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Ambrook, A QuickBooks Killer For Farms, Raises $30M To Go After More Of The 'Real Economy'
CEO Mackenzie Burnett is taking her startup used by 8,000 businesses into trucking, construction and real estate after raising a Series B led by Lachy…
Aug 4
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July 2026
Why AI Won't Replace Accountants — It'll Make Them Richer, Says Basis CEO Matt Harpe
On The Upstarts Podcast, the $1.15B startup talks an accountant shortage, outcome-based pricing, hiring AI talent in NYC, and staying ahead of the big…
Jul 30
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Alex Konrad
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Meet The AI Startup Winning Over Real Estate's Toughest Customers
Exclusive: Brokers love Henry AI's deck builder. Now it's raised a $16.5M Series A led by FirstMark to automate more of the process -- and stay ahead of…
Jul 29
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Alex Konrad
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Voice AI Startup Wispr Is Launching A Lab To Bring 'J.A.R.V.I.S.' To Life
CEO Tanay Kothari says Wispr will hire up to 50 top researchers, at a commitment of hundreds of millions of dollars, in the pursuit of 'J.A.R.V.I.S…
Jul 24
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Alex Konrad
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Abridge’s Shiv Rao: Taking On Microsoft To Cure Doctor Burnout With AI
A cardiologist turned founder, Rao says he's building an operating system, not an AI scribe. He's got 300 health system customers spanning 250M…
Jul 23
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Alex Konrad
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Bell-Ringer To Bug-Hunter: Zoom CEO Eric Yuan Pushes Startup Speed, 15 Years In
In a wide-ranging interview, the tech billionaire talks 'Zoom 2.0,' buying startups, product-led growth, digital twins, deep fakes, and his quest for a…
Jul 22
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Alex Konrad
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Agents For CFOs, Runaway Tokens And 'Unreasonable Hospitality,' With Pigment's Eléonore Crespo
One of France's leading AI founders talks agents, competing at the talent "buffet," making co-CEOs work and "unreasonable hospitality," featuring Tom…
Jul 17
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Alex Konrad
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Exclusive: Startup Adapter Launches With $17.8M To Bring New 'Cognition' To AI Tools
Repeat founder Adam Ghetti returns with a startup backed by GV and others to provide better 'cognition' for your AI use -- all while keeping your data…
Jul 14
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Alex Konrad
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Radical AI’s Joseph Krause: The Scientist Building The ‘Waymo’ Lab For New Materials
The New York-based founder joins The Upstart Podcast to talk about SpaceX, why cloud labs failed, and why you don't need $1B to speed up 150 years of…
Jul 10
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Alex Konrad
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'Agents Can't Go On The Trip': GetYourGuide's CEO On How AI Changes Travel
Co-founder Johannes Reck has lived travel experiences for 17 years. He sees AI changing how we browse -- but not ChatGPT booking our tours.
Jul 9
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Alex Konrad
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The Army Ranger Attacking Millions Of Lines Of Old Code, With Blitzy's Brian Elliott
Blitzy CEO and Ranger veteran Brian Elliott talks building Boston's newest startup unicorn, Claude's enterprise limits, West Point and how to pay for…
Jul 2
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Alex Konrad
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June 2026
Exclusive: The Startup Using AI To Build Better Data Centers
Build has raised $8.5M from Index Ventures and others, including OpenAI’s CFO, to speed up big projects for customers like the U.K. government.
Jun 30
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Alex Konrad
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