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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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The Startup Training Robots With Video Games
A visit to General Intuition, which just raised $320M at a $2.3B valuation and sees gaming data as a faster path to physical world impact.
Jun 26
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Alex Konrad
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Writer's May Habib On AI For Normals, Token Insanity, And Sexist VCs
A gendered rejection letter from a top VC firm. Shots at Anthropic and OpenAI token giveaways. On The Upstarts Podcast, Writer's CEO doesn't pull…
Jun 25
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Alex Konrad
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Exclusive: HeyGen's AI Video Reaches $200M In ARR, Without The Burn
CEO Joshua Xu shares how the video AI startup doubled revenue in 8 months, while staying cash flow break-even for 2026.
Jun 25
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Alex Konrad
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The Founder Who Lit $10M On Fire, With Mutiny's Jaleh Rezaei
On The Upstarts Podcast, Mutiny CEO Jaleh Rezaei shares how AI is forcing self-disruption in SaaS; handling 'Claude spookies'; and why speed matters…
Jun 19
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Alex Konrad
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Meet Elbow Grease, New York’s Scrappiest, Most Promising Startup Accelerator
Gutter Capital launched Elbow Grease as an ‘experiment’ last fall. Now it’s raised a $75M Fund III to focus its entire firm around the startup program…
Jun 15
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Alex Konrad
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Using Living Brain Cells To Train AI, With TBC's Alex Ksendzovsky
When a neurosurgeon startup founder hooks up neurons to tiny electrodes, you get a novel way to train AI image models, and a brave new world of…
Jun 12
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Alex Konrad
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This Startup Says It's Beating Anthropic And OpenAI In Industrial AI
Squint, a startup used by the likes of Michelin and PepsiCo, has released an AI system that it says handily bests OpenAI and Anthropic in complex…
Jun 11
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Alex Konrad
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Exclusive: Notion Names First Board Of Directors In Key Step Toward IPO
Ahead of an IPO, Notion took an unusual approach to constructing a board that includes its CEO, several veteran board experts, an AI expert and a…
Jun 8
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Alex Konrad
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Faking Rivals, 'Infinity Work' And LinkedIn Cringe, With Vanta's Christina Cacioppo
Vanta's CEO shares her 'real' founder journey, how she's rebuilding her company for the AI moment, and how she deals with new rivals, on The Upstarts…
Jun 5
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Alex Konrad
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Exclusive: This AI Startup Raised $35M To Make Dentists Smile
Lassie’s founders went hands-on, then built an AI agent to help dental practices save dozens of hours of busywork. Now, a16z has signed on.
Jun 3
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Alex Konrad
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