April 19, 2025
Technology

OpenAI doubles down on Asia, partners with Kakao after its big deal with SoftBank

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] On the heels of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek making a huge splash in OpenAI’s American backyard, OpenAI is diving into expanding in Asia, with major commercial deals that will also help it train its AI on more Asian-language content and user behavior — a gateway

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Tana snaps up $25M as its AI-powered knowledge graph for work racks up a 160K+ waitlist

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] An app that helps people and teams in the working world simplify their to-do lists — ideally by organizing and doing some of the work for them — has remained one of the unsolved goals in business technology. Leaning into AI, on top of battle

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Tana snaps up $25M as its AI-powered knowledge graph for work racks up a 160k+ waitlist

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] An app that helps people and teams in the working world simplify their to-do lists — ideally by organizing and doing some of the work for them — has remained one of the unsolved goals in business technology. Leaning into AI, on top of battle

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This Bay Area startup is using AI to help families navigate long-term care planning

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Lily Vittayarukskul (pictured above) was studying aerospace engineering when her aunt was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. Her aunt had lived under the same roof as Vittayarukskul while she was growing up and helped raise her. “We went all in on her care,” she recalled.

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Fintech startup Cushion shuts down after 8 years and over $20 million in funding

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Cushion , a fintech startup that described itself as the “Plaid for buy now, pay later (BNPL),” has shut down. On Thursday, founder and CEO Paul Kesserwani posted on LinkedIn about the decision to wind down the company at the end of 2024. In the

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Fintech startup Cushion shuts down after 8 years and over $20 million in funding

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Cushion , a fintech startup that described itself as the “Plaid for buy now, pay later (BNPL),” has shut down. On Thursday, founder and CEO Paul Kesserwani posted on LinkedIn about the decision to wind down the company at the end of 2024. In the

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This Bay Area startup is using AI to help families navigate long-term care planning

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Lily Vittayarukskul (pictured above) was studying aerospace engineering when her aunt was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. Her aunt had lived under the same roof as Vittayarukskul while she was growing up and helped raise her. “We went all in on her care,” she recalled.

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Meteomatics eyes US expansion for its enterprise-focused weather forecasting tools

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Martin Fengler knows a lot about the weather. Fengler got his PhD in mathematics, focused on numerical weather prediction, before working for Meteomedia AG, a network of weather stations in Switzerland and Germany. But while he knew a lot about weather forecasting from the prediction

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Solar startup Niko is building Mexico’s first virtual power plant

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] When Edoardo Dellepiane and Raffaele Sertorio founded Niko Energy in 2023, they saw ample opportunity in Mexico’s underdeveloped solar market. Despite the fact that many parts of the country are bathed in sunlight, it has strikingly few solar installations. After more than a year of

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In another challenging year for startups, higher valuations and revenue give reason for hope

[IMPORTANT: Make this 4 times longer with much more detail] Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here . The aftermath of DeepSeek’s launch was arguably the biggest tech story of the week, especially for

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