Teens love this social music app. So does Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian.
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Google is in talks to pour more money into Anthropic, which could push the AI startup's value to $350 billion
Google is in early discussions to deepen its investment in Anthropic. The two companies announced a massive cloud computing deal in October.
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PhDs are the new MBAs for founders in the AI era, as college dropouts remain an outlier
AI startup founders, distinct from past unicorn leaders, are younger and more technical, with VC giants like A16z and Sequoia taking notice.
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This Israeli cybersecurity startup is less than a year old. Here's how it got a $33 million preemptive term sheet from Craft Ventures.
AI is fueling a surge in cyberattacks. Startups, especially in Israel, are rushing to use their own AI to stay one step ahead of the bad guys.
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Two Gen Z founders who raised $1.25 million for their AI startup share their pro tips for landing funding
"What Florence was in the Renaissance, SF is in the age of AI," said Attention Engineering's Juluian Windeck, who recommends that founders move there.
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Two teen founders dropped out of school and raised $3 million out of Y Combinator. Read their pitch deck.
Novoflow sees AI "replacing the entire operational scope of medical clinics," cofounder Mathieu Rihet said.
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Leading AI researcher Eric Zelikman is raising $1 billion to build AI models with emotional intelligence
Eric Zelikman, a top AI researcher who departed xAI in September, is raising $1 billion at a $4 billion valuation for his new startup, Humans&.
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Investor Keith Rabois' advice to people who want to break into VC
Keith Rabois, a managing director at Khosla Ventures, said it's a "bad idea" for new graduates to race into venture capital right out of school.
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Perplexity's blockbuster investor demand shows just how wild the AI bubble has become
The AI search engine startup competing with Google is fielding investor offers at valuations up to $50 billion. It's making some VCs nervous.
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This startup raised $26 million to protect data in subsea cables from hackers. Read the pitch deck.
CyberRidge's technology manipulates light to conceal data from potential adversaries as it travels through fiber-optic cables.
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This startup is betting on fitness events to help people find friends in the AI era — and it just raised $12 million
Sweatpals, a social fitness app, raised $12 million in seed funding from VCs like Patron, A16z Speedrun, and Kevin Hart's HartBeat Ventures.
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Know an up-and-coming VC finding and winning great companies? We want to hear from you.
Business Insider is seeking nominations for this year's list of rising stars of venture capital.
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Tech hopefuls are listing San Francisco in their online bios — even if they don't live there
Tech hopefuls are associating themselves with San Francisco online while living elsewhere, which some say is for clout or to attract investors.
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Kong CEO describes his early startup grind days, from living on $1,000 a month to sleeping on Travis Kalanick's couch
Kong CEO Augusto Marietti said that while grinding has become more of "a vibe" in Silicon Valley, he had no choice but to lock in to survive.
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Digital health's 'come to Jesus moment': Merge or die
More healthcare startups are considering mergers as they struggle to raise capital or get bought, dealmakers said at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.
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Startups should only get new hires when things start to break, Y Combinator partner says
Hiring is not a success metric at all," the Y Combinator partner said.
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Read the 7-page pitch deck an AI marketing tech startup used to raise $6.6 million
Epiminds is a new AI marketing tech startup cofounded by ex-Google and ex-Spotify staffers. Its core tech is "Lucy," an AI-powered bot.
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Vibe coding startup Replit is projecting $1 billion in revenue by the end of 2026
Replit expects to hit $1 billion in revenue next year as AI coding products replace old tools.
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An ex-Microsoft scientist is building an AI startup to change how companies handle work visas
Priyanka Kulkarni's "exhausting" and "confusing" experiences as an employee on an H-1B visa inspired her to launch her startup, Casium.
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Yoga, cold plunges, and beach workouts: LA Tech Week is embracing wellness over booze
At LA Tech Week, yoga mats and cold plunges replaced cheese plates and open bars. That's not to say those looking for a free drink had to look far.
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Melinda French Gates-backed women's health startup Tia just cut 23% of its workforce
Tia, which operates in-person and virtual care for women and counts Melinda French Gates as an investor, slashed its staff.
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Young founders share 8 pitch decks that raised millions in the AI boom
Startup founders are ditching college, hustling through Y Combinator, and pitching VCs. Here are their pitch decks.
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This startup uses AI agents to place people in jobs. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $20 million.
Jack & Jill's AI agents autonomously match job seekers with hiring companies. Here's the pitch deck it used to secure $20 million in funding.
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Brothers, 19 and 20, quit Stanford and graduated from Y Combinator with $4 million. Read their pitch deck.
Stanford dropout brothers Shraman and Shreyas Kar have raised $4.1 million for their AI video startup, Golpo.
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Read the pitch decks of 12 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions
Social networking and dating startups used these pitch decks to raise venture capital funding rounds.
