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April 2025

Meet Gamma, A Low-Profile AI Startup That’s Actually Profitable
AI startup CEO Grant Lee has turned obsessive A/B testing – and a healthy distrust of venture capital – into 50 million in ARR and profits to go with 50…
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Alex Konrad
Figma, Plaid And The Battle To Retain Talent At Almost-Exited Startups
With startup unicorns staying private longer, nearly-bought and near-IPO companies grapple with fluctuating valuations and employee equity comp.
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Alex Konrad
The Designer VCs Helping Startups ‘Sprint’ Towards Product-Market Fit
Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky have helped hundreds of founders design products through bestselling books and VC firm Character. Upstarts tested out their…
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Alex Konrad
The Startup Category Pushing AI For Most In-Demand Stock
Defense tech startups led by Anduril are rising in interest on secondary market leaderboards. It's murkier who's really buying, or whether such buzz is…
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Alex Konrad
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This AI Startup Raised $18 Million To Take On NetSuite
Two-year-old Doss has reached $1 million in ARR by using AI to radically speed up its sales process. Now it’s raised a Series A from Tomasz Tunguz's…
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Alex Konrad
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What AI startup founders thought about Stanford’s 'wake-up call' report
When Stanford’s Human-Centered AI group released a massive annual report this week, Upstarts gathered a few New York-based AI founders to see how they'd…
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Alex Konrad
This tech founder turned NBA owner just launched a $1 billion fund to connect startups to sports
Utah Jazz owner and Qualtrics cofounder Ryan Smith is teaming up with Accel pal Ryan Sweeney to launch HXCO, a new firm opening up the sports and…
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Alex Konrad
A stablecoin horse race is heating up. Can startups keep on the inside track?
With Circle going public and fintech leaders lining up to issue their own stablecoins, startups like Noble are well-positioned for a rush – if they…
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Alex Konrad
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Can Granola’s AI meeting notes eat bigger apps for breakfast?
This week's free edition of Upstarts dives into the new note-taking tool that's all the rage with VCs and founders alike.
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Alex Konrad
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