A River of News

Startups headlines, Friday, September 18, 2026

68 items. Times are UTC.

23:00 UTC 1

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    A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI TechCrunch by Kirsten Korosec

22:00 UTC 3

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    DOJ won't enforce handgun ban for 18- to 20-year-olds Axios by Andrew Pantazi story
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    Trump claims security, military deal with Denmark over Greenland Axios by Ben Berkowitz story
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    How to Figure Out What Your Business Really Looks Like Online — and Make It Even Better Entrepreneur by Tonia Ryan story

21:00 UTC 1

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    Could a Compound Found in Berries Help Muscle Cells Burn Fat? Japanese Researchers Just Found a Clue Inc. by Lucia Auerbach

20:00 UTC 5

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    This 27-Year-Old Left Wall Street to Create a Product That ‘Gives People Time Back.’ It Hit $10,000 in Sales in 36 Hours. Entrepreneur by Sherin Shibu
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    12 Warren Buffett Quotes Worth Remembering as He Steps Down From Berkshire Hathaway Inc. by Marcel Schwantes story
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    Y Combinator insurance tech alum Angle Health hits $2.7B valuation TechCrunch by Julie Bort
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    60 Percent of Employees Feel Pressured to Use Workplace Bots. The Errors Are Piling Up Inc. by Bruce Crumley story
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    There Are 3 Workplace Metrics CEOs and CHROs Can’t Afford to Ignore, Research Finds Inc. by Marcel Schwantes story

19:00 UTC 6

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    Hyrox Got a Rebrand It Never Wanted. Apologies Haven’t Stopped the Backlash Inc. by Ali Donaldson
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    All 3 of Washington, D.C.’s Major Airports Ranked Among the Worst in a New Survey Inc. by Sarah Bregel
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    Warren Buffett Has Worn the Same Watch for 40 Years. It’s Not Just About Being Frugal Inc. by Lucia Auerbach story
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    Adobe’s Next CEO Already Knows the Business. His Hardest Test Is What the Company Still Can’t See Inc. by Dan Schawbel story
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    Warren Buffett Just Stepped Down at 96. Here Are 7 Leadership Lessons From Berkshire Inc. by Peter Economy story
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    Before Selling Your Company, Put These 6 Rules in the Letter of Intent Inc. by Bruce Eckfeldt

18:00 UTC 13

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    A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers TechCrunch by Tim Fernholz story
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    Warren Buffett Just Named His Son Chairman. Now His Grandson Is in the Spotlight Inc. by Victoria Salves story
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    SpaceX Wants to Get Data for Grok Using This Controversial Bargain-Basement Method Inc. by Kit Eaton story
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    Emotional Resilience Is a Leadership Strategy, Not a Personality Trait. Here’s How to Build It. Entrepreneur by Martin Rowinski
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    The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Large Rounds For AI Infrastructure, Space Tech And Investment Management Lead Crunchbase News by Joanna Glasner story
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    The SBA Might Change Small-Business Size Standards. Here’s What Business Owners Need to Know Inc. by Melissa Angell
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    On’s Founders Spend Just 33 Percent of Their Time as Traditional CEOs. They Say What They Do Instead Fuels the Brand’s Success Inc. by Victoria Salves
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    A Former Pro Football Player Claimed He Built a $1 Billion Empire. His Guilty Plea Exposed Who Paid for His Lifestyle Inc. by Chloe Rosenberg
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    Luxury Travel Companies Have Found a New Product: Peace of Mind. Smart CEOs Should Take Notice. Inc. by Paula Conway story
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    Your Merch Could Be a Marketing Goldmine. Stop Treating It Like a Cash Grab. Entrepreneur by Gene Marks
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    Your Prospective Clients Aren’t Reading the Information You Give Them. Here’s How to Communicate More Effectively. Entrepreneur by Brian Taylor story
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    Why Smart Leaders Make Bad Decisions Under Pressure — and It Isn’t a Lack of Discipline Entrepreneur by Dr. Harshit Jain
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    A Fintech Founder Shares the 5 Numbers That Reveal Whether Your Business Can Survive a Downturn Entrepreneur by Ksenia Yudina story

