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upstart

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


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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

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

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

When a young upstart joins their party, each tries to convince her of the best ways to get ahead in life, offering conflicting views of success and how to achieve it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Indeed John Flamsteed, the Astronomer Royal, noted that there was ‘emulation’, and even bad blood, between Cassini, the established authority, and Rømer, the upstart.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton