Why this AI agent startup founder believes her creativity and passion give her a competitive edge
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Glean's latest AI release lets customers build digital agents that work while they sleep
Glean has dropped a new suite of tools for customers to build, deploy, and manage digital agents.
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Inside my exhausting double life as a tech worker making 6 figures and an erotic audiobook founder
Working a six-figure tech job during the day and late nights on his erotic audio-book startup, Michael Albertshauser ended up crashing and burning.
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The contest to build the dominant AI-powered search engine is now being waged on college campuses
In the past year, AI search startups Perplexity, You.com, and Liner have recruited hundreds of students to promote and endorse their apps.
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Bain Capital Ventures-backed startup Index raises $2 million to build product management tools
The Australia-based startup gets seed funding to enhance product management tools, facilitating idea tracking and roadmap creation.
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These 11 startups are making AI more energy and cost-efficient, according to top VCs
From data center cooling to novel chip design, VCs are pouring cash into startups making AI more cost-efficient and environmentally-friendly.
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A startup building a platform to prove you're human and not AI just raised $7.3 million
The San Francisco-based startup will use the funding to develop its tools for verifying human and AI identities.
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Pharmacy benefit management unicorn Capital Rx hits $3.5 billion in revenue with a different approach to drug pricing as Congress targets middlemen
Healthcare startup Capital Rx seeing revenue surge as Congress seeks to regulate the PBM giants that profit from high drug costs.
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VCs are eager to back a new wave of AI-powered robots. Here are 12 startups in the space to watch.
The next wave of AI robotics startups transforming healthcare and logistics will include these 12 companies that have raised VC money last year.
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The stakes for a healthcare IPO are higher than ever
After a series of public market collapses, investors and bankers have strict standards for healthcare startups hoping to IPO this year.
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OpenAI cofounder John Schulman leaves Anthropic months after joining
OpenAI cofounder John Schulman has left rival artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, a job he held for about six months.
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A new social music platform just hit 1 million users. Here's the pitch deck it used to close its $8 million seed round.
Hangout, a social music platform, launched in November as a new way to listen to music with friends and strangers.
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OpenAI challenger Mistral launches revamped AI life and work assistant
Mistral's cofounder and CEO, Arthur Mensch, told BI that he uses le Chat to generate documents and for thinking about strategy.
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Y Combinator's Spring 2025 application deadline is approaching. Here's what the startup accelerator is looking for in AI ideas — from AI agents to data centers.
Y Combinator's Spring 2025 batch is open for applications, targeting AI agents, AI infrastructure, and security enhancements
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AI search unicorn Glean just became a $100 million business, and it has plenty of room to grow
Glean, a maker of search chatbots and agents for businesses, has more than doubled its customer base in the past year alone, CEO Arvind Jain said.
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Nutrition startup Fay just landed $50 million in Series B funding at a $500 million valuation led by Goldman Growth Equity
General Catalyst-backed Fay landed the Series B fundraise at a valuation around $500 million.
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Anthropic-backed startup Alma debuts an AI-powered nutrition app that tracks and analyzes eating habits
Alma, backed by Menlo Ventures and Anthropic's Anthology Fund, introduces an AI-powered nutrition app that analyzes eating habits and suggests foods.
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OpenAI-backer Fidelity marked up its stake in Anthropic by 25% after acquiring shares in FTX bankruptcy
Mutual fund giant Fidelity acquired a stake in Anthropic in 2024 in bankruptcy proceedings for FTX.
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I went to the US and was shocked by how different the culture toward entrepreneurship was from the UK. Here are the main differences.
A British founder who traveled to the US for a business workshop shares his reflections on how differently the countries approach entrepreneurship.
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Richard Kramlich, a godfather of modern venture capital and cofounder of New Enterprise Associates, dies at 89
Charles Richard "Dick" Kramlich, co-founder of VC firm New Enterprise Associates, was one of the earliest investors in Apple.
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A Fidelity fund is now valuing its stake in SpaceX at more than $2.7 billion
Fidelity's Contrafund values its SpaceX stake at over $2.7 billion, a significant increase in the company's valuation since its 2015 Series G.
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Roboforce makes AI robots that can do manual labor. Here's the pitch deck the startup used to raise $10 million.
AI robotics startup Roboforce secured $10 million to scale its team and robot development, with funding led by economist Myron Scholes.
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I dropped out of Harvard after 8 months to pursue entrepreneurship. I've never been happier, but I did miss out on the college experience.
Steven Wang had been studying at Harvard for eight months when he decided to drop out to work on Dub — his copy-trading platform — full time.
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This startup is bringing AI agents to banks and money managers including UBS, Blue Owl Capital, and T. Rowe Price. Here's the deck it used to raise $8 million.
Auquan's technology has saved 20 different clients a collective 50,000 hours worth of work producing thousands of due diligence reports.
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Why 'private social networks' will drive the future of social media, according to a prominent investor in the space
Alex Hofmann, the CEO of 9count, is betting on "private social networks" being the next big thing. He was formerly an exec at Musical.ly.