17:00 UTC 8

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    Claude’s New ‘Chief of Staff’ Feature Looks Like a Massive Win for Lean Startups Inc. by Aaron Mok story
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    Is Your Team Wasting Time Following Dumb Rules? Ask 2 Questions to Diagnose and Fix Inc. by Soren Kaplan story
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    Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman After 61 Years: ‘Father Time Always Wins’ Entrepreneur by Sherin Shibu story
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    Your Brand Is Invisible to AI Search Engines. You Just Don’t Know It Yet. Entrepreneur by Lior Eldan story
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    Blip Is Shutting Down Less Than 2 Months After Launching Its Nicotine-Free Pouch Inc. by Ali Donaldson
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    Pancreatic Cancer’s 5-Year Survival Rate Is Below 14 Percent. A New Blood Test Could Help Change That Inc. by Chloe Rosenberg story
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    Automattic’s 33-Hour Coup, and can AI labs police themselves? TechCrunch by Anthony Ha, Theresa Loconsolo, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O'Kane story
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    55 Percent of Gen-Z Workers Plan to Job Hunt This Year. These 3 Retention Fixes Could Change Their Minds Inc. by Dr. Colleen Batchelder

16:00 UTC 5

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    UK Sovereign AI Fund in talks to back £500m raise for drug discovery startup Sifted
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    Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops TechCrunch by Ram Iyer
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    Michael Jordan Won by Giving Up the Ball. Then He Made the Same Mistake I Did Inc. by Codie Sanchez
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    This Fast-Growing Florida Healthy Food Chain Is Coming to Maryland Inc. by Sarah Bregel
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    38 Percent of U.S. Adults Are Estranged From Family. The Workplace Is Feeling It Inc. by Robyn D. Shulman

15:00 UTC 3

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    Open or closed AI? Nvidia’s Nader Khalil and Sydney Sykes take on one of the decisions shaping next-gen startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 TechCrunch by TechCrunch Events story
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    Julia Child Praised McDonald’s Fries in 1973. The CEO Says Her Endorsement Still Attracts 1 Surprising Group Inc. by Amaya Nichole
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    Robinhood’s Abhishek Fatehpuria on winning the modern financial consumer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 TechCrunch by TechCrunch Events story

14:00 UTC 3

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    Inertia co-founder Jeff Lawson’s next big bet is fusion: Go inside it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 TechCrunch by TechCrunch Events story
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    LIV Golf Spent Billions on Star Players. Its Bankruptcy Holds a Lesson for Founders Inc. by Heather Wilde Renze
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    The clock is ticking: Final 24 hours to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 TechCrunch by TechCrunch Events story

13:00 UTC 6

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    Poppi’s Founder Once Thought a $500,000 Sale Would Be ‘Insane.’ Then She Kept Moving the Goalpost Inc. by Jaime Catmull
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    Warren Buffett Is Giving Up the Role He’s Held Since 1970. He Says 1 Thing Convinced Him the Time Was Right Inc. by Victoria Salves story
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    A Texas Couple Promised Below-Market Custom Homes. Prosecutors Say They Took $4.2 Million From Clients Inc. by Kevin Haynes
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    Waymo Is Coming to Singapore Just as Grab Accelerates Its AV Push Entrepreneur by Paromita Gupta story
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    responsAbility Commits Up to $25 Mn to Verdant’s Thailand Solar Push Entrepreneur by Paromita Gupta story
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    Remote Work Is Not the Problem. Weak Systems Are Inc. by Inc. Video story

12:00 UTC 4

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    Get the AI Edge: What to Do—and What to Avoid Inc. by Jacqueline Lisk story
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    Your Best Customer Comes in Every Day Inc. by Elie Y. Katz
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    Do You Know Why Your AI Made That Decision? Inc. by Adi Klevit story
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    AI Won’t Fix a Business That Wasn’t Working Before AI Inc. by Adam Povlitz story

11:00 UTC 3

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    The biggest conversations in US VC right now Sifted
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    Stocks Just Had Their Best Day in 6 Weeks After the Fed Raised Rates Inc. by Phil Rosen story
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    What 25,000 Startup Applications Reveal About The New Rules Of Seed-Stage Startups Crunchbase News by Guest Author

10:00 UTC 1

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    ‘It’s the modern nuclear arms race’: safety expert Denis Shilov on slowing down AI Sifted story

09:00 UTC 3

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    Most Companies Think AI Is a Tool. The Winners Treat It as a System Inc. by Jason Mitchell story
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    A Marketing CMO Asked 1 Question That Made Buyers Open Her Emails Inc. by Christine Slocumb
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    Her Plant-Based Seafood Brand Was About to Run Out of Money. Then She Went Viral on TikTok Inc. by Annabel Burba

08:00 UTC 1

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    Route 128 Lost to Silicon Valley Because of 1 Crucial Mistake Inc. by Linda Rottenberg

07:00 UTC 1

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    Why DALI’s Cap Table Gets Curiouser and Curiouser Entrepreneur by Paromita Gupta

04:00 UTC 1

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    Inside London's weirdest neolab Sifted