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…
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…
Paul Krugman Compares SpaceX To Trump Crypto Trade, Says Winners May Be Those Who Exit Before The ‘Bottom Inevitably Falls Out’
Comparing SpaceX’s post-IPO surge to the rally in cryptocurrencies following Trump’s 2024 election victory, Krugman said both trades…
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,…
Anthropic passes OpenAI to become biggest AI startup in the world
Anthropic raised $65 billion in new funding at a $965 billion post-money valuation, the company said Thursday, making…
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…
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…
Physical Intelligence, Stripe veteran Lachy Groom’s latest bet, is building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains
From the street, the only indication I’ve found Physical Intelligence’s headquarters in San Francisco is a pi symbol…
The Case Against Declaring Artificial General Intelligence
“AGI is here, now.” That’s Sequoia Capital this week, one of Silicon Valley’s most legendary venture firms and…