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When the best decision is no decision: the rise of randomization in grant funding (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-11 | by Bennett | tags: grant funding, swiss national science foundation, biostatistician

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Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation (wired.com)

2026-08-08 | by Vittoria Elliott | tags: census, citizenship, funding

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Free Virtual Event | September 15: How to Raise Capital in 2026: Best Fundraising Strategies for Entrepreneurs (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | by Entrepreneur Staff | tags: capital, event, fund

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Hadrian valued at nearly $8 billion after fresh funding as money pours into defense tech (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Samantha Subin | tags: billion, defense, funding

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Scientists up in arms about cuts to UK physics and astronomy (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-06 | by Gibney | tags: cuts, funding, million

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Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Tim De Chant | tags: accounts, claw, court

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Oxide Computer raises $445M (SEC Form D) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: oxide computer, sec form d, funding

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Dataset: Dead mental health startups, 2000-2026, coded on 18 fields (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: mental health startups, dataset, classification labels

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This one quality is what separates people who build something truly extraordinary from those who build something that’s merely good (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: company funding, early-stage investment, revenue milestones

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Controversial White House plan to overhaul US science funding faces Senate opposition (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-03 | by Garisto | tags: white house, us senate, national science foundation

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VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: vc funding, silicon valley, sec

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Elon Musk Is Firing Up the Vote-Buying Machine Again (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: elon musk, america pac, vote-buying

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Fusion power darling Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises another $1B (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Tim De Chant | tags: commonwealth fusion systems, sparc reactor, arc power plant

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Job insecurity is chipping away at me and my cohort. Is it us, or the state of the economy? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-30 | by Watson | tags: imperial college london, research funding, phd

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Here’s What Really Separates Entrepreneurs Who Make It From Entrepreneurs Who Quit (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-29 | by Joey Stiver | tags: entrepreneurship, startup funding, venture capital

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As SpaceX Sheds a Tesla’s Worth of Value, Elon Musk Is Trying to Sell Investors on Another Company (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: spacex, tesla, elon musk

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The Price to Finance the AI Data Center Boom Is Rising, Just Ask Meta (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-28 | tags: meta, ai data center, interest rate

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The existential choice facing UK physics facilities: commercialize or close (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-27 | by Gibney | tags: uk science, stfc, diamond light source

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company Eyes $20 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-25 | tags: elon musk, boring company, tunneling

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Why 25 states are fighting Trump over $740 million in emergency funding (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: trump administration, federal citizenship verification, post-election audits

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How Radical Transparency Helps Founders Win Better Capital, Not Just More of It (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | by Joe Cecala | tags: startup funding, investor transparency, credibility

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Darren Aronofsky’s Company That Makes Very Bad AI Movies Just Raised a Ton of Investor Money (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: darren aronofsky, ai movies, investor funding

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Are Your Prices Really Fair? There’s a Simple Formula to Find Out (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-22 | by Joe Cecala | tags: valuation, startup funding, price signaling

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StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to celebrate a huge year for the city’s startup community (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-20 | by Morgan Little | tags: strictlyvc, new york city, ideal glass studios

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The science of foresight: how to future-proof your research (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-20 | by Meskó | tags: foresight, artificial intelligence, vaccine development

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How flexible funding can help communities and people thrive (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: philanthropy, flexible funding, grantees

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No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-17 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: axiom partners, techcrunch disrupt, seed funding

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Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-15 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: emergent, funding, million

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Europe's Anduril rival Helsing raises $1.8 billion at $18 billion valuation (cnbc.com)

2026-07-13 | by Arjun Kharpal | tags: billion, defense, funding

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NASA sure seems to be asking an awful lot of private space stations (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: funding, nasa, space