• ‘Doctor Mike’ calls for probe of scrubs maker Figs

    ‘Doctor Mike’ calls for probe of scrubs maker Figs

    A celebrity doctor says he has been flooded with alarming social-media messages about medical scrubs startup Figs — and now he’s calling on the authorities to intervene, The Post has
  • Flying-taxi startup Lilium says it will launch Florida hub in five years

    Flying-taxi startup Lilium says it will launch Florida hub in five years

    Lilium — a flying taxi startup that one day hopes to whisk passengers between New York and Boston in an hour — on Wednesday announced plans to create a fledgling travel network in Florida
  • Unity Software’s shares soar in NYSE debut

    Unity Software’s shares soar in NYSE debut

    Shares of Sequoia-backed startup Unity Software jumped 44.2 percent in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, signaling sustained demand for new stocks. The company’s stock opened at $75 per share, giving the firm a market value of $19.75 billion. The Silicon Valley startup on Thursday raised $1.3 billion in its IPO, …
  • New startup brings gourmet dining experience to luxury apartment balconies

    New startup brings gourmet dining experience to luxury apartment balconies

    New Yorkers tired of dining on sidewalks have a new alternative: eating gourmet meals on the balconies of unsold luxury ­apartments. A New York startup called Resident is selling fancy dinners hosted on luxury condominium balconies, rooftops and gardens. Tickets cost between $150 and $250 for a five- to seven-course tasting menu with wine pairings. …
  • Josh Kushner-linked startup axed staff three days before snagging PPP loan

    Josh Kushner-linked startup axed staff three days before snagging PPP loan

    A software startup backed by venture capitalist Josh Kushner axed about a third of its staff just three days before snagging coronavirus relief funds meant to help the firm preserve jobs, The Post has learned. San Francisco-based Welkin Health laid off 10 of its roughly 30 employees on April 24 as the COVID-19 crisis sapped …
  • Elon Musk’s brain-implant firm Neuralink to show off ‘working’ device Friday

    Elon Musk’s brain-implant firm Neuralink to show off ‘working’ device Friday

    Elon Musk says his brain-implant firm Neuralink will show off a “working device” at a highly anticipated Friday event. Musk announced the live demonstration on Twitter early Wednesday, apparently referring to the brain-machine interface — a device that would link human brains to computers — that Neuralink has been developing since it launched in 2017. …
  • Capsule startup expands as prescription delivery battle heats up

    Capsule startup expands as prescription delivery battle heats up

    Pharmacy giants and tech titans are in a crowded battle to deliver your prescriptions — but a startup coming off a coronavirus-fueled growth spurt thinks it can beat them. Consumers wary of waiting in packed drugstores have turned to digital pharmacy services like Capsule, a New York-based company that’s seen a surge of new customers …
  • Plant-based egg startup aims to see profit next year, maybe IPO

    Plant-based egg startup aims to see profit next year, maybe IPO

    As shoppers raise grocery spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plant-based egg startup JUST said it aims to turn an operating profit before the end of next year and then will consider an initial public offering. Expectations for an IPO of the company, officially called Eat Just, have been fueled by a boom in demand …
  • OpenIgloo app allows NYC renters to rate their landlords, apartment buildings

    OpenIgloo app allows NYC renters to rate their landlords, apartment buildings

    New York City’s 311 hotline has received more than 90,000 housing complaints since the coronavirus lockdown began in March, with a third of callers griping about heat and hot-water issues. The city also has seen a 40-percent drop in bedbug complaints between 2015 and 2019, while cockroach and mice complaints are up 20 percent and …
  • Tom Brady and Michael Strahan’s sports media company raises $10 million

    Tom Brady and Michael Strahan’s sports media company raises $10 million

    Religion of Sports Media, co-founded by NFL legends Tom Brady and Michael Strahan and filmmaker Gotham Chopra, has raised $10 million to fund a new leg of growth. The Los Angeles-based media venture — whose sports documentaries have included “Kobe Bryant’s Muse,” which it produced for Showtime and “Greatness Code,” which it made for Apple …