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KillerStartups
February 03, 2025
Happy Monday! 🎉
A fresh week means fresh opportunities, and we’re here to bring you the latest updates, game-changing startups 🚀, and must-know insights to kick things off strong!
This week’s Featured Startups are pushing the boundaries of innovation, and they’re just getting started. Your feedback, support, and curiosity can help shape their journey—whether it’s trying their products, sharing their stories, or offering advice, every bit counts!
But that’s not all! We’ve got news, insights, and an all-new Featured Podcast episode to fuel your inspiration and keep you ahead of the curve.
Let’s make this week one for the books—let’s go! 💥
Table of Contents
Weekly Sponsor
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Featured Startups
KillerStartups’ Mission is to help entrepreneurs achieve the next big thing. Our role is to connect you with founders you can help, and founders who can help you!
When we featured Uber in 2010, Founder Travis Kalanick might have still been your driver.
Uber raised their first $1.6MM three months after we featured them. $4.9B later, we are still proud to have discovered them.
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Our question to you is: How can YOU help these companies?
With our newest polling feature, you can rate these startups and provide feedback about YOUR thoughts!
Check out our brand new feature for this week!
Weekly Featured Podcast
Performance Podcast E11: Alex Pardo
30-Second News Picks
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng receives a hero’s welcome back home - TechCrunch
Image Credits: VCG/VCG / Getty Images
Our 30-Second Summary:
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is making waves in the tech world, returning to his hometown in Guangdong during the Lunar New Year as a conquering hero. At 40, the billionaire founder has garnered local pride for his groundbreaking AI research, which demonstrated the potential of building strong AI models with fewer and less expensive Nvidia chips—a discovery with particular significance in China's constrained tech landscape. Described by locals as a childhood math prodigy who loved comic books and played football, Wenfeng has maintained a low public profile, likely cautious of the heightened scrutiny faced by other prominent Chinese tech leaders. His work at DeepSeek and his hedge fund, High-Flyer, has positioned him as a rising star in the AI and tech investment spheres, all while remaining remarkably understated.
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Trump moves to develop sovereign wealth fund to 'create value for American citizens' - NBC News
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Our 30-Second Summary:
President Donald Trump announced the creation of a new sovereign wealth fund during an Oval Office ceremony, aiming to "create value for American citizens" by leveraging government assets and business relationships. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the fund as a combination of liquid assets that could potentially generate returns, citing examples like acquiring equity from large government contracts such as Covid vaccine purchases. While full details remain unclear, the fund could take up to a year to establish and might involve potential involvement with assets like TikTok, according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The move follows the model of other nations like Norway, which has a sovereign wealth fund worth approximately $325,000 per citizen, though experts caution about potential risks of corruption without proper governance structures.
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Google’s X spins out Heritable Agriculture, a startup using AI to improve crop yield - TechCrunch
Image Credits: Heritable Agriculture
Our 30-Second Summary:
Google’s X has spun out Heritable Agriculture, a startup using AI and machine learning to enhance crop yields while addressing environmental concerns like greenhouse gas emissions and water usage. Founded by Brad Zamft, a former Google X project lead, Heritable analyzes plant genomes to optimize breeding for higher yields, lower water needs, and better carbon storage. Unlike gene-editing approaches, Heritable focuses on conventional breeding methods. Backed by investors like Google, FTW Ventures, and SVG Ventures, the startup aims to commercialize its technology and modernize agriculture using data-driven insights.
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Notes From KillerStartups Staff 👀
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