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Alex Konrad @alexrkonrad.bsky.social · 10h

I'm extremely hyped to announce that Season 3 of The Upstarts Podcast is back this Thursday, October 8 🎉 We have awesome founder guests lined up covering everything from AI to woolly mammoths, health, and parking 👀 Real startup lessons, all in one commute. Subscribe below 👇

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🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 13h

Also consider the gender balance in your organization, whether women are regularly pushed into glue roles like product or program management rather than senior engineering roles, and at what point your executive level promos are gatekept by engineers looking for people like them.

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🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 13h

Today is International Women in Robotics Day. Instead of just wishing a woman robotics a happy day, consider paying her more, ensuring she’s set up for promotion, or inviting her to speak on a technical topic rather than her experience as a woman in a male dominated field!

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KXAN News @kxan.com · 04/10/2026

We want to showcase some of the amazing photos we receive. Help us choose the best KXAN viewer photo of September 2026! www.kxan.com/weather/photo-of-the-m…

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Japan Startup Brief 🤖 @japanstartupbrief.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

WAYFARER raises funding for hotel operations AI platform Materia Connect prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000622… #JapanStartups #JSB #AI

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Got questions about co-designing robot hardware and software? 🤖 Later this season, I'll be chatting to Dr. Rika Antonova from @cam.ac.uk about using artificial intelligence to develop complimentary robot hardware and algorithms. Send me your questions for Rika in the comments! #Robotics #AI

A photo of Rika wearing a black shirt, glasses and a backpack.

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Black in Robotics @blackinrobotics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Welcome to the @BlackInRobotics UK chapter!!! blackinrobotics.org/bir-uk-chapter

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BiR UK Chapter — blackinrobotics

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Alumni Ventures @alumniventures.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Could you explain how venture returns actually get made? We put together 3 questions pulled straight from VC 201 — our course on the mechanics behind venture performance. If you can't answer all 3 with confidence, that's exactly what VC 201 is for. Start the course: av-funds.com/4yYXdep

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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Solar Ireland, the representative body for Ireland’s solar industry and Collins McNicholas have published new data exploring the people, skills and experiences powering Ireland’s clean energy ambitions.

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Engineers and project managers among hardest to recruit, finds Solar Ireland

Solar Ireland's report highlights how engineers and project managers are among the hardest professionals to recruit in renewables currently.

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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ned Jenkinson of the University of Birmingham and Matthew Weightman of the University of Oxford discuss how advancements in brain research might affect how we learn and grow our skillsets.

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How might brain stimulation impact how we develop new skills?

Brain stimulation could be key to transforming how we develp new skills, from tennis and piano, to new languages and even stroke recovery.

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The Durango Herald @durangoherald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

West Slope Startup Week will be hosted for its fourth year in Durango next month.

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📢 New Episode Alert! In the first episode of the new season, I chatted to Dr. Aaron Edsinger from @hellorobot.bsky.social about their Stretch robots that can help people with mobility issues live more independently. 🤖 Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2026/09/25/e... #Robots #Robotics #HRI

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 24/09/2026

The hardest part of enterprise AI is no longer access to the technology. It’s changing how the organization works around it. At Connected Stack 2026, we heard the same pattern repeatedly: clear ownership, clear outcomes, better context, and workflows designed for what AI can now do.

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Alumni Ventures @alumniventures.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"I now feel like I'm just a lot more savvy, can more confidently make investment decisions that will be smart for me." If you're curious about venture investing, AV Academy can show you the ropes. Explore AV Academy and start learning today. av-funds.com/4hqKcUT

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Food Tank @foodtank.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Food is meant to nourish people. Food doesn’t belong in the waste…Any way we can do it is better than not doing anything. Something is better than nothing.” -María Bengochea, Director of Sustainability & Standards, CookUnity Tune in live: www.youtube.com/live/cuy2Fzp... #ClimateWeekNYC

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Japan Startup Brief 🤖 @japanstartupbrief.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Alternative investment platform Altana Bank launches Digital Bank Growth Support Fund ID1172 with semi-annual distributions prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000918… #JapanStartups #JSB #Funding

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Blue Willow Bookshop @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We're SO excited to welcome New York Times bestselling author @theallycarter.bsky.social to Houston to celebrate her new book, IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE MURDER! 🎄 Join us, friends! 😍 You can see all the details and get your tickets here: buff.ly/7ix5hog

A graphic promoting a ticketed event with Ally Carter, celebrating her new book, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder. The event will take place on Saturday, October 17 at 4:00pm Blue Willow Bookshop. Each ticket includes entry to the event for one person plus one copy of the book.

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

At Goodwood Festival of Speed Future Lab earlier this year, I talked to Isabelle Blanchot from Enchanted Tools about their social companion robots, Mirokaï. We discussed how they are helping people in hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and beyond. Watch our chat: www.patreon.com/ClaireAsher/...

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Putting a friendly face on robotics | Claire Asher

This summer I was very lucky to be invited to Future Lab at Goodwood Festival of Speed, where I recorded interviews with some of the exhibit

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Engadget @engadget.com · 20/09/2026

The startup is looking to expand beyond electric air taxi rides in major cities.

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Joby Aviation completed a fully autonomous flight from California to North Carolina - Engadget

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Blue Willow Bookshop @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Friends, we know many of you are looking for an alternative to Am@zon's Audible. Check out @libro.fm—your purchases support our bookshop! 😍 Use code SWITCH to get two bonus audiobook credits when you sign up for a new one-credit per month membership. buff.ly/Hras4D4

A graphic reads, "Divest from big tech, and reinvest in community." Beneath this header, there are two photos of a bookshop—one of bookshelves, one of the outside of the shop—with a filter that slightly washes them out. Arrows point to the photos beside text that reads "Blue Willow Bookshop, est. 1996."

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 18/09/2026

AI dominated Colorado Startup Week, but the in-person experience mattered more coloradosun.com/2026/09/18/c...

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The Durango Herald @durangoherald.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

La Plata Electric Association is pursuing several projects, namely the expansion of Sunnyside Solar and the use of battery energy storage systems, in La Plata County following its exit from Tri-State.

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Since leaving Tri-State, LPEA pursues grab bag of renewable energy sources

Priorities includes expansion of local solar generation, contracts with nearby power producers

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Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · 18/09/2026

Stuck in a creative rut? Sometimes the way out is a good book 👀 Our 50 essential reads for graphic designers, from Grid Systems to Women Design: www.creativeboom.com/resources/50...

A shelf of graphic design books, a selection of favourite reads for designers.

Cover of Now Try Something Weirder by Michael Johnson.

Cover of Book of Branding by Radim Malinic.

Cover of Citizen First Designer Second by Rejane Dal Bello.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 14/09/2026

Thank you to the founders building what comes next, the co-hosts who curated the room, the partners who made yesterday possible, and everyone who showed up to Connected Stack! Most days we compete for the same deals. Yesterday we set that down to learn from one another. That's a wrap on 2026.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 17/09/2026

What happens to "product" once integrations cost zero? True Ventures Partner Rohit Sharma gets into it on the Cadre AI podcast with Chad Lohrli, including why he calls AI a new form of labor, not just a technology. Full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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Carnegie Mellon University @cmu.edu · 17/09/2026

CMU is integral to a regional research effort to make industrial energy systems more resilient. The Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure Consortium is a new National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engine to strengthen manufacturing and economic competitiveness across Appalachia.

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Carnegie Mellon Partners To Lead NSF Initiative Advancing Energy Innovation and Economic Growth Across Appalachia

Carnegie Mellon University will play a central role in a new National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engine designed to strengthen energy technology, manufacturing competitiveness and economic opportunity across Appalachia.

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True Ventures @trueventures.com · 16/09/2026

True led the seed round for Aristotle, a voice-first AI tutor from co-founders Shan Reddy, Jaiden Reddy, and Vivek Vajipey that talks a student through problems instead of answering for them. We're proud to be first to believe in what Shan, Jaiden, and Vivek are building. Congratulations team!

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy.co · 16/09/2026

Latino Founders Pitch Latino Portland promises to be bigger and better than ever, this year. With a new location and 10 companies vying for crowd favorite. (But every single company walks away with a check.) siliconflorist.com/2026/09/16/p...

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Pitch Latino Portland 2026: Ten Latine founders ready to take the Newmark stage – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community

If you’ve been around the Portland startup community for any amount of time, Pitch Latino probably needs no introduction. It has become the region’s biggest celebrations of Latine entre…

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Joseph Fung @josephfung.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

the cci report confirms what founders already know: foreign buyers acquire canadian startups precisely when scaling gets capital-intensive. the risks founders need financed don't match what our ecosystem is built to absorb. public innovation subsidies are transfer payments to us acquirers.

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Rob Majteles @robmajteles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm really excited to launch Confluence Capital Impact Partners with Conor Platt www.confluencecapital.com Our focus is to invest in, and bring clarity to, the next wave of major transformation in public equities: the industrial energy transition.

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Confluence Capital Impact Partners

Explore how Confluence Capital’s active ETF model portfolio targets high-growth industrial energy transition sectors to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns.

