016 and added to Ford’s ‘Smart Mobility’ division. In 2016, Ford paid more than $65 […]

Shuttle startup Chariot will shut down less than 3 years ...


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Everything Amazon does seems to make news.  A recent article in the Wired magazine by Paris Martineu and Louise Matsakis highlights “WHY IT’S HARD TO ESCAPE AMAZON’S LONG REACH”  In the article, the authors begin by explaining The company is known as the “everything store,” but in its dogged pursuit […]

Amazon: why it’s hard to escape its long reach


Roundup of news and ideas from the world of startups – Week ending 6th Jan 2019 News you can use Getting PR for Your Startup – Getting media attention is a powerful and often misunderstood communication tool. For entrepreneurs, it can mean massive exposure, and validation for their product. Join us […]

Startup news roundup – Week ending 6th Jan 2019



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RoboSense , a leader in LiDAR perception technology solutions and CES 2019 Innovation Award Honoree, announced today that next weekat CES 2019, they will publicly demonstrate an upgraded version of their MEMS solid-state LiDAR, an automotive grade solid-state LiDAR designed for the mass production of autonomous vehicles. The new RS-LiDAR-M1 with patented MEMS  technologyoffers ground-breaking […]

RoboSense New Solid-State LiDAR Launched at CES 2019 for Level ...


It is common knowledge that a vast majority of startups are doomed to fail in the early stages. We have been reviewing the ups-and-downs of entrepreneurs and startups through the year. Here is a roundup Sixty Seven startups that failed and made headlines in 2018. These failed startups are across […]

67 Prominent Startups that failed in 2018


Roundup of news and ideas from the world of startups – Week ending 30th Dec 2018 News you can use Getting PR for Your Startup – Getting media attention is a powerful and often misunderstood communication tool. For entrepreneurs, it can mean massive exposure, and validation for their product. Join us on […]

Startup news roundup – Week ending 30th Dec 2018



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Food Starter, a Toronto based startup incubator is shutting down. According to Canadian news agency, CBC, Food Starter sent out an email to clients alerting them that the final day for processing at the facility would be December 21, and that all tenants would need to move out of the […]

Canadian FoodTech startup Food Starter abruptly shuts down


Roundup of news and ideas from the world of startups – Week ending 23rd Dec 2018 News you can use Google announces Adopt a Startup program finalists – Google recently announced 8 startups selected for Grand Finals from its Adopt A Startup contest. The grand Finals in The Foundry on December 11th, […]

Startup news roundup – Week ending 23rd Dec 2018


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Google Cloud is acquiring DevOps Research and Assessment LLC (DORA), a digital transformation research firm that has collaborated with Google in the past. DORA announced the acquisition in a blog post that the combination will give developers access to data-driven insights using DevOps in the cloud. We are super excited […]

Google Cloud acquires DevOps Research Firm DORA



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A Bay Area based startup, Lighthouse, that was trying to market a $300 security camera with some sophisticated artificial intelligence capabilities, is shutting down. The reason was the lack of “commercial success” of its product. Alex Teichman, the CEO of Lighthouse, blogged “Lights out” To our customers, investors, family, friends, partners, […]

AI security camera maker Lighthouse shutting down