Startups

Technologies that can recreate a person’s personality using artificial intelligence are rapidly evolving from experimental projects to a full-fledged industry.

HumanX 2026 conference in San Francisco, held from April 6 to 9, gathered more than 12 thousand participants from 40 countries. This is almost twice as many as the organizers initially expected, which shows the interest in the forum. It attracted top bigtech managers, users, regulators and researchers.

Fifteen Influencers from the tech industry one night acted as investors and symbolically chose local startups in which they would invest their money.

The National Agency for Youth Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Research announced the results of the contest of projects within the State Program for the Development of Youth Centers until 2030. The total amount of funding for this stage of the contest amounted to almost 2.5 million lei.

Moldovan game development studio Paparuda Studio has attracted an investment of more than 210,000 euros (over 4 million Moldovan lei) to develop its first video game aimed at the international market, a groundbreaking achievement for the entire domestic game industry.

Commercialization of artificial intelligence and its large-scale implementation into business processes were at the center of the Seattle Startup Summit 2026 agenda. The forum takes place on April 1-2 and brought together 1,500 participants from all over the world – startup founders, venture capitalists and engineers.

China’s TCL and Japan’s Sony are officially moving to form a Bravia-branded joint venture, scheduled to launch next April.

The 5 to go coffee chain started selling franchises in the Republic of Moldova.

The Republic of Moldova will become the 40th contracting state of the European Patent Organization on June 1, 2026. Chisinau deposited its instrument of accession to the European Patent Convention (EPC) on March 25, 2026, thus taking the last step towards becoming a contracting party.

The Organization for the Development of Entrepreneurship (ODA), with the support of the Moldovan government and development partners, announced the start of applications for grants related to non-refundable financial support programs and instruments managed by the organization in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization.

Germany is ready to allocate Moldova 12.9 million euros in the form of a grant for four priority projects. The Moldovan parliament’s foreign policy commission has approved the start of negotiations on a relevant intergovernmental agreement.

Mia Heller has developed a prototype membraneless magnetic fluid-based filter capable of removing up to 96% of microplastics from drinking water, according to Logos Press.

American billionaire Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, is seeking funds for the development of a startup Project Prometheus, which aims to use artificial intelligence in various areas of production to improve the efficiency of specialized industries.

Since the beginning of 2026, 5,083 people have found jobs through the territorial subdivisions of the National Employment Agency, of which about 1,276 are officially registered unemployed.

Beijing is betting on one of the world’s most talked-about markets – overweight drugs. At the center of attention is the American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, whose developments are already changing the industry.

The Moldova Innovation Technology Park (MITP) launches the Digital Media School, a unique program designed to bring the mass media closer to the country’s technological ecosystem.

Independent analytical center Expert-Grup with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Moldova and the Netherlands Agency for Enterprise Development (RVO), as well as in cooperation with the Academy of Economic Knowledge of Moldova (ASEM) and companies Backstage and ISD launched a program to support young entrepreneurs in the Republic of Moldova – business incubator Tulip 2026.

Entrepreneur Ilon Musk has announced a major restructuring of his artificial intelligence company xAI.

Lucid Motors has unveiled a new autonomous vehicle concept called Lunar, a compact two-seat robotaxi designed specifically to work in transportation services. The prototype was shown during an investor presentation in New York, where the company also revealed plans to develop autonomous transportation and expand its business beyond premium electric vehicles.

The National Agency for Research and Development announced the launch of the Innovation Vouchers competition. It will allow small and medium-sized businesses to attract scientific organizations to implement innovations.