The new era of dating has arrived. Here's your cheat sheet to 24 new apps.

Tech Insider : Business
A robotic hand and a human hand form a heart shape together, surrounded by icons of Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble being deleted.
A new class of startups aims to disrupt incumbents like Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble.

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These 8 big deals defined the year in artificial intelligence

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son shakes hands with US President Donald Trump.
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son shakes hands with US President Donald Trump.

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2025 was the year of VC FOMO. A 'reckoning' might be coming in 2026.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A girl reaches up to burst a large bubble on the Palace Plaza in Stuttgart, Germany, 19 October 2017. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)
A girl reaches up to burst a large bubble on the Palace Plaza in Stuttgart, Germany, 19 October 2017. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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DreamWorks CEO turned VC Jeff Katzenberg says that AI is not going to be a 'zero-sum game'

Tech Insider : Business
Jeffrey Katzenberg Madagascar 3
Jeffrey Katzenberg said that AI won't have just one winner and shared how his VC firm gauges companies in the AI age.

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VCs say tiny teams, personal agents, and a shift from vibes to payback are the tech trends to watch in 2026

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Environment
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Rippling's product chief says this is why he deliberately understaffs every project

Tech Insider : Business
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Rippling's CPO said he prefers to understaff than overstaff all his projects.

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These 11 retail startups raised millions from VCs this year, from Gopuff to Stickerbox

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Style
Stickerbox cofounders
Stickerbox is among the companies that raised the most money in 2025.

Stickerbox

I'm a 14-year-old founder whose YC application went viral. There are pros and cons to starting a company young.

Tech Insider : Business, Crypto
Alby Churven is pictured.
Alby Churven's Y Combinator application went viral on X.

Alby Churven

Nvidia's Groq deal rattled Silicon Valley. Here are 5 other AI startups split apart in Big Tech's new deals.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Jonathan Ross Groq
Groq CEO and founder Jonathan Ross

Groq

Scribe raised $75 million at a $1.3 billion valuation to fix how companies adopt AI. Read its pitch deck.

Tech Insider : Business
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Scribe cofounder and CEO Jennifer Smith.

Scribe

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