How a chance encounter in Texas sparked a $1 billion Kleiner Perkins-backed AI startup
Tyson Chen and Apurva Shrivastava were chasing restaurants when they found an HVAC company. The two engineers had…
Ex-DeepMind David Silver raises $1.1 billion for AI startup Ineffable
A former top researcher at Google AI division DeepMind announced Monday a record $1.1 billion seed round for…
OpenAI partners with Customers Bank in push to automate finance
Sam Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank. Courtesy: Customers Bank Nearly half an hour into a conference call on…
Pegasus Tech Ventures quadruples Japanet venture fund to $200M
Japan has long gone its own way on technology, even inspiring its own term, “Galápagos syndrome,” for products…
How Elon Musk Used SpaceX to Benefit Himself and His Businesses
In January 2018, Elon Musk needed $100 million. Instead of calling a bank, he turned to SpaceX, the…
🥴 Canva hangover — Capital Brief
Last week was Canva’s party. Giant screens, a ballerina on stage, an orchestra, a dude with a mohawk,…
I never wanted to be a VC: Harshita Arora on why she joined YC as its youngest general partner
Harshita Arora, a 24-year-old from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, made history by becoming the youngest general partner at well-known…
How VCs are Reworking the Quick Commerce Thesis – Outlook Business
But at the heart of this transition, there appears to be a change in how investors are defining…
AI-armed founders disrupting venture capitalism?
A recent report noted that Indian venture capitalists are sitting on nearly $10 billion, waiting for the “right”…
Exclusive: Eigen raises a seed round from Benchmark to build the world’s first ‘mutual friend’
More than 600 million people watched the moon landing live in 1969. When NASA’s Artemis program returned astronauts…
The six reasons why startups fail (and only one is unavoidable)
Friday 10 April 2026 5:25 am | Updated: Thursday 09 April 2026 6:49 pm Why do so many startups…
Construction Giants’ Bet On Tech Startups Paying Off On Their Jobsites
If you walked through the right construction site in the Bay Area five years ago, you had the…