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Data Center Energy: A Teen Dropout’s $1B Nuclear Bet
A nuclear startup founded by a teenager just raised one of the year’s boldest rounds, and it lands squarely on the data center energy crisis. Valar Atomics closed a...
Peloton Earnings: First-Ever Profit Holds a Founder Lesson
Peloton closed its 2026 fiscal year with something it had never reported before: a full year of net income. The company shared the milestone in its fiscal 2026 results...
Agentic Commerce Is Reshaping How Customers Buy
The way people shop online is shifting fast, and agentic commerce sits right at the center of that change. In this model, AI agents research products, compare offers, and...
Teen Entrepreneur Duo Turns Hot Dogs Into Six Figures
Two 19-year-old founders have turned a hot dog stand into a six-figure business at the Jersey Shore, and their story is a masterclass in scrappy growth. Matt D’Arcy and...
Succession Planning Lessons From Nazara’s Founder CEO Exit
Every founder faces this question eventually, and the answer shapes the company’s next decade. This week, gaming firm Nazara Technologies named a new CEO and moved its founder into...
Thermal Battery Maker Antora Raises $550M as AI Strains Power
Antora Energy has raised $550 million in Series C funding to scale its thermal battery systems, which store electricity as heat and release it as clean power on demand....
New Business Applications Hit a Record Pace in 2026
The latest Census figures tell a story every founder should hear: new business applications are running at a record pace in 2026. Americans filed roughly 524,000 applications in June...
Startup Operations: 5 Decision Rules Founders Set Early
The founders drawing attention this summer are not the loudest ones, according to a July roundup of startup trends. They are the ones with disciplined startup operations, built on...
