Big ideas. Global ambitions. Announcing the shortlisted startups for the IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Program – Cohort II. These innovators will gain global exposure, mentorship and market access to scale their AI solutions beyond borders. Shortlisted Startups (A–Z):
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Federal Blacklisting Paradoxically Boosts Business Growth
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So it turns out that being blacklisted by the federal government is great for business.
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Peter Steinberger Preps TED Talk While Managing OpenAI Projects
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A few weeks ago @steipete told me he was thinking about canceling his TED talk. Too busy. No time to prep. Working on OpenClaw and OpenAI simultaneously with zero bandwidth. He prepped the whole thing in a week, showed up to Vancouver still taking meetings between sessions,
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Anthropic has demand while OpenAI controls compute resources
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Funny that Anthropic has the demand and OpenAI the compute.
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Luma Labs AI founder discusses future of computing and holodeck
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Holodeck pioneer.
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) 17 avril 2026
Great interview by @AnjneyMidha of @LumaLabsAI founder @gravicle.
The future of computing is discussed. https://t.co/n3KUOFSyHpHolodeck pioneer. Great interview by @AnjneyMidha of @LumaLabsAI founder @gravicle
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AI Founders Network: Comprehensive List and Community Building
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I have all the AI founders, thousands of them, on lists here: https://
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xAI Rapidly Catching Up Despite Being Younger Than Competitors
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Lot of catching up to do. xAI is half the age or less of competitors.
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OpenClaw Cloud Accessibility Debate: Scam or Necessary Solution?
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Alex Finn, @AlexFinn, says OpenClaw running on the cloud is a scam: https://t.co/2cdV5T9aBP
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) 17 avril 2026
While he is right in a perfect world that everyone would have it running on a local computer, there are many who don’t want to do that, or who can’t afford it. Keeping it all running… pic.twitter.com/sudqiD4mn2Alex Finn, @AlexFinn
, says OpenClaw running on the cloud is a scam: https://
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… While he is right in a perfect world that everyone would have it running on a local computer, there are many who don’t want to do that, or who can’t afford it. Keeping it all running -
SlapStop App Wins Agent Content Challenge Week 4
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Week 4 winner of the Agent 4 Content Challenge: Rizwan Ahmed Built: SlapStop, a group accountability app where friends slap each other if they doomscroll.
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Startup AI timing: too late for VCs, too early for OpenAI
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too late to be usv,a16z,yc
too early to be acquired by openai damnit