start-up
noun
variants
or startup
often attributive
1
: the act or an instance of setting in operation or motion
2
: a fledgling business enterprise
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Our Role In Scaling Wave Energy While start-ups in the US and Europe continue to make significant progress in wave energy technology, the challenge of cost reduction remains, as does the play book for overcoming it: First, continue to support research and development to reach technology maturity.
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Elena Bou, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Investments in both post-seed start-ups as well as scale-ups at the intersection of fashion and technology.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 17 Feb. 2025
Despite public apprehension and certification hurdles, Swiss start-up Daedalean AI has created a vision system named PilotEye that uses a neural network to identify and categorize approaching aircraft or other airborne objects.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2025
The cost of doing a start-up business is more than ever before.
—Vogue Runway, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
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Elena Bou, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Investments in both post-seed start-ups as well as scale-ups at the intersection of fashion and technology.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 17 Feb. 2025
Despite public apprehension and certification hurdles, Swiss start-up Daedalean AI has created a vision system named PilotEye that uses a neural network to identify and categorize approaching aircraft or other airborne objects.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2025
The cost of doing a start-up business is more than ever before.
—Vogue Runway, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Start-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start-up. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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