News about Startups

Artificial intelligence-based robots working in a huge e-commerce warehouse near Berlin are already packing, selecting and sorting goods as humans would. Only faster, more efficiently and more accurately.

ODA will provide grants of up to 600,000 lei to young people and migrants for business development. The company’s own contribution must be at least 30%.

US startup Panthalassa, which is developing autonomous floating data centers powered by wave energy, has raised $140 million at a valuation of about $1 billion.

One of the largest technology forums of the year, TiEcon 2026, held from April 29 to May 1, has come to an end in Santa Clara (California, USA). The conference gathered, according to the organizers and industry platforms, from 5 to 10 thousand participants – entrepreneurs, investors, engineers and top managers of technology companies.

Google is preparing a major update for the Google Photos service, which could change the usual way of working with personal shots of clothes. A new function based on artificial intelligence will automatically analyze the images in the gallery and form a full-fledged virtual closet of the user.

The American company Palantir Technologies, known for its software solutions for data analysis and cooperation with government agencies, has unexpectedly found itself at the center of a fashionable discussion. The occasion was the presentation of a branded “lightweight work jacket” published in social network X by Eliano A. Yunes, head of the company’s strategic communications department.

The fourth Impact Days conference will take place in Chisinau. This is an annual event for entrepreneurs who contribute to the development of the social economy in the Republic of Moldova.

The third program of the Tulip business incubator was launched in Chisinau. By offering a combination of training, mentoring and financial support, the incubator reduces risks in the implementation of startups.

Europe is actively creating innovations and launching startups, but the system fails during the growth phase. This affects the EU’s competitiveness and reduces the bloc’s economic growth potential.

A new device for storing and serving wine has been introduced to the smart home appliances market – the Porta portable wine cooler developed by Metaproi. The manufacturer positions it as a compact alternative to traditional wine coolers, combining autonomous operation and functions controlled via an app.

Moldovan startup Lunara AI, a team working in the field of voice AI solutions and conversational technologies, has created an interactive toy with artificial intelligence capable of having a live dialog with a child.

Paper products account for almost half of the waste generated by companies, but instead of recycling most of it ends up being thrown away.

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.