Small Business Start-up Capital

Businesses hope the artificial-intelligence technology behind ChatGPT can turn ordinary chatbots into impressive fonts of information, potentially transforming customer service. But many…

It has been a hard few years for smaller gadget startups. It isn’t likely to get easier soon.Last year, the buzz from the CES global tech show in Las Vegas was a futuristic sound system…

Startups had a dismal year by nearly every measurement in 2022, from plummeting investment to scarce public listings, and data point to a 2023 that could be even more difficult.As markets…

Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG 0.94% Google is in talks to invest at least $200 million into artificial intelligence startup…

United Airlines Holdings Inc. UAL 2.35% has paid a $10 million deposit for 100 electric flying taxis, a sign that the airline is growing…

The slowdown in venture capital funding has spread to early-stage startups, a part of the market typically more insulated from broader technology selloffs because the companies are years…

Argo AI, a Ford Motor Co.-backed startup focused on driverless-car technology, laid off about 150 workers this week, a belt-tightening…

The number of U.S. startups going public has slowed to a trickle and fresh funding for such companies has dropped sharply, adding to signs that venture-capital…

Tiger Global Management rode the tech boom like no other investment firm. It was funding more startups than any other U.S. investor when the market peaked last year, and had tens of billions…

Blank Street has a simple business: It sells coffee—sometimes in carts, usually in small stores. It launched its first location 17 months ago, before it began dotting Manhattan and Brooklyn…