--- title: "Startups Articles | Metaintro" canonical: "https://www.metaintro.com/blog/tag/startups" language: "en" author: "Metaintro" --- [Back to Blog](/blog) # Startups 30 posts [![A tailor seen from behind setting a new sewing machine on a worktable beside colourful ankara fabric in a sunlit Lagos workshop](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/final-10521.jpg) News ### What 850,000 Projected Jobs From a World Bank Small Business Push Mean for Nigerian Job Seekers An estimated 850,000 direct and indirect jobs are tied to FINCLUDE, a $500 million World Bank programme in Nigeria, not the wider up to $5.79 billion recap. October 12, 2026Read Article →](/blog/nigeria-world-bank-finclude-850000-projected-jobs-5-79-billion) [![A cardboard box with a plant, a mug and a closed laptop on a wooden bench outside a glass office building in Tel Aviv](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/final-10517.jpg) News ### What 30 to 35 Departing HoneyBook Workers Are Offered as the Company Reorganizes Around AI HoneyBook is cutting about 14% of its 255 staff, 30 to 35 jobs and mostly in Israel, in an AI reorganization. What departing workers get and what to do next. October 10, 2026Read Article →](/blog/honeybook-layoffs-35-jobs-14-percent-ai-reorganization) [![A cardboard box with a laptop and cable on a bench in a sunny tech campus courtyard, people walking away](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/final-10471.jpg) News ### What Team Hires Can Learn as Meta Is Letting Go of Staff It Hired From Virtue AI Four Months Ago Meta is letting go of staff it hired from Virtue AI four months after they joined in June. What team hires should get in writing, from severance to final pay. October 6, 2026Read Article →](/blog/meta-virtue-ai-safety-team-let-go-four-months) [![A sunlit artisan workshop in a Cypriot village with wooden workbenches, hand tools and potted plants](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/final-10401.jpg) News ### More Than 1,600 Jobs Expected From €50m in Cyprus Start-Up Grants With a Focus on Young People and Women A €50m EU-backed Cyprus start-up grant scheme is expected to create more than 1,600 jobs. Both calls are closed. Who qualified and what it means for you. September 30, 2026Read Article →](/blog/cyprus-eu-entrepreneurship-scheme-1600-jobs) [![Open Cosmos Raised $346 Million as Europe's Space Sector Staffs Up to Challenge SpaceX](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/10268.jpg) Europe ### Open Cosmos Raised $346 Million as Europe's Space Sector Staffs Up to Challenge SpaceX Open Cosmos raised $346 million and says it will scale engineering teams in four countries. Here are the space roles Europe is hiring for and where they sit. September 16, 2026Read Article →](/blog/open-cosmos-346-million-europe-space-sector-hiring) [![A cardboard box of personal belongings packed on an otherwise cleared office desk by a window](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/10201-alt-hero.png) News ### Neo Financial Cuts 102 Jobs in a Push to Run Simpler and Faster Neo Financial has cut 102 roles, roughly 10 percent of staff, months after expanding its payments and funding infrastructure. What it means for your career. September 10, 2026Read Article →](/blog/neo-financial-102-job-cuts-fintech-careers) [![MBA Graduates Are Buying Small Companies to Become CEO in Their 20s](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/10137y3-hq-detached.png) Career ### MBA Graduates Are Buying Small Companies to Become CEO in Their 20s A record 94 search funds launched in a single year, with 682 million dollars invested. How graduates are buying their way into the top job, and the risks. September 3, 2026Read Article →](/blog/mba-graduates-buying-companies-search-funds-ceo-in-their-20s) [![Coaching classroom in an Indian city at dusk](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/10128-coachingclass-hero.png) India ### upGrad Bought Unacademy at 94 Percent Below Its Peak and India's Reskilling Market Just Shrank upGrad acquired Unacademy for about $206 million, roughly 94 percent below its 2021 peak. What edtech consolidation means for Indian workers retraining. September 2, 2026Read Article →](/blog/upgrad-unacademy-acquisition-india-edtech-reskilling) [![Empty medical consulting room at the end of the day](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/10127-consultingroom-hero.png) AI ### AfterQuery Hit 3.2 Billion Dollars Paying Experts to Write AI Training Data AfterQuery reached a 3.2 billion dollar valuation in 18 months by paying doctors, lawyers and specialists to encode how they work. A new paid side income. September 2, 2026Read Article →](/blog/afterquery-3-2-billion-expert-ai-training-data-work) [![This Startup's Hiring Bar Includes Getting Inked Before the Interview](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/9832.png) Hiring ### This Startup's Hiring Bar Includes Getting Inked Before the Interview Seven job seekers got a startup's logo tattooed for an instant interview before the founder apologized. Here is what it teaches you about hiring red flags. August 4, 2026Read Article →](/blog/startup-tattoo-job-interview-hiring-bar) [![Record New Business Applications Are Not Producing the Jobs the Numbers Suggest](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/record-business-applications-not-producing-jobs-hero.png) Labor Market ### Record New Business Applications Are Not Producing the Jobs the Numbers Suggest Americans filed a record 3.23 million business applications in H1 2026, up 12.1%, but only 5.7% are projected to become employers. What that means for jobs. August 3, 2026Read Article →](/blog/record-business-applications-not-producing-jobs) [![The Tasks Solo Business Owners Should Never Hand Over to AI in 2026](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:400:224/q:85/plain/images/5917-1.png) AI ### The Tasks Solo Business Owners Should Never Hand Over to AI in 2026 Stanford's 2026 AI Index found AI hallucination rates of 22% to 94%. Here are the solopreneur tasks you should never hand over to AI, and why they matter. July 28, 2026Read Article →](/blog/solopreneurs-tasks-never-hand-ai-2026) [View All Blog Posts](/blog/p/1) [Return to navigation](#main-navigation)