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  • ASL Aspire Brings Game-Based STEM Learning to Deaf Students

    ASL Aspire Brings Game-Based STEM Learning to Deaf Students

    Poor literacy skills have long challenged the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, with median literacy rates among deaf high school graduates stuck at a fourth-grade level for over a century, according to the National Center for…

  • Roon Raises $15M to Bring Trusted Medical Advice to Patients

    Roon Raises $15M to Bring Trusted Medical Advice to Patients

    Vikram Bhaskaran, former head of creator partnerships at Pinterest, faced a daunting challenge when his father began showing early symptoms of ALS, a rare neurodegenerative disease. Struggling to find clear and reliable medical information online,…

  • Biolevate Raises €6M to Simplify Medical Writing with AI

    Biolevate Raises €6M to Simplify Medical Writing with AI

    Writing documentation for new drug development is a notoriously time-consuming task, often bogged down by minimal software support and a shortage of skilled professionals. Paris-based Biolevate aims to change this dynamic with its AI-powered platform…

  • AI bookkeeping startup Fondo aims to solve the accountant gap

    AI bookkeeping startup Fondo aims to solve the accountant gap

    Entrepreneurship in the U.S. is thriving, with an average of 430,000 new business applications submitted each month in 2024—a 50% increase from 2019. However, the rising number of startups faces a significant challenge: a dwindling…

  • Ex-Duolingo Leaders Raise $13M for College Access Startup

    Ex-Duolingo Leaders Raise $13M for College Access Startup

    Three former Duolingo executives are turning their attention to higher education with a new venture, Outsmart Education, which has raised $13 million in seed funding. The startup, still operating in stealth mode, aims to make…