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Startup News Digest 11/21/25

Startup priorities remain as congressional calendar winds down

Startup News Digest 11/21/25
Blog, IP
Jill Crosby
How a patent tax would harm startup innovation

The Trump administration is reportedly exploring a new framework for patent fees and valuation.

How a patent tax would harm startup innovation
#StartupsEverywhere
Mitchell Winter
#StartupsEverywhere: New York, N.Y.

Born to immigrant parents, Aidan Chau grew up around restaurants and saw firsthand the operational challenges they face. He built Maple, an Al phone answering service that handles orders and reservations so restaurant teams can stop missing phone calls and operate with greater efficiency. We sat down with Aidan to discuss building Maple, the potential implications of the New York RAISE Act, and how the right Al tools create jobs rather than replace them.

#StartupsEverywhere: New York, N.Y.
Blog, Telecom
Jill Crosby
Promoting universal Internet access without ...

While Congress weighs proposals to reform federal broadband programs aimed at closing the digital divide, policymakers must carefully evaluate how imposing new fees on startups could impact the innovation ecosystem.

Promoting universal Internet access without raising costs for startups
#StartupsEverywhere
Jade Smith
#StartupsEverywhere: Cary, N.C.

Deliveri is a logistics platform that helps customers lower costs and manage their shipping needs. Founded by Jason Brown and based in Cary, North Carolina, the company offers a multi-carrier shipping solution for e-commerce businesses in the U.S., with plans to expand this service into Latin America. We sat down with Jason to discuss his business, how recent changes to trade policies are impacting small businesses, the importance of the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) exemption, and his future goals for Deliveri.

#StartupsEverywhere: Cary, N.C.

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Startup News Digest 1/12/24

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Startup News Digest 1/12/24

Startups to face hiring challenges following independent contractor rule


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Startup News Digest 12/15/23

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Startup News Digest 12/15/23

Tens of thousands weigh in on net neutrality rulemaking 

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Startup News Digest 12/08/23

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Startup News Digest 12/08/23

Supreme Court hears about dangers of state social media laws, including to startups

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Startup News Digest 12/01/23

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Startup News Digest 12/01/23

Digital taxes on the horizon, Canada likely to be first

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Startup News Digest 08/18/23

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Startup News Digest 08/18/23

Congressional Startup Day brings together lawmakers and their startup constituents.

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Startup News Digest 08/04/23

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Startup News Digest 08/04/23

The Big Story: Bipartisan legislation to build AI resource for startups, researchers. A recently introduced bill would create government AI resources for startups and bolster needed talent in the field. The bipartisan bill—the Creating Resources for Every American To Experiment with Artificial Intelligence Act of 2023 (CREATE AI Act)—formally establishes the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) which will provide compute, datasets, and educational resources for startups, students, and academics. The legislation comes amid rapid growth of AI technology and will improve the competitiveness of U.S. startups.

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Startup News Digest 07/28/23

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Startup News Digest 07/28/23

The Big Story: Senate advances bills requiring user data collection, limiting legal content online. This week, the Senate Commerce Committee advanced two bills that carry serious risks for cybersecurity, user privacy, and third-party content available on startups’ services. The legislation, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), though well-intentioned, will increase costs of compliance, undermine startup competitiveness, and diminish user experience, as we highlighted in a letter ahead of the committee markup. 

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Startup News Digest 07/21/23

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Startup News Digest 07/21/23

The Big Story: Policymakers threaten successful startup exits, investment. This week, federal agencies released new draft guidelines for merger enforcement that could reduce the number of acquisitions and negatively impact the ability of startups to successfully exit. The new draft guidelines come amid a parallel effort to revise the filing process for larger transactions, adding costs and new burdens to those acquisitions. Taken together, the agencies’ actions are designed to limit acquisitions, which are critical to investment and successful exits in the startup ecosystem. 

 

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