AuliaSays<p><strong>I Wanted to Be Wrong About eFishery. I Really Did.</strong></p><p>I remember the pitch. I remember the guy. I remember sitting in the same room as him around ten years ago, listening to people praising his tenacity, seeing well regarded people and startup figures laud him as a visionary, and walking away feeling that gnawing sense I’ve come to trust over the years. When the story feels too clean, too heartwarming, too startup-perfect. </p><p>But I didn’t say anything publicly to avoid being called out for having a markedly opposing view and being highly skeptic about it, not to mention the predictable judgment that would have come, accusing me of being envious while not being anywhere near successful. It was after all a gut feeling with little to back it up and I wasn’t about to go on a mission to take down the latest tech darling of the nation, the pride and Joy of the Indonesian startup community, with no support. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-15/how-indonesian-startup-efishery-s-ex-ceo-gibran-huzaifah-faked-the-numbers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This company was an international sensation</a> and people in my circle knew of my doubts but I don’t recall posting publicly about it.</p><p>When everyone else was throwing praise and cash at a fish-feeder startup like it’s the second coming of Grameen Bank, it’s easy to start wondering if maybe you’re just being cynical. Maybe you’re jaded. Maybe the founder <em>really was</em> a scrappy visionary from East Jakarta who’s cracked aquaculture and was about to scale empathy and catfish across Southeast Asia. I mean look at all those articles about the company and how this guy appearing out of nowhere becoming something of a tech startup prophet.</p><p>Except now, here we are: $300 million gone, farmers screwed, machines abandoned, and the poster child of “tech for good” exposed as a meticulously constructed con.</p><p>And you know what? I’m not surprised. I’m pissed.</p><p>Because I <em>wanted</em> to be wrong. I wanted this story to be true. I wanted this to be the one that proved that impact and innovation and bottom-of-the-pyramid hustle could build something real. But from the beginning, eFishery had all the wrong kinds of charm: the underdog myth polished to perfection, the handcrafted pitch deck trauma-bonding with VCs who wanted to save the world without leaving the hotel lounge.</p><p>He said all the right things. He did all the right gestures, looking all pious and revered. And when the numbers didn’t line up? When the tech was too expensive for the people it was supposed to help? When the revenue made zero sense for a company claiming to transform Indonesia’s rural fish farms? Everyone just nodded harder.</p><p>I watched as global investors, SoftBank, Temasek, Sequoia (Peak XV), Social Capital, lined up to outbid each other for a slice of this sweet, scalable fiction. And the media? Oh, we played along too. We love a redemption arc. We love a startup that feeds fish <em>and</em> our desire to feel like capitalism might still be capable of doing something decent. Again, with all these big name international funds coming in to feed the fish feeding startup, who am I to contradict their supposed intellect and superior judgment?</p><p>But deep down, I kept thinking: this doesn’t smell like fish. It smells like a fishy performance.</p><p>Now that it’s unraveled, this wasn’t just a few optimistic numbers or an overzealous forecast. This was systemic. Two sets of books. Ghost transactions. Fake shell companies. A finance operation so convoluted it’d make a crypto bro blush. All of it propped up by a moral calculus so warped it might as well have been cribbed from a freshman philosophy seminar: “Yes, I lied, but I helped some farmers, so doesn’t that count for something?”</p><p>No, it doesn’t. You don’t get to run over everyone with the trolley and call it “net positive.”</p><p>The real damage here isn’t just financial. It’s reputational. It’s trust. It’s yet another blow to the already fragile belief that startups in emerging markets can build something real without burning down the ecosystem around them. This kind of fraud doesn’t just hurt investors. It makes it harder for every honest founder grinding away on a real solution with real traction and real limitations.</p><p>And don’t get me started on due diligence. Multiple rounds of funding, multiple term sheets, global funds with armies of analysts, and <em>no one</em> noticed the company stopped filing basic financials in Singapore? That feeder machines were supposedly deployed at scale with zero supply chain footprint? That fish feed producers weren’t even aware of this supposed revolution happening in their own backyard?</p><p>The worst part? Some people will still excuse it. They’ll frame it as a tragedy. As a good person corrupted by pressure. A “lesson” for the ecosystem. I get it. That’s cleaner. Easier. But I can’t do that. Not after watching people celebrate this company like it was changing the world, when some of us knew it wasn’t adding up.</p><p>There were moments when I wondered if I was just being too harsh, too skeptical. I thought, maybe I’m just tired of the hype machine. Maybe I’m projecting.</p><p>Turns out I wasn’t projecting. I was just paying attention and my gut was screaming against my rationale.</p><p>And now, here’s the wreckage: laid-off staff, bankrupt farmers, investors licking wounds, and a founder who thinks starting a frozen seafood business is part of his redemption arc.</p><p>No. You don’t get to fail upward on the backs of people you lied to.</p><p>This wasn’t inevitable. This wasn’t an honest mistake. This was a choice, repeated, amplified, and dressed up as progress. And he did it because everyone he asked told him it’s okay to do it because they all did it too. They all failed him and everyone paid the price. Fake it til you make it, they said. Well, in this story, nobody made it.</p><p>And I hate that my gut feeling was right.</p><p>On the other hand he managed to hoodwink Chamath Palihapitiya who deserves everything coming at him.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/business/" target="_blank">#business</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/entrepreneurship/" target="_blank">#entrepreneurship</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/investment/" target="_blank">#investment</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/startup/" target="_blank">#startup</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/startups/" target="_blank">#startups</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/tech/" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://aulia.me/tag/writing/" target="_blank">#Writing</a></p>
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Flipboard Tech Desk<p>In recent years, focus on career and delayed marriage age is driving some women to consider preserving their fertility through egg freezing. The steep cost, however, is out of reach for some. Here’s where Cofertility, a startup founded by former Uber exec Lauren Makler and health tech investor Halle Tecco, provides an option. Read about it at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Techcrunch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Techcrunch</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/nG7Zm4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/nG7Zm4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startups</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Biotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biotech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"The problem is that governments and businesses serve vastly different purposes. If public policymakers start mimicking business founders, they will undermine their own ability to address complex societal challenges.</p><p>For startups, the highest priority is rapid iteration, technology-driven disruption, and financial returns for investors. Their success often hinges on solving a narrowly defined problem with a single product, or within a single organization. Governments, by contrast, must tackle complex, interconnected issues like poverty, public health, and national security. Each challenge calls for collaboration across multiple sectors, and careful long-term planning. The idea of securing short-term gains in any of these areas doesn’t even make sense.</p><p>Unlike startups, governments are supposed to uphold legal mandates, ensure the provision of essential services, and enforce equal treatment under the law – more important today than ever. Metrics like market share are irrelevant, because the government has no competitors. Rather than trying to “win,” it should focus on expanding opportunities and promoting the diffusion of best practices. It must be long-term minded, while achieving nimble and flexible structures that can adapt."