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A VC firm says it fired all its analysts and is using AI to help run deals for its new $75 million fund
As Big Tech fights for AI talent, DVC's $75 million fund wants to turn engineers into investors.
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At SF Tech Week, the AI 'gold rush' shows no signs of slowing down
The good times are back in tech, and San Francisco is the white hot center of it all. It was hard to find events where AI was not the dominant theme.
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Tech CEOs marvel — and worry — about Sam Altman's dizzying race to dominate AI
Tech CEOs say the OpenAI leader's torrent of activity stands out, with some calling it bold and others reckless.
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I quit JPMorgan, which didn't fulfill my American dream. Co-founding Hims and launching a startup taught me how to take smart risks.
Joe Spector quit a six-figure job at JPMorgan, going on to cofound Hims. Then, he left behind another comfortable salary, to cofound Dutch.
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An ex-OpenAI employee who helped build ChatGPT quietly launched a startup — and Mira Murati is an investor
The OpenAI mafia is expanding. Find out who else is backing Worktrace AI.
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How a little-known AI startup found itself in the middle of a Google privacy firestorm
Google required its employees to give startup Nayya personal data to get access to their health benefits. That requirement didn't come from Nayya.
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The CEO of 'AI companion' startup Replika is stepping aside to launch a new company
Eugenia Kuyda, the founder of Replika, which lets users make AI-powered companions, has just unveiled a new startup, Wabi.
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See the exclusive pitch deck Sensi.AI used to raise $45 million to boost home healthcare for seniors with AI
The startup uses in-home pods paired with predictive AI to detect signs of illness or neglect in seniors for home care agencies.
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Here's the pitch deck that Point72-backed Heidi Health used to raise $65 million to battle in the AI scribe race
Heidi Health is gaining traction for ambient clinical documentation against hot startup competitors like Abridge and Ambience Healthcare.
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A $9 billion firm launches an RTO crackdown: Show up to the office or miss out on equity
The Seattle-based cybersecurity firm has an RTO mandate that's now tied to equity compensation.
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AI startup Zingage says healthcare belongs inside the home. Read the pitch deck that it used to raise $12 million.
Two-year-old Zingage is building an AI scheduling and operations product for home healthcare agencies.
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Harvey's CEO tells BI the 2 habits helping him scale his $5 billion legal AI startup
Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg told BI he's growing his $5b legal AI startup by focusing on calendar audits and hands-on hiring.
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Payments company Zelis Healthcare hires Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan for an early 2026 IPO
Bain Capital-backed health payments company Zelis is bringing in nearly $1 billion in earnings. It's targeting a public listing in Q1 2026.
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Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna says the H-1B visa needs change — but a 'blanket' $100k fee isn't the solution
Ro Khanna said that the H-1B system needs changes. But he said the $100,000 fee could hurt startups, many of which are located in his district.
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Midi Health raises $50 million in funding as the menopause startup bets on longevity and AI
Midi's Series C raise comes as the startup's menopause care business surges. The company is now posting a $150 million revenue run rate.
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I'm a high school dropout who raised $6 million out of Y Combinator. Being a teen founder means you can take more risks.
18-year-old Arlan Rakhmetzhanov dreamed of getting into YC while growing up in Kazakhstan, and he raised $6.2 million for his AI startup Nozomio.
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The Pentagon's startup arm postpones its internship program, citing 'emergent priorities' in an internal email
Some incoming interns had proposed start dates as soon as late September.
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Charlie Javice's sentencing could play a key role in the dealmaking renaissance
The sentencing shows that even when the victim is a banking giant — who the defense said should have known better — blaming the victim is little help.
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A new AI matchmaker will set you up and plan the first date — skipping the swiping and DMs
Amata, an AI matchmaking app, is launching in the US. It's raised $6 million from investors to set up users and plan dates.
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OpenAI's newest team is proof that there's a key shift happening in the AI talent wars
OpenAI's new team highlights a strategic shift in the AI talent wars, focusing on refining complex AI processes.
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I'm a Japanese founder who moved to Bengaluru to grow my startup. I love India's energy and how hard people work.
Reiji Kobayashi, who is originally from Japan, moved to India to expand his car microfinancing startup in 2024.
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'Can we find the next 40 Facebooks?': Behind the ambitious plans of 137 Ventures
137 Ventures scaled an early "few million bucks" in Palmer Luckey's Anduril into a $100 million position.
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Read the deck an ex-Waymo engineer used to raise $3.75 million from Sheryl Sandberg and Kindred Ventures
The San Francisco-based startup lets customers test their AI agents against vetted metrics and deploy them faster.
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AI training companies are raising billions to get humans to teach chatbots. Here are the startups cashing in.
AI training companies are booming as AI labs race for better chatbots. Find out who is cashing in.
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