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Deep Dive: As Smaller VC Firms Build AI Tools To Compete, Founders Should (Mostly) Benefit
Challengers like Alpaca VC, DVC and Topology Ventures are going beyond ChatGPT: “We want to give everybody their own personal AI analyst, so they can…
Dec 16
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Alex Konrad
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Why Lyft's CEO Is Embracing Waymo And 'Falcon Mode' For Its Turnaround
Lyft CEO David Risher talks about balancing short-term and long-term vision and the 'dark side' to Founder Mode in an Upstarts interview.
Dec 12
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Alex Konrad
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She Helped Launch ChatGPT. She's Back With A New Startup To Bridge The AI Value Gap
Worktrace AI founders Angela Jiang and Deepak Vasisht are launching a workflow automation agent backed by $9M from Conviction, 8VC, OpenAI and prominent…
Dec 11
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Alex Konrad
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Data: Zombie VC Firms Walk Among Us
A new study by Carta shows that later-cycle funds raised in 2021 and 2022 have dramatically slowed down their investment pace. Here's what it means for…
Dec 4
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Alex Konrad
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Scoop: Stripe Is Paying $1 Billion For Startup Metronome – Here’s Why
The deal announced yesterday will double Metronome’s valuation in less than a year, sources tell Upstarts. And it’s all about AI software growth.
Dec 3
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Alex Konrad
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November 2025
Their Startup Raised $131M And Nearly Died. A Hard Pivot To AI Has Them On The Way Back.
Sales engineering startup Vivun had buzz and a $500M+ valuation. Then it hit a wall. CEO Matt Darrow's refocus around AI agent Ava has it growing again.
Nov 25
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Alex Konrad
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Protein Diet: Inside The Bezos-Backed Biotech Training AI To Fight Disease
Profluent CEO Ali Madani has raised $106M from Altimeter and Jeff Bezos to generate drug-boosting molecules from new AI models built with the world's…
Nov 21
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Alex Konrad
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This Startup Can Track If Your AI Code Is Worth It
Span's 'developer intelligence' software helps Ramp and Vanta track how engineers spend their time, and which AI code editors they use. Now it's raised…
Nov 17
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Alex Konrad
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They're Building An AI Expert Network. Would You Ask It For Help?
SuperMe is launching with $6.8M in funding to connect users with AI versions of highly-online experts like Elena Verna, Lenny Rachitsky... and me.
Nov 11
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Alex Konrad
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'People Thought It Was Insane': How Startup Gameto Is Turning Women's Health Sci-Fi Into Reality
CEO Dina Radenkovic Turner has raised $127 million to date for a startup that's already helped with 9 births, and has bigger plans to take on menopause…
Nov 10
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Alex Konrad
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His Drone Security Startup Almost Crashed. Now Sequoia's Investing $16M.
Sunflower Labs CEO Alex Pachikov's startup almost went under during the pandemic. Now his autonomous drone system cuts security costs at commercial…
Nov 4
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Alex Konrad
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October 2025
Can AI Help To Restore The Art Of Networking?
Chief alum Caroline Dell's new startup Goodword, which combines AI insights with a personal touch, is launching with $4 million in funding led by Human…
Oct 30
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Alex Konrad
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