</p><p><a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/government-should-not-act-like-a-startup-or-business-by-mariana-mazzucato-and-rainer-kattel-2025-04" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">project-syndicate.org/commenta</span><span class="invisible">ry/government-should-not-act-like-a-startup-or-business-by-mariana-mazzucato-and-rainer-kattel-2025-04</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Governments</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/StartUps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StartUps</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PublicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PublicAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>Lucid Motors tightens grip as Tesla EV sales slip</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/11/as-tesla-ev-sales-dip-lucid-looks-to-expand-and-tesla-enters-saudi-arabia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2025/04/11/a</span><span class="invisible">s-tesla-ev-sales-dip-lucid-looks-to-expand-and-tesla-enters-saudi-arabia/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/evsales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evsales</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/teslasales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teslasales</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/saudiarabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saudiarabia</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/evs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/evmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evmakers</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arizona</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/motility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motility</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electriccars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electriccars</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>Lucid Motors tightens grip as Tesla EV sales slip</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/11/as-tesla-ev-sales-dip-lucid-looks-to-expand-and-tesla-enters-saudi-arabia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2025/04/11/a</span><span class="invisible">s-tesla-ev-sales-dip-lucid-looks-to-expand-and-tesla-enters-saudi-arabia/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/evsales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evsales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/teslasales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teslasales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/saudiarabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saudiarabia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/evs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/evmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evmakers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arizona</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/motility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/electriccars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electriccars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>A startup launched at Osaka University says it has applied for government approval to commercially sell heart muscle cell sheets developed using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/japan/science-health/heart-sheet-application/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">09/japan/science-health/heart-sheet-application/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencehealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencehealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heartdisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heartdisease</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osakauniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osakauniversity</span></a></p>
TWiT Podcasts<p>🤖 It’s a TWIST takeover! Jason Calacanis & Alex Wilhelm join <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@leo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>leo</span></a></span> Laporte on TWiT 1026 to talk Amazon eyeing TikTok, China's humanoid factory bots, political deceleration, and a wild Starliner mission.</p><p>🚀 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startups</span></a> 📲 Download and subscribe here: twit.tv/twit/1026</p>
Rick Turoczy<p>ICYMI Portland startup news from last week ( <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/pdx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdx</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portland</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> ) <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/siliconflorist/p/silicon-florist-86m-raised-ai-in" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/siliconf</span><span class="invisible">lorist/p/silicon-florist-86m-raised-ai-in</span></a></p>
HoldMyType<p>To those who re asking what <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/piyushgoel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>piyushgoel</span></a> has done to help indian <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> </p><p>He s backed the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> venture of Prof Chetan solanki </p><p>So one may disagree to what he believes in</p><p>But he s only asserting his belief after he s done something in that direction</p><p>Disclaimer -- I am just another entrepreneur who failed <br>I am not a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bjp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bjp</span></a> fan but credit where its due<br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>When did we all start to believe that to be brilliant means you must be unbearable, and that kindness is “mediocrity in disguise?” Yet another brilliant piece from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span>, who looks at the myth of the tortured genius and the real damage they leave in their wake. </p><p><a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/stop-conflating-genius-with-asshole/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">joanwestenberg.com/stop-confla</span><span class="invisible">ting-genius-with-asshole/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startups</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empathy</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Pierre<p>Out there stealing designs, lives, and identities . . . <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3d</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dream</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>So, where is that Tesla sodium-ion battery?</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/31/more-sodium-batteries-to-challenge-tesla-on-energy-storage-business/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2025/03/31/m</span><span class="invisible">ore-sodium-batteries-to-challenge-tesla-on-energy-storage-business/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/evbatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evbatteries</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sodiumbattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sodiumbattery</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/saltbattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saltbattery</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/energystorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energystorage</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/energytransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energytransition</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/datacenterdemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datacenterdemand</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electrification</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/esginvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esginvesting</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sustainablebattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainablebattery</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/esg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esg</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>So, where is that Tesla sodium-ion battery?