Monthly Archives: January 2019

Here is a roundup of startup news and some of the prominent startups that announced shutting in Jan 2019 WarnerMedia shuts its technology investment arm – Expunging the legacy of TimeWarner, WarnerMedia has halted its investment in digital media and technology startup firms. This means an uncertain future for companies […]

RIP : Startups that failed in January 2019

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Microsoft recently announced that it has acquired open-source company Citus. The move comes at a time when the tech oligopoly is trying to expand its cloud offering and also commitment to open source. Last year, Microsoft  acquired GitHub in a $7.5 billion deal.  The news was first tweeted by Citus We’re […]

Microsoft acquires Citus Data, open-source startup

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Roundup of news and ideas from the world of startups – Week ending 27th Jan 2019 News you can use Electric Truck Startup Steps In Where Other Automakers Left Off – Gas-powered pickups and SUVs now make up two-thirds of U.S. auto sales. But, until recently, truck buyers looking for […]

Startup news roundup – Week ending 27th Jan 2019

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The business of food and food delivery is tough. Just in the past few months we saw a number of startups shut down – Indie Plate shuts down || Canadian FoodTech startup Food Starter abruptly shuts  || Meal Kit Startup JustAddCooking Shuts down || Commercial Kitchen startup, Pilotworks shuts down. Now, comes news that […]

Meal-delivery startup Munchery shuts down

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Roundup of news and ideas from the world of startups – Week ending 20th Jan 2019 News you can use Amazon: why it’s hard to escape its long reach – Everything Amazon does seems to make news. A recent article in the Wired magazine by Paris Martineu and Louise Matsakis […]

Startup news roundup – Week ending 20th Jan 2019

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Augmented reality technology enables us to see things in virtual sphere, and lot of startups are trying to innovate in the space. Meta, maker of the Meta augmented reality headset, was incubated at Y Combinator and became the first to ship a set of “end-to-end” AR glasses. The AR startup […]

AR headset company Meta shutting down after assets are sold

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Roundup of news and ideas from the world of startups – Week ending 13th Jan 2019 News you can use Amazon: why it’s hard to escape its long reach – Everything Amazon does seems to make news. A recent article in the Wired magazine by Paris Martineu and Louise Matsakis […]

Startup news roundup – Week ending 13th Jan 2019

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University hit a milestone in startup creation in 2018 with 223 startups, more than $350 million in funding and investments generated and more than 300 new jobs, officials announced today. “Purdue has a 150-year history of producing world-class research.  Five years ago we set out to establish […]

Purdue hits startup milestone with 200+ startups, $350 million funding ...

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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

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