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Fintech startup Crowded raised $7.5 million to help nonprofits manage their finances
Fintech startup Crowded raises new funding to expand its customer base amid federal funding uncertainties impacting some nonprofits.
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World Cup Champion-turned-investor Alex Morgan sees a VC wave coming to women's sports. Here's how she thinks Silicon Valley will shape the future of athletics.
Alex Morgan anticipates a VC wave shaping women's sports and has launched Trybe Ventures to back sports teamsleages , AI, and wellness startups.
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Included Health filed to go public for a 2022 IPO that never happened. Now, it's private, profitable, and bigger than before.
Included Health filed its S-1 for an IPO that never happened. Its CEO said the company went heads-down to reach profitability and sales growth.
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OpenAI says DeepSeek may have used its AI outputs 'inappropriately' to train new models
DeepSeek built top-performing AI models using less-advanced chips at what it says is a fraction of the cost of rivals such as OpenAI.
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Is DeepSeek the worst nightmare for VCs? Venture investors are rattled, but some see a silver lining
Much about DeepSeek remains unknown, but VCs who have bet the farm on expensive LLM startups are clearly taking notice.
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This Y Combinator startup raised $3 million to bring its AI agents to compliance busywork
Delve, a startup that uses AI agents to collect and verify compliance evidence, launches with $3 million from Y Combinator and others.
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Investors are buzzing about voice AI. Here's where they see the most untapped potential.
Voice AI is rapidly advancing with startups raising over $398 million in VC funding in 2024, as enterprises adopt it at pace.
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Dropbox's CEO says a challenging time at the startup taught him a valuable lesson about 'getting your head right'
Drew Houston, the cofounder and CEO of Dropbox, recently shared his strategies for tackling burnout in the face of a hard time in a podcast interview.
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For 'VC Twitter,' LinkedIn is becoming the place to be
LinkedIn has emerged as a go-to platform for VCs, with investors leveraging it for networking, brand building, and investment opportunities.
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Healthcare startup Rad AI has raised a new round of funding from Transformation Capital at a $525 million valuation
The radiology AI startup was recently valued at $525 million in a new round of funding, Business Insider has learned.
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Diabetes startup Virta Health is now prescribing Ozempic for weight loss in a push toward profitability and IPO
The diabetes startup is prescribing GLP-1 drugs for weight loss to help employers manage costs. Its CEO says it's nearing profitability and an IPO.
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The 30 early-stage startups in 2025 most likely to become tech's next unicorns, according to a proprietary AI model known as 'Moneyball for VC'
TRAC's AI model, known as 'Moneyball for VC,' predicts early-stage startups likely to become unicorns by analyzing over 30 data sources.
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VC firms are tapping into college athletic programs and endurance sports to find standout investors
VC firms like CapitalG and CRV are tapping into college athletics and endurance sports to find standout investors
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Leonardo DiCaprio-backed fund Regeneration.VC has taken over Sky Ocean Ventures' climate portfolio
Climate tech fund Regeneration.VC, backed by Leonardo DiCaprio, is doubling down in Europe as the continent attracts more climate tech funds.
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Buzzy French AI startup Mistral isn't for sale and plans to IPO, its CEO says
French AI startup Mistral, dubbed Europe's OpenAI, plans an IPO, not a sale, as it expands globally with over €1 billion raised since 2023.
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Coram puts AI agents in existing security cameras. Check out the pitch deck the startup used to raise $13.8 million.
Coram AI integrates AI agents into existing security cameras and just raised $13.8 million in Series A funding from Battery Ventures.
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Insight Partners has raised $12.5 billion, marking its 13th fund and the largest haul by a venture-capital firm in over 2 years
As more startups go to fundraise, Insight Partners is leaning into the opportunity with billions in new cash for its software investments.
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Generative AI startup Synthesia just raised $180 million at a $2.1 billion valuation using this pitch deck
Synthesia has secured a $2.1 billion valuation, making it one of the UK's largest generative AI startups.
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VC firm IVP has hired Atlassian's top sales boss as it builds out its brain trust
At IVP, the veteran sales executive Kevin Egan will work with portfolio companies to strategize how to scale faster and better.
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Healthcare AI startup Qventus just raised $105 million from private equity giant KKR. Here's the 17-slide pitch deck it used.
Qventus grabbed Series D funding from private equity giant KKR for its AI operational assistant that gets patients ready for surgery.
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Xocean provides marine data to offshore energy companies. Check out the pitch deck it used to raise $119 million.
Irish startup Xocean has developed remotely controlled uncrewed surface vessels which provide marine data to offshore wind companies.
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Silicon Valley is licking its chops at the promise of AI 'agents.' These are the startups to watch.
The rise of agents, a new set of artificial intelligence tools that can work autonomously, offers a fertile ground for a select group of startups.
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A VC firm created an AI agent-powered 'investment memo generator.' It's the latest example of how AI is coming for venture firms.
Flybridge's investment memo generator turns a pitch deck and other materials into thoughtful analysis.
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X competitor Bluesky is being valued at around $700 million in a new funding round after explosive growth in the wake of Trump's victory
Bluesky is raising new funding led by Bain Capital Ventures that would value the social media company at around $700 million, according to sources.
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