</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/31/more-sodium-batteries-to-challenge-tesla-on-energy-storage-business/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2025/03/31/m</span><span class="invisible">ore-sodium-batteries-to-challenge-tesla-on-energy-storage-business/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/evbatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evbatteries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sodiumbattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sodiumbattery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/saltbattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saltbattery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/energystorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energystorage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/energytransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energytransition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/datacenterdemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datacenterdemand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/electrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electrification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/esginvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esginvesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sustainablebattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainablebattery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/esg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esg</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>For the Tokyo Fail Club, candid talks about ventures gone wrong, bankruptcy and depression are the order of the day as speakers tout a message of persistence in the face of adversity. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/30/tech/tokyo-fail-club/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/business/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/30/tech/tokyo-fail-club/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/investments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investments</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>Startup founder Charlie Javice was convicted Friday of defrauding JPMorgan Chase, one of the world’s largest banks, out of $175 million. Javice and co-defendant Olivier Amar face the possibility of decades in prison. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span> has more:</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/fb7V3T" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/fb7V3T</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JPMorganChase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPMorganChase</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CharlieJavice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieJavice</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startups</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>Tesla's brand reputation free-fall shuts the door on huge micromobility market</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/27/in-midst-of-trade-wars-rivian-spins-off-new-micromobility-venture/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2025/03/27/i</span><span class="invisible">n-midst-of-trade-wars-rivian-spins-off-new-micromobility-venture/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/micromobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>micromobility</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ebikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebikes</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/escooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>escooters</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bikes</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rivian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivian</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/evs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/logistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logistics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/esginvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esginvesting</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/investors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investors</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/venturecapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venturecapital</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tradewars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewars</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>Tesla's brand reputation free-fall shuts the door on huge micromobility market</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/27/in-midst-of-trade-wars-rivian-spins-off-new-micromobility-venture/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2025/03/27/i</span><span class="invisible">n-midst-of-trade-wars-rivian-spins-off-new-micromobility-venture/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/micromobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>micromobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ebikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebikes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/escooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>escooters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/bikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bikes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/rivian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/evs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/logistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/esginvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esginvesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/investors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/venturecapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venturecapital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/tradewars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewars</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, has acquired his social media platform, X. Musk said the deal was an all-stock transaction that valued X at $33 billion. "xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent," Musk wrote on — no prizes for guessing — X. Here's more from NBC News.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/7Hs3KW" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/7Hs3KW</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startups</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/XAi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XAi</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>Micromobility market attracts venture capital to Rivian spinoff</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/27/in-midst-of-trade-wars-rivian-spins-off-new-micromobility-venture/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2025/03/27/i</span><span class="invisible">n-midst-of-trade-wars-rivian-spins-off-new-micromobility-venture/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/micromobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>micromobility</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ebikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebikes</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/escooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>escooters</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bikes</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rivian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivian</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/evs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/logistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logistics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/esginvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esginvesting</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/investors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investors</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/venturecapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venturecapital</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tradewars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewars</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>Micromobility market attracts venture capital to Rivian spinoff</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/27/in-midst-of-trade-wars-rivian-spins-off-new-micromobility-venture/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2025/03/27/i</span><span class="invisible">n-midst-of-trade-wars-rivian-spins-off-new-micromobility-venture/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/micromobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>micromobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ebikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebikes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/escooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>escooters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/bikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bikes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/rivian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/evs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/logistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/esginvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esginvesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/investors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/venturecapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venturecapital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/tradewars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewars</span></a></p>
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