immigration


The Trump Administration issued its formal proposal to rescind the International Entrepreneur Rule, a regulation designed to allow entrepreneurs to grow and scale their businesses in the U.S. This rule allowed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use clear and careful criteria to identify, on a case-by-case basis, entrepreneurs […]

Trump Moves to Dump the U.S.’s Startup Visa


A weekly roundup of startup news Baidu furthers AI push with acquisition of digital assistant startup Raven Tech – Baidu is furthering its push into artificial intelligence after it announced the acquisition of Raven Tech, a Chinese startup that developed an AI voice assistant platform. Baidu confirmed it has bought […]

Digital Startup News roundup 19 Feb 2017


A weekly roundup of startup news US technology startups panic over immigration ban – SAN FRANCISCO – Silicon Valley venture capitalist Kate Mitchell said her startup companies have a message for their employees who are foreign nationals: Don’t travel outside the country right now. “Common sense would say, why take […]

Digital Startup News roundup 12 Feb 2017



Most technologists and business leaders seem to agree that the rationale for Immigration reform and “HIGH-SKILLED INTEGRITY AND FAIRNESS ACT OF 2017 (link)” is certainly a valid one! A section specifically mentions startups and small businesses: SECTION 7. VISAS RESERVED FOR SMALL AND START-UP EMPLOYERS Sets aside 20% of the […]

Entrepreneurs and Immigration: Startups not cheering proposed H-1B sops