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Gale, a startup that uses AI to streamline the US visa application process for employers and workers, has raised $2.7 million in seed funding.Its cofounders, who are all immigrants, launched the startup out of Y Combinator’s 2025 winter cohort following their own frustrations navigating the US visa system.The trio —…
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AI agents are launching into product management, and one startup in the space is super-charging its growth with a fresh round of funding.The startup, ThriveAI, just launched from stealth and announced it raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding, Business Insider has learned exclusively. 500 Global led the funding round, which…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jenny Jing Zhu, 51, New Jersey-based founder and CEO of Lush Decor, a digital home decor company. She shared with Business Insider the challenges of starting a business in an uncertain time and how she overcame it. BI has verfied her…
It’s been a rough few months for the USS Harry S. Truman, which has suffered a string of serious and expensive mishaps since the aircraft carrier sailed into the Middle East at the end of last year.The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier has lost three F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets in the…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rich Colorado, 87, who retired on his 65th birthday. Colorado said he never touched stocks and never planned for his retirement, yet he remained frugal and now has over $1.3 million. Colorado still bowls three times a week and teaches chess…
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AI is fueling renewed interest in consumer tech, including online dating.Sitch, a matchmaking app that uses AI to connect singles, raised a $2 million pre-seed investment, the startup revealed exclusively to Business Insider. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz’s startup accelerator, A16z Speedrun, and includes the angel round Sitch…
