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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 17, 2025

18 March 2026 at 00:58

It’s Tuesday, March 17, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight accelerating investor interest in embedded fintech, automated cybersecurity, programmable therapeutics, and AI-native infrastructure for personalization and compliance. From reshaping how enterprises […]

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USA₮ Turns Times Square Green With St. Patrick’s Day Brand Activation Introducing Digital Dollar Payments

17 March 2026 at 21:34

Lugano, Switzerland, March 17th, 2026, TechnologyWire   On St. Patrick’s Day, as 2 million spectators flood the streets of New York City, USA₮, a digital dollar issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, is taking over Times Square. The brand activation combines synchronized digital […]

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World Launches AgentKit That Leverages x402 Protocol to Power Human-Backed AI Agents

17 March 2026 at 20:13

World, the network responsible for the proof of humanity solution World ID, has just unveiled a major new product. AgentKit is targeted at developers, but web users will be the primary beneficiaries of the technology once it’s integrated into apps […]

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Bybit EU integrates PayPal, offering instant fiat access to crypto across EEA markets

17 March 2026 at 19:04

For many people across Europe, the hardest part of getting into crypto isn’t picking a token. It’s figuring out how to move money in and out safely. Bybit EU is trying to remove that friction by bringing a familiar name […]

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Mastercard to acquire BVNK in $1.8B deal to link stablecoins with traditional payment rails

17 March 2026 at 18:32

Mastercard is making one of its clearest bets yet on where payments are headed next. The company said Tuesday it plans to acquire stablecoin infrastructure startup BVNK in a deal valued at up to $1.8 billion, signaling a deeper push into […]

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Poland-based Surveily raises €2.5M Series A to bring edge AI to industrial safety

17 March 2026 at 18:00

For years, industrial safety has relied on manual checks, delayed reporting, and systems that react only after something goes wrong. That gap is still costing companies and workers dearly. A startup out of Poland thinks it can change that by […]

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R1 Therapeutics launches with $77.5M Series A to advance first-in-class kidney disease treatment AP306

17 March 2026 at 17:34

For decades, hyperphosphatemia in chronic kidney disease has been treated with therapies that often fall short. Now, a new biotech startup, R1 Therapeutics, is aiming to change that with fresh funding and a different approach. The company has launched from […]

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Top Tech News Today, March 17, 2026

17 March 2026 at 16:48

It’s Tuesday, March 17, 2026, and here are the top tech stories making waves today. AI spending isn’t slowing down—it’s shifting. From Nvidia projecting a trillion-dollar chip market to Meta locking in a $27 billion infrastructure deal, the race is moving […]

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TrueAI Researchers Suggest Another Safety Layer for Autonomous AI Agents

17 March 2026 at 16:00

For a while, the big worry around AI trading bots was easy to picture. They could read the market wrong. They could spit out bad analysis. They could tell users to make a move they should never make. Now a […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 16, 2025

17 March 2026 at 02:08

It’s Monday, March 16, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight surging investor conviction in core AI infrastructure, industrial robotics, biotech platforms, and tokenized financial systems. As competition in generative AI intensifies, […]

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Eileen raises $1M pre-Seed to bring AI-powered shelf intelligence to CPG brands

16 March 2026 at 20:57

Walk into any grocery store, and you’ll see millions spent on packaging, branding, and promotions competing for attention on a crowded shelf. Yet many consumer brands still have little visibility into what happens once their products reach retail. Shelves run […]

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Playnance partners with KGeN to bring Web3 gaming ecosystem to 53 million players across 60 countries

16 March 2026 at 19:31

Web3 gaming projects spend huge amounts of time chasing distribution. Playnance may have found a shortcut. The Web3 infrastructure company behind the G Coin ecosystem announced a strategic partnership with KGeN, a distribution protocol focused on gaming, AI, DeFi, and consumer […]

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Top Tech News Today, March 16, 2026

16 March 2026 at 18:00

It’s Monday, March 16, 2026, and here are the top tech stories making waves today. Global tech is starting the week with a familiar theme: the AI race is accelerating—and it’s spilling into everything from power grids and memory supply chains […]

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Meta plans massive layoffs of up to 20% of the workforce to offset soaring AI costs

14 March 2026 at 06:12

Meta is planning another major round of layoffs as it ramps up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. Three people familiar with internal discussions told Reuters that Meta is weighing job cuts that could affect 20% or more of its workforce, a […]

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Top Tech News Today, March 13, 2026

13 March 2026 at 16:59

It’s Friday, March 13, 2026, and here are the top tech stories making waves today. The global tech race is accelerating on multiple fronts today. From Nvidia preparing to outline its next AI roadmap to governments pouring billions into semiconductor manufacturing, […]

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Sam Altman warns AI could upend jobs and the economy sooner than expected

13 March 2026 at 16:33

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman delivered a blunt message this week: artificial intelligence is moving into the workforce far faster than most people expect, and the shift could reshape jobs and the broader economy sooner than many leaders are ready for. […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – March 12, 2025

13 March 2026 at 01:58

It’s Thursday, March 12, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds reflect mounting investor conviction in legal AI, humanoid robotics, multi-wavelength photonics, and next-gen customer service agents. As AI integration deepens across enterprise, […]

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Atlassian lays off 10% of staff, or 1,600 employees, as AI reshapes software Work

12 March 2026 at 16:51

The shift AI is bringing to the tech industry is starting to show up in payroll. Enterprise software giant Atlassian announced it will cut about 1,600 jobs, roughly 10% of its global workforce, as the company redirects resources into artificial […]

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Top Tech News Today, March 12, 2026

12 March 2026 at 16:34

It’s Thursday, March 12, 2026, and the global tech landscape is moving fast as AI infrastructure spending, robotics funding, and geopolitical tensions reshape the industry. Today’s headlines show just how deeply artificial intelligence is threading its way into every corner […]

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Nvidia invests $2B in AI cloud startup Nebius as AI data center race intensifies

12 March 2026 at 15:58

The AI infrastructure race just got another jolt. Nvidia said Wednesday it will invest $2 billion in AI cloud company Nebius, taking a stake of about 8.3% as the chip giant deepens its push into the companies building the backbone of […]

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