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MARI LUUKKAINEN: ChatGPT knows what your startup does. It just didn't learn it from you

MARI LUUKKAINEN: ChatGPT knows what your startup does. It just didn't learn it from you

I have read more pitch decks than is healthy for one person. Every one has a slide that says what the company does, and every founder has rewritten it 40 times, argued about it with a co-founder at 1 AM, and tested it on an advisor who said, "

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ: Are the Baltics safe? I asked the ex-head of UK Army

ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ: Are the Baltics safe? I asked the ex-head of UK Army

At last week's J.P. Morgan European Leveraged Finance Conference in London — a premier, invite-only gathering designed to connect major private lenders with corporate borrowers — geopolitics eclipsed traditional credit discussions as a primary concern. In a room dominated by institutional heavyweights like Blackstone, KKR, and Ares, Baltic

Defence and Deeptech lead Baltic funding as pre-seed surge offsets growth capital drought

Defence and Deeptech lead Baltic funding as pre-seed surge offsets growth capital drought

VILNIUS — The Baltic startup ecosystem is experiencing a structural realignment in 2026: while growth-stage venture capital has contracted, early-stage activity is undergoing a renaissance driven by defence technology, deeptech, and an influx of pre-seed initiatives. Data presented at StartupFair shows regional funding standing at €353 million year-

ANDRES KÕIVA: The unplanned remote-work problem. Until someone's leaving

ANDRES KÕIVA: The unplanned remote-work problem. Until someone's leaving

Most companies have a process for getting a laptop to a new hire. Almost none have a process for getting it back when the hire is leaving a company, in the country where they were never supposed to be shipping anything out of.

Fomo Academy: Keeping things human while hiring in the haze of AI

Fomo Academy: Keeping things human while hiring in the haze of AI

For years, one of the hardest parts of hiring was simply finding the right people. Companies spent enormous amounts of time searching LinkedIn, mapping competitors, building talent pools, and trying to identify candidates others hadn't already found. AI is changing that remarkably quickly. Today, a startup can map

Uue majanduse süda Kasvuhoone sai nurgakivi

Uue majanduse süda Kasvuhoone sai nurgakivi

TALLINN - Krulli kvartalis pandi täna nurgakivi 59 miljoni euro suuruse investeeringuga rajatavale ettevõtlus- ja innovatsioonikeskusele Kasvuhoone. 2028. aasta kevadel avatavast 15 000-ruutmeetrisest kompleksist saab Põhja-Euroopa suurim omalaadne keskus, mille ambitsioon on kujuneda lähiriikide mõjukaimaks idufirmade ja uue majanduse tõmbealaks. Kasvuhoone projekti on ellu kutsunud investeerimisettevõte Skaala. Ajaloolisse, 1899.

UCHA VEKUA: "Give yourself a shot!" Hackathons are the new proving ground for creatives

UCHA VEKUA: "Give yourself a shot!" Hackathons are the new proving ground for creatives

Story of why and how I started organising loo-oots of hackathons and startup meetups in my free time.