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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Last December Meta acquired Limitless, a start-up with a conversational AI pendant.
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
And start-ups including Korea’s Riiid and Sweden’s Sana Labs have raised significant investment to build out AI tools and platforms in edtech.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
No private start-up is going to address esoteric diseases.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
An electric vehicle doesn't have the same start-up process as an internal combustion engine vehicle.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
And start-ups including Korea’s Riiid and Sweden’s Sana Labs have raised significant investment to build out AI tools and platforms in edtech.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
No private start-up is going to address esoteric diseases.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
An electric vehicle doesn't have the same start-up process as an internal combustion engine vehicle.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Start-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start-up. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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