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start-up



VERB
initiate activity
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Prosecutors claim Nuño used the money she received to purchase property, cover start-up costs and pay family members.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Similar contracts were signed by OpenAI, Amazon, Microsoft, SpaceX, Oracle, Nvidia, and the start-up Reflection, to allow AI technology to be deployed across a range of military settings such as transport, planning and battlefield operations.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Less than two weeks ago, Musk said his artificial-intelligence start-up xAI would aim to more than double its amount of Nvidia chips at its Colossus 2 data center by the end of the year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

For the Spanish robotics start-up Ostirion, "the rail industry is quite conservative, and you really have to win it over", its technical manager Lidia Garcia said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

But it was awkward trying to run our start-up WCC program in the middle of someone else’s business.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles


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