Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen
Before joining Sequoia Capital in 2020 as chief digital and information officer, Avon Puri spent over a decade…
Exclusive: Accounting AI startup Rillet reaches unicorn status with $1 billion valuation. Its founder says he wants to give CFOs back their weekends
Rillet, a two-year-old startup building what it calls the first truly AI-native accounting platform, has raised a $100…
Forget the gala, these Silicon Valley schools run their own venture capital funds
Most American private schools still raise money the old-fashioned way—silent auctions, annual giving, and a yearly gala with…
Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2026 List
For a dozen years, Forbes has partnered with TrueBridge Capital Partners to highlight the companies that are likely…
Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era
Glow, a cybersecurity startup founded by former Meta and Snowflake executives, emerged from stealth as a unicorn, betting…
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics in talks to raise new funding at $6B valuation
Valar Atomics, a startup building small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) — essentially miniaturized, factory-built power plants designed to…
Sequoia’s Sean Maguire Compares SpaceX to ‘Nvidia Three Years Ago’ and Plans to Hold Forever
Quick Read NVDA surged 420% from the inflection Maguire maps SpaceX to; RKLB, the closest public launch proxy,…
Mercury hits $5.2 billion valuation as fintech firm banks on AI startups
May 20 (Reuters) – Mercury said on Wednesday it had raised $200 million at a $5.2 billion valuation…
Paul Graham Throws Cold Water on the Stockholm-Is-the-Next-Silicon Valley Idea
Stockholm has become one of Europe’s hottest startup hubs, producing fast-growing AI companies like Lovable, Legora, and Sana…
This Sequoia partner thinks AI-enabled services are the new software. Here’s why
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition…Are services the new software?…Anthropic’s Mythos has financial regulators…
New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets
Few venture firms have bet more aggressively on AI than Sequoia Capital, and it isn’t slowing down. The…
Peak XV raises $1.3B, doubles down on AI as global VC rivalry in India heats up
Peak XV announced on Friday that it has raised $1.3 billion across new India and Asia-focused funds. The…