https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/fake-deodorant-brand-won-ai-recommendations-within-weeks The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:35:13.093Z Fake deodorant brand won AI recommendations within weeks ai-search, marketing, discovery, seo, ecommerce https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/wordsmith-ai-adds-14m-to-a-series-b-it-closed-in-june The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:35:05.592Z Wordsmith AI adds $14m to a Series B it closed in June legal-tech, edinburgh, series-b, venture-capital, artificial-intelligence https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/fuvex-raises-3m-to-put-spanish-drones-on-power-lines-and-bor The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:34:57.105Z FuVeX raises €3m to put Spanish drones on power lines and borders defence-tech, drones, spain, hardware, seed-funding, critical-infrastructure https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/ex-principal-took-hundreds-of-meetings-to-raise-63m The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:34:50.906Z Ex-principal took hundreds of meetings to raise $63m edtech, fundraising, artificial-intelligence, denver, non-technical-founder https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/agents-built-a-hidden-chat-room-then-took-over-two-ai-platfo The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:34:31.493Z Agents built a hidden chat room, then took over two AI platforms ai-agents, security, zero-trust, openai, hugging-face, incident-response https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/innovate-uk-names-100-women-founders-in-largest-cohort The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:34:25.496Z Innovate UK names 100 women founders in largest cohort innovate-uk, women-founders, grants, funding, uk https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/airtable-sells-for-1-28bn-having-raised-1-4bn The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:26:33.235Z Airtable sells for $1.28bn, having raised $1.4bn acquisition, valuation, cap-table, employee-equity, saas https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/water-from-air-machine-goes-on-sale-in-ibiza-at-150-000 The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:26:01.908Z Water-from-air machine goes on sale in Ibiza at £150,000 climatetech, hardware, water, spain, deeptech https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/yc-partners-say-one-word-gives-away-an-ai-written-applicatio The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:19:47.978Z YC partners say one word gives away an AI-written application y-combinator, fundraising, ai, accelerator, writing https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/rejected-by-every-bank-at-26-he-built-the-trampoline-park-hi The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:18:07.566Z Rejected by every bank at 26, he built the trampoline park himself franchising, bootstrapped, fundraising-rejection, texas, acquisitions, family-business https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/bristol-agency-splits-in-two-and-ships-compliance-software The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:01:24.230Z Bristol agency splits in two and ships compliance software ecommerce, compliance, shopify, bristol, regulation, spin-out https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/mailchimp-sold-for-12bn-without-raising-a-round The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:01:23.918Z Mailchimp sold for $12bn without raising a round bootstrapped, saas, email-marketing, acquisition, small-business https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/teen-influencers-pick-the-products-in-indus-50-skincare-bund The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-09T07:01:23.589Z Teen influencers pick the products in indu's £50 skincare bundle skincare, creator-economy, influencer-marketing, london, dtc, product-launch https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/why-ai-models-cite-third-parties-84-of-the-time The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T10:57:10.842Z Why AI models cite third parties 84% of the time public-relations, earned-media, seo, cold-email, press-kit https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/sara-blakely-cut-the-feet-off-her-tights-and-built-spanx The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T09:22:35.970Z Sara Blakely cut the feet off her tights and built Spanx spanx, bootstrapped, consumer-products, resilience, founder-story https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/al-murrays-wwii-clothing-firm-puts-200-shirts-on-sale-at-249 The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T09:01:20.773Z Al Murray's WWII clothing firm puts 200 shirts on sale at £249 direct-to-consumer, manufacturing, apparel, sustainability-regulation, uk https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/the-blacksmith-who-told-customers-not-to-buy-his-jacket The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T08:37:02.673Z The blacksmith who told customers not to buy his jacket patagonia, founder-story, sustainability, outdoor-gear, ownership https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/tiktok-loses-appeal-over-12-7m-ico-fine-on-childrens-data The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:59:29.518Z TikTok loses appeal over £12.7m ICO fine on children's data data-protection, ico, tiktok, children-online-safety, regulation https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/openai-pays-3-2m-and-accepts-three-years-of-doj-hiring-overs The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:59:23.801Z OpenAI pays $3.2m and accepts three years of DOJ hiring oversight immigration, hiring, openai, regulation, us https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/yc-data-454-repeat-founders-and-no-proof-second-time-is-bett The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:59:18.003Z YC data: 454 repeat founders, and no proof second time is better y-combinator, accelerator, repeat-founder, seed-funding, san-francisco https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/sovereign-ai-takes-equity-in-chip-startup-olix-its-fifth-dea The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:59:02.300Z Sovereign AI takes equity in chip startup OLIX, its fifth deal deep-tech, semiconductors, government-funding, london, venture-capital https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/public-contract-scoring-doubles-job-creation-weighting-from- The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:58:52.744Z Public contract scoring doubles job-creation weighting from 10% to 20% public-procurement, govtech, youth-employment, net-zero, hiring, uk-policy https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/airtable-sells-at-2-7x-arr-a-ninth-of-its-2021-mark The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:58:26.430Z Airtable sells at 2.7x ARR, a ninth of its 2021 mark saas, acquisition, valuation, venture-capital, airtable, ai https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/treasury-puts-100m-into-regional-and-first-time-vc-funds The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:26:49.027Z Treasury puts £100m into regional and first-time VC funds venture-capital, british-business-bank, regional-funding, government-policy, early-stage https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/uk-opens-global-talent-visa-route-to-100-plus-employers The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:26:35.634Z UK opens Global Talent visa route to 100-plus employers immigration, hiring, uk, government-policy, quantum, deep-tech https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/tribunal-certifies-5bn-google-ad-claim-for-900-000-uk-firms The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:26:27.563Z Tribunal certifies £5bn Google ad claim for 900,000 UK firms competition-law, google, search-advertising, class-action, regulation https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/global-talent-visa-opens-to-100-commercial-research-firms The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:26:22.004Z Global Talent visa opens to 100+ commercial research firms immigration, global-talent-visa, deep-tech, hiring, research-and-development, industrial-strategy https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/cloned-voices-hit-money-managers-one-check-stopped-them The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:23:48.954Z Cloned voices hit money managers: one check stopped them fraud, voice-cloning, finance-team, security, wall-street https://www.thefoundergazette.com/stories/one-vendor-in-30-asked-how-the-product-went-it-cost-50 The Founder Gazette en 2026-08-08T07:23:39.118Z One vendor in 30 asked how the product went. It cost $50 onboarding, customer-feedback, api, product-management, saas