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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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Inside Cursor’s Enterprise Push, Plus $1.8T Up For Grabs In AI64 Report
Redpoint's new report showcases 64 AI app leaders and their prospects; Upstarts goes deep with list standout Cursor's COO Jordan Topoleski for a rare…
Oct 23
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Alex Konrad
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This Startup Raised $38M To Secure AI Agents For Developers
Led by serial founder Ian Livingstone, startup Keycard is emerging from stealth backed by a16z, boldstart and Acrew Capital to join the red-hot AI agent…
Oct 21
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Alex Konrad
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How To Win Go-To-Market With Linear, Decagon And Browserbase
1,400 startup builders applied to hear Browserbase's Paul Klein IV, Decagon's Jesse Zhang and Linear's Cristina Cordova talk GTM at our latest Upstarts…
Oct 20
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Alex Konrad
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Handshake's CEO Declares 'Refounding' Of His $3.5B Startup, All Around AI
Garrett Lord's refocