Latest Startup News & Information - TechJuice https://www.techjuice.pk/category/startups/ Technology | Startups | Entrepreneurship | Pakistan Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:42:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 This $9.5M Startup Sells the Same Handbags Prada Does, for Way Less https://www.techjuice.pk/this-9-5m-startup-sells-the-same-handbags-prada-does-for-way-less/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:42:23 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=250740 Fashion startup Atorie raised $9.5 million in seed funding on August 27, 2026, connecting luxury manufacturers directly with consumers. The AI-powered brand sells handbags and clothing made from identical materials and factories as high-end labels, at a fraction of typical retail prices, targeting a generation tired of both fast fashion and inflated luxury markups.

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]]> Meet the Startup Which Wants to Make “Google Maps for the Underground” https://www.techjuice.pk/meet-the-startup-which-wants-to-make-google-maps-for-the-underground/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:36:12 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=250465 CivilGrid, founded by former PG&E engineer Josh Mackanic, raised $26 million in Series A funding to expand its underground utility mapping platform. The startup consolidates disparate data on pipes, cables, and infrastructure to prevent costly excavation accidents, which occur roughly 200,000 times annually across the United States

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]]> Airbound Scores $37M Funding to Challenge Trucking with Drones https://www.techjuice.pk/airbound-37m-drone-delivery-funding/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:06:31 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=249997 Indian autonomous drone startup Airbound raised $37 million in Series A funding led by Greenoaks, with backing from DoorDash and leading investors. The company aims to build ultra-lightweight drones that deliver goods cheaper than trucking, leveraging vertical takeoff and landing technology for scalable logistics networks.

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]]> The Startup That Solves AI’s Most Expensive Problem Just Secured $100 Million Seed Funding https://www.techjuice.pk/callosum-100-million-sovereign-ai-fund-seed/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:31:27 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=249833 London-based Callosum raised $100 million in seed funding led by Atomico with participation from Plural DCVC and the UK Sovereign AI Fund. The Cambridge startup developed software routing AI workloads to optimal models and chips. This marks the UK Sovereign AI Fund's first disclosed investment. Founded by neuroscientists Danyal Akarca and Jascha Achterberg.

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]]> A Two-Year-Old Startup Just Became a Unicorn in 48 Hours https://www.techjuice.pk/rillet-unicorn-100-million-series-c-accounting/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:07:42 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=249657 Rillet, an AI-native accounting platform, raised $100 million Series C at $1 billion valuation in less than 48 hours. Led by ICONIQ with Sequoia Andreessen Horowitz and new investors. The two-year-old startup has 600 customers and doubled annualized recurring revenue over three months. CEO Nicolas Kopp says AI is displacing legacy accounting systems like Oracle and NetSuite.

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]]> Pakistan’s Nexa Robots Seeks Deeper Partnership With Chinese Manufacturing Technology https://www.techjuice.pk/nexa-robots-chinese-partnership-pakistan/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:50:59 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=249453 Nexa Robots founder CEO H.M. Hafeez disclosed plans to deepen technology cooperation with Chinese partners for software development artificial intelligence systems integration and joint product development tailored to Pakistani markets. Currently distributing Pudu Robotics products deployed at Minhaj University Lahore since 2023. Company targets one to two year payback periods for intensive robot usage in hospitality education.

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]]> Pakistani Startups Explore U.S. Market Opportunities at Islamabad Forum https://www.techjuice.pk/pakistani-startups-explore-u-s-market-opportunities-at-islamabad-forum/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:55:49 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=249137 The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and the Association of Private Sector Universities of Pakistan (APSUP) hosted an entrepreneurship forum on August 18, 2026. The SEE Global Economic, Entrepreneurship & Investment Readiness Forum took place at the U.S. Educational Foundation in Pakistan Auditorium. Around 150 entrepreneurs, startup founders, university incubation directors and innovation leaders attended. The […]

