Startup Stuffers and its pre-teen founders offer lessons in how to make the most of AI
I can probably guess the last piece of corporate swag you received: It was most likely a t-shirt,…
Europe’s new talent advantage is boosting its founders’ spirits
Good morning, tech reporter Beatrice Nolan here, filling in for Allie Garfinkle. I’ve just returned from Slush, one…
How Screendoor became a key signal for emerging VC talent
A screendoor is pretty much half a door. Mesh and semi-transparent, screendoors are most associated with sticky summer…
AirOps raises $40 million Series B at $225 million valuation to rethink marketing in the age of AI
For marketers, search engine optimizers, and yes, lowly journalists, the sky is falling down. All conventional wisdom on…
Founders are getting huge paydays before their startups are close to an exit—and that’s fine with many VCs
Good morning, it’s Crypto Editor Jeff Roberts pinch-hitting for Allie. Over the course of my career, I’ve written…
Can a startup be worth a trillion dollars?
Sometime in August, my editor and I became interested in a question that turned out to be less…
Generation Lab raises $11 million, becoming Accel’s first longevity bet
The word “longevity” derives from Latin, and more or less means “long life” or “great age.” Each translation…
Exclusive: Flow Engineering raises $23 million Series A led by Sequoia to power hardware’s new era
17 years later, Singh still can’t talk about the details of that business (at least, not to a…
‘We’ve never had a fundraising deck’: Here’s where venture capital stands now and where it’s going next
If you want a pulse check on where the venture capital industry is at, consider the software supply…
Exclusive: Baseten, AI inference unicorn, raises $150 million at $2.15 billion valuation
“So, I grew up in Australia,” said Tuhin Srivastava, CEO and cofounder of AI inference unicorn Baseten. “And,…
Originated in China, the “996” schedule of working 9am-9pm, 6 days a week comes to Silicon Valley
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the tremors rippling across the startup hiring landscape. Spurred on by…
Startup down rounds are at a ten-year high, according to PitchBook data
The soaring valuations of the early 2020s are, finally, coming back to earth. This week, PitchBook data revealed…