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Equality Texas @equalitytexas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

San Antonio! The L.O.V.I.N. ordinance will be heard for a FINAL VOTE tomorrow (September 10th) starting at 9am at the City Chambers and we need the community to show up in support! 💜 Sign up to speak: loom.ly/9Nmuq50

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Japan Startup Brief 🤖 @japanstartupbrief.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Pixiom, a chemical-vision AI startup from Oita University, raises seed funding from Lifetime Ventures prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000003… #JapanStartups #JSB #AI

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Equality Texas @equalitytexas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dallas! Join us in the Pride in Dallas Parade on Sunday, September 20 as we march, roll, and strut our way through the city! 🌈 March with us: bit.ly/eqtx-pid

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 08/09/2026

Every product has to be tested somehow, and sometimes that means finding increasingly creative ways to break it. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/46LmxZ4

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Alex Papadopoulos @egeasri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Wind and solar are the fastest-growing sources of electricity in human history—scaling faster than gas, coal, or nuclear did at comparable stages of deployment. We should be talking about this more. #CleanEnergy www.carbonbrief.org/wind-and-sol...

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John Kennedy @mrjohnfkennedy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Irish engineering specialist DECI Ltd is creating 250 new jobs as it expands its North American operations with the opening of a new office in Chicago Read more: www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/dec... #IrishBusiness #Jobs #Engineering #DataCentres #AI

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Engineering firm DECI to create 250 jobs | ThinkBusiness

Irish engineering firm DECI will create 250 jobs after opening a Chicago office, strengthening its US presence amid booming AI and data centre demand.

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John Kennedy @mrjohnfkennedy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ireland’s scaling companies have delivered a clear message to Government: Ireland faces a funding gap of more than €1.1 billion that is limiting the growth of indigenous businesses and future global success stories Read more: www.thinkbusiness.ie/articles/ire... #Startups #ScaleUps #Budget2027

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Ireland faces a €1.1bn scaling funding gap | ThinkBusiness

Ireland faces a €1.1bn scaling funding gap as Scale Ireland urges Budget 2027 action on pension investment, CGT reform and procurement policy.

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Last chance to send me your questions for Aaron! What have you always wanted to know about assistive robots? #Robots #Robotics

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 04/09/2026

ICYMI: We announced the first game under our fun-sized games label, Double Fine Action Labs! THANK YOU BUS DRIVER is available to wishlist on Steam! Help us spread the word by adding TYBD to your wishlist ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/5067360/...

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Thank You Bus Driver on Steam

Take on the role of a town’s rules-driven (and reckless) bus driver in Thank You Bus Driver! Drive fast, slap faster, and toss any rulebreakers out of your bus to reach true victory: being appreciated...

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Trajectory Ventures @trajectoryventures.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Energy innovator @peakenergy.bsky.social's building America’s first Sodium-Ion grid storage system factory to meet the rapidly increasing energy storage demand. Fueled by the expansion of AI data centers, while advancing energy security & domestic manufacturing. trajectoryventures.vc/energy-innov...

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Energy innovator Peak Energy builds America's first Sodium-Ion grid storage system factory to meet demand - Trajectory Ventures

New Sacramento facility represents up to $71 million in investment, will create 239 local jobs and produce up to 4 GWh […]

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At One Ventures @atoneventures.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Climate volatility is making the primary ingredients – coffee ☕️and cacao 🍫 – harder to obtain, but consumer demand is only getting greater. Prefer is making "extenders," designed to supplement, not replace. What do you think? Would you try it?

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At One Ventures @atoneventures.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Could we be at the origin of new life, the way cyanobacteria once were? 🦠 Wet labs are now "breaking the inheritance" of the core genetic code. What could happen when we create new origins? Share in the comments, or on her post: www.linkedin.com/posts/laurie...

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Tensor Ventures @tensorvc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Room temperature photon detection for quantum computing is not possible." Hussain Zaidi has heard it many times. He is building it anyway. QC82's detectors: no helium, no multi-million dollar cooling. Read the full story and subscribe for more deep tech stories: open.substack.com/pub/tensorve...

"A photonic computer at scale will need a liquid helium plant running 24/7. Remove that, and quantum computing opens up to organizations of all sizes." Hussain Zaid, co-founder & CEO, QC82

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Millions of families figure out senior care on the fly. Jenny Lee watched hers do it, then built Hera to change that. Real experts, backed by AI, handling the work that falls on families with no training and no time. $27M Series A today and we’re thrilled to lead.

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Bain Capital Ventures @baincapvc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Jenny Lee built Hera after watching her family carry the hidden cost of aging care alone. Senior care experts, covered by Medicare, backed by AI. Watch the full Outlier Briefing with Alysaa Co: youtu.be/ES9Lc1C3xVY?...

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