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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Previously, Shedletsky built and sold several start-ups and held senior executive roles at MTV and Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 June 2026
In a April, Content Partners signed a licensing agreement with microdrama start-up GammaTime to create a Forensic Files vertical video series.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Though Verbund did invest in a start-up using agents for grid optimization, there was no evidence of the above claims.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 14 June 2026
Ethan Shaotran, another early DOGE recruit, recently founded Blitz Industries, a defense start-up reportedly registered to an address across the road from a SpaceX office in Hawthorne, California.
—Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 June 2026
In a April, Content Partners signed a licensing agreement with microdrama start-up GammaTime to create a Forensic Files vertical video series.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Though Verbund did invest in a start-up using agents for grid optimization, there was no evidence of the above claims.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 14 June 2026
Ethan Shaotran, another early DOGE recruit, recently founded Blitz Industries, a defense start-up reportedly registered to an address across the road from a SpaceX office in Hawthorne, California.
—Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
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“Start-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start-up. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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