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upstart

[uhp-stahrt, uhp-stahrt] / ˈʌpˌstɑrt, ʌpˈstɑrt /


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It is part of a broader effort at Public, which competes with other upstart investing platforms such as Webull, Robinhood and Betterment, to offer an AI solution for every part of an individual investors’ portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Then there’s the upstart GRU Space, created just last year with the goal of building hotels on the moon.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

In a series of viral commercials, AI upstart Anthropic broadcast to football fans that they should avoid AI with ads.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

For the former small business adviser from Suffolk, taking a small stake in the upstart beer company from north east Scotland seemed an opportunity too good to miss.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

The upstart West had the new Santa Anita Handicap, but the East, seat of racing’s elite governing bodies and home to all of America’s venerable old races and stables, had prestige.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand