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title: "Upstarts Media"
type: entity
entity_type: company
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/upstarts-media
updated: 2026-10-19T05:20:01.000Z
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# Upstarts Media

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/upstarts-media

- **Type:** Company
- **Signals:** 3
- **First seen:** Aug 31, 2026
- **Last seen:** Oct 19, 2026

## Recent signals

- [Stripe Link data shows agentic transactions increased by 38x and volume of payments by 20x in September, with retail leading in both, and a \~$100 average spend (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/stripe-link-data-shows-agentic-transactions-increased-by-38x-and-d1035bfa) (Oct 19, 2026)
- [Sources: Index Ventures dropped plans to invest in AI assistant Town after Instinct, which Index is backing, complained about a potential conflict of interest (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-index-ventures-dropped-plans-to-invest-in-ai-assistant-town-0389ca25) (Sep 3, 2026)
- [AI startup Mirage streamed a 24-hour "live" AI news show on X on August 11, which cost \~$50K in tokens, featuring realistic avatars that struggled to converse (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-startup-mirage-streamed-a-24-hour-live-ai-news-show-on-x-on-august-78d3f046) (Aug 31, 2026)

## Related

- [Alex Konrad](https://frontiernewswire.com/people/alex-konrad) (Person)
- [Stripe](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/stripe) (Company)
- [Agentic commerce](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/agentic-commerce) (Topic)
- [Instinct](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/instinct) (Company)
- [Town](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/town) (Company)
- [Index Ventures](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/index-ventures) (Company)

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