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The AI-powered customer support startup is the latest example of a fast-growing, young company that's providing employee liquidity.

Decades ago, in the annals of advertising agency history, BBDO had an approach to creating winning communications. It was called The Four Point Process. The Four Point Process was a really big deal because, at the time, ad agencies had the best, most innovatively profitable research departments in town. The Four Point process made use of BBDO’s groundbreaking – and since widely-copied – Problem Detection Study. On the surface, the BBDO Four Point Process seems...

Want to tap into the energy of 1,100+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders descending on Boston for the Founder Summit 2026 on June 9? Host your own Side Event during “Founder Summit Week,” happening June 4-10!

Picture this: You’re sitting on a porch rocker watching boats drift by. The café owner just remembered your coffee order. You have nowhere to be for the next three hours. And for the first time in months, you’re not checking your phone. That’s slow travel. And it’s changed how we explore the East Coast. We’ve personally visited all 15 destinations in this guide. Here’s what we learned: the best travel memories don’t happen when you’re racing between attractions. They happen […]

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Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status.

I have a special spot in my heart for Memory Brands, because I have worked on so many of them and found them to be rather misunderstood. Memory brands are not smaller benchmark brands. They have high awareness. They have distribution. They often have decades of household penetration under their belts. This is comparable to benchmark brands. What they lack is active relevance, which a benchmark often has. They are remembered. They are not chosen...

Crunchbase data shows a record $189 billion of global venture capital flowed to startups last month, with AI startups nabbing 90% of the capital.

Fig traces data flows in the security stack and then alerts security teams when changes at any point affect detection or response capabilities.

The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source.

Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India's largely offline home services market.

Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees.

For years of working with organizations to refine and implement vision and core values, I’ve told the Johnson & Johnson Tylenol story. You’ve probably heard it. In 1982, seven people in the Chicago area mysteriously died after consuming Tylenol. An investigation quickly revealed the victims’ capsules had been laced with cyanide, with no indication of how widespread the threat was. The manufacturer of Tylenol, the legendary company Johnson & Johnson, took no chance. They pulled...

14.ai also launched a consumer brand to understand how much AI can handle customer support tasks.

After wooing Cal AI for months, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rival, Cal AI, the app built by teens soaring on the apps stores.

Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise.

There is no shortage of criticism of marketing organizations. The declining length of tenure of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) and the absence of marketing on boards of directors are well-documented. Such facts seem odd when demand generation and management are the lifeblood of organizations, at least those with a high probability of long-term survival. While such a circumstance may suggest some problems with marketing organizations, it very clearly identifies a problem at the level of...

If you've ever wished your anxious brain came with a user manual, science may have just handed you a small but meaningful page. A new meta-analysis out of UC Davis Health found that people with anxiety disorders, including

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Most of us think about air quality in terms of pollution, smoke, or allergens. But there is something else in the air that rarely gets discussed: carbon dioxide. And a growing body of research suggests it

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TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren't looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore.

From triple pane glazing to smart entry doors, here are the window and door upgrades that boost curb appeal, cut energy costs, and actually transform how your home looks and feels.

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