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Pakistan Launches First Top Freelancer Award
Pakistan is finally putting its freelancers on a podium, and the recognition is overdue. The Pakistan Software Export Board has introduced a dedicated Top Freelancer…
Inside the Indus RAS Expo 2026, Where Drones Flew & Robots Fought
The Pak-China Friendship Centre in Islamabad turned into an arena of whirring machines this week, and the crowds came for the spectacle. The Indus RAS…
Pakistani Freelancers Earn A Record-Breaking Figure in FY26
Pakistan’s freelancers have delivered a genuine economic bright spot, earning a record $1.76 billion in foreign exchange during the 2025-26 fiscal year. That marks a…
What the SBP’s New Startup Definition Means for Founders
Pakistan’s central bank has finally put startups on the map, and the recognition matters even if the money does not follow immediately. The State Bank…
From Karachi to a $170 Million Success! The Ali Moiz Startup Story
Most startup stories are usually fantastical. They go like you love games… You start a company… and you eventually get rich. However, the real story…
Murati’s Lab Admits Its First Model Isn’t the Strongest Available
Most AI labs launch a model by claiming it beats everyone. Mira Murati’s lab did the opposite. Thinking Machines released Inkling on Wednesday, its first…
$30 Million AI Startup Calls Pakistan One of Its Biggest Engineering Bets
An American AI startup has quietly made Lahore one of its core engineering hubs, and it did so almost by accident. Nectar Social, founded by…
This Startup Wants to Build the World’s Most Unique Quantum Computer
A quantum startup just raised $300 million, and its pitch cuts against everything the field assumed. Shockingly, it did all of it within the first…
Pakistan Signs Startup Partnership With Silicon Valley’s Plug and Play
Pakistan signed a Letter of Intent with Silicon Valley-based Plug and Play Tech Center to strengthen its startup ecosystem. The deal expands local access to…
Why NVIDIA Is Betting Big on Gradium, a French AI Voice Startup
Paris-based voice AI startup Gradium reopened its seed round to new investors including NVIDIA, bringing the total raised to $100 million. The company announced the…
California Startup Moves Toward Burying Nuclear Reactors 6,000 Feet Underground
Deep Fission delivered its prototype reactor canister to a Kansas test site Wednesday. The milestone advances the company’s plan to place nuclear reactors one mile…
Is Chinese Startup DeepSeek Building Its Own AI Chip?
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has quietly developed its own custom inference chip over the past year, media reports. DeepSeek spent approximately twelve months building the…