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]]> Pakistani Developer Builds ‘SafeAI’, A Disaster & Emergency Response App https://www.techjuice.pk/safeai-emergency-disaster-assistant-pakistan/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:50:14 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=249073 Climate vulnerability places Pakistan among the ten most at-risk countries globally. Since 2010, flood events alone have killed upwards of 4,500 individuals, injured roughly 18,000, and uprooted nearly 40 million people. Yet, in the immediate aftermath of a crisis, citizens routinely struggle to locate dependable information promptly. Hospital addresses shift unpredictably, weather bulletins arrive too […]

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]]> NIC Network Generates Rs. 36.3 Billion Revenue from 2,250 Pakistani Startups https://www.techjuice.pk/nic-network-generates-rs-36-3-billion-revenue-from-2250-pakistani-startups/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:43:23 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=248830 The government-backed National Incubation Centre (NIC) network is transforming Pakistan’s startup ecosystem. Since its launch in 2017, the NIC network has incubated more than 2,250 Pakistani startups. Furthermore, these ventures generated Rs. 36.3 billion in revenue. Consequently, they created over 185,000 jobs across the country. These startups also attracted Rs. 34.7 billion in local and […]

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]]> AI Created the Chip Overheating Problem. Now a YC Startup Is Using AI to Solve It https://www.techjuice.pk/discovered-materials-ai-agents-cooler-chips-9m-seed-yc/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:48:57 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=248274 AI chips run too hot, and that single thermal problem drives billions of dollars in electricity and cooling costs across every data center on the planet. Discovered Materials, a Y Combinator startup founded by Stanford materials scientist Akash Ramdas and AI engineer Advaith Sridhar, just raised $9 million in seed funding to use swarms of […]

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]]> What Are China-Free Batteries, and Why Are They Becoming Popular? https://www.techjuice.pk/what-are-china-free-batteries-and-why-are-they-becoming-popular/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:29:32 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=248267 US startups and Chinese manufacturing giants are simultaneously bringing sodium-ion batteries to mass production in 2026. They aim to deliver a technology that replaces rare, geopolitically concentrated lithium with the same element found in ordinary table salt. MIT Technology Review named sodium-ion batteries the top breakthrough technology of 2026. For the first time in decades […]

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]]> 55,000 AI Startups in 180 Days: China’s Pace Is Leaving Everyone Behind https://www.techjuice.pk/china-55000-generative-ai-startups-116000-robot-companies-h1-2026/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:56:52 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=247863 China registered 55,000 new generative AI companies during the first half of 2026, marking a 28% year-on-year increase that confirms the country’s most aggressive entrepreneurial pivot toward frontier technology in decades. The humanoid robot sector grew even faster, adding 116,000 new companies at a 9.5% annual increase during the same six-month window. The State Administration […]

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]]> This Tiny Israeli Startup Just Managed to Hack Three of the World’s Most Powerful AI Labs https://www.techjuice.pk/irregular-israeli-startup-openai-anthropic-meta-ai-rogue-testing-breach/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:01:37 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=247586 Over two weeks, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta disclosed that their AI models went rogue during security testing. All three incidents trace to Irregular, an Israeli startup running cybersecurity testbeds.

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]]> A Startup Built A Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reactor in Months. Here’s How. https://www.techjuice.pk/oklo-groves-reactor-first-criticality-texas-isotope-production/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:23:16 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=247345 Oklo, a California-based advanced nuclear company, achieved first criticality at its Groves Isotope Test Reactor in Texas on August 6, reaching the milestone less than one year after breaking ground on a completely empty site. The reactor is the first under the US Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program to reach criticality on private land, […]

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]]> Yamaha-Backed Startup Raises $120M to Build 80,000-Unit EV Scooter Plant https://www.techjuice.pk/river-mobility-120m-series-c-yamaha-ev-scooter-india-expansion/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:45:10 +0000 https://www.techjuice.pk/?p=247119 The electric scooter startup River Mobility raised $120 million in Series C funding to scale production and expand its product lineup. The Yamaha Motor Co-backed company plans to build a new factory capable of producing 80,000 scooters monthly, an eightfold increase over its current 10,000-unit facility in Karnataka, India. Elev8 Venture Partners and Claypond Capital […]

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