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…
Ripple gets $40 billion valuation after $500 million funding round
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.,…
How lean marketing can help Indian start-ups avoid the ‘growth at all costs’ trap
Every founder believes their idea is a smart one. The Indian start-up ecosystem is overflowing with innovation, so…
Meta, xAI Spread Risks of AI Splurge With Off-Balance-Sheet Debt
Just this month, Meta Platforms Inc. has secured about $60 billion in capital to build data centers, part…
Palantir Says Top AI Engineers Stole Secrets for ‘Copycat’ Firm
Palantir Technologies Inc. sued two former senior artificial intelligence engineers, claiming they stole documents and information to help…
AI is the common threat—and the secret sauce—for security startups in the Fortune Cyber 60
AI is everywhere these days. And cybersecurity is no exception. A closer look at the latest installment of…
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…
Element Ventures Welcomes Sam Andersen as Investment Partner
Provo, Utah – October 24, 2025 Element Ventures today announced that Sam Andersen has joined the firm as…
PayPal, OpenAI sign ChatGPT payments deal
Alex Chriss, CEO of PayPal Inc. Courtesy: PayPal PayPal has signed a deal with OpenAI to have its…
Europe Venture Fund Lakestar Calls Halt On New Startup Bets
Facebook, Spotify and Revolut investor Klaus Hommels says that his fund Lakestar has closed its door to external…
VC bet on $3 billion AI firm ElevenLabs after one meeting with founder
Carles Reina, GTM manager at Eleven Labs, shared why he invested in AI company. Eleven Labs The angel…
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…