News about Startups
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.
Australia-based startup Cortical Labs has announced the launch of the world’s first data center in Melbourne that processes data with neurons from human brain stem cells, according to Logos Press.
Nvidia-backed company Starcloud plans to launch a satellite with ASIC miners on board by the end of the year. This was announced by the CEO of the firm Philip Johnston.
Three young Romanian entrepreneurs realized that there was a great need for an affordable and easy-to-use app for small businesses that need to declare waste, so in mid-2023 they developed and launched the Waste Registry app, which now helps more than 1,100 businesses track their waste.
Google has introduced a new artificial intelligence model – Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. The developers call it the fastest and most cost-effective model in the Gemini lineup, focused on tasks with a large number of requests.
OpenAI is developing its own platform for storing and managing source code, which could become a direct competitor to GitHub, the largest service for developers owned by Microsoft.
Fagura, a crowdfunding platform based in the Republic of Moldova, has attracted investors from the Bravva Angels business angel community in a €1.5 million convertible funding round raised over the past year, according to a Bravva Angels press release.
Various specialized studies estimate that up to 30-40% of students and high school students in developed countries have used artificial intelligence at least once in preparing assignments, according to Logos Press.
A group of Moldovan startups after seven months of preparation has already managed to attract investments and grants totaling $2.4 million. The rest are at the stage of full readiness for financing, Logos Press reports.
Indian authorities are aiming for the country to become one of the top three global powers in the use and creation of artificial intelligence technology, according to Logos Press.
The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization has unveiled a new strategic vision for supporting the entrepreneurial environment for 2026. It envisages a reduction in grants and an increase in other forms of funding, Logos Press reports.
Government support and procurement for sectors such as chips, automobiles, chemicals and quantum technologies will be limited to products made in the European Union, Logos Press reported.
Artificial intelligence has finally ceased to be a game of only the United States and Europe. On February 16, 2026, India AI Impact Summit 2026 – the largest forum on artificial intelligence, which is already being called a historic turn in global technology policy – kicked off in the Indian capital of New Delhi, Logos Press reports.
It is very difficult for small and small enterprises, especially newcomers from the regions, to break through not only on the external, but also on the internal market – there are no centralized instruments for this in Moldova.
