TECH
Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 23, 2026
Kais Khimji has spent most of his professional career as a venture investor, including six years as a partner at the prominent VC firm Sequoia
Here are the 55 US AI startups that raised $100M or more in 2025
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 20, 2026
The AI industry entered 2025 with strong momentum. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at
AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 17, 2026
Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep
New York governor clears path for robotaxis everywhere, with one notable exception
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 14, 2026
New York Governor Kathy Hochul plans to introduce legislation that would effectively legalize robotaxis in the state — except for its most populous metropolis: New
SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 11, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission announced Friday that it has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second generation Starlink satellites, for a total
Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 8, 2026
In what may mark the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google and the startup Character.AI are negotiating terms with families whose
Can a social app fix the ‘terrible devastation’ of social media?
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . January 5, 2026
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp have raised new funding for their social media startup West Co. The startup launched an invite-only
Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . October 12, 2025
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has lost one of its co-founders to Meta. The Wall Street Journal
Battlefield alum DevAlly raises €2M to help companies with Europe’s feisty new accessibility law
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . October 9, 2025
Many businesses that provide goods and services to the EU’s 450 million consumers must comply with new accessibility standards that took effect in June. Like
Heidi Health raises $65M Series B led by Steve Cohen’s Point72
- By Mainedigitalnews.com
- . October 6, 2025
Dr. Tom Kelly is a trauma surgeon, and everywhere, he sees doctors drowning in administrative work. He wanted change, so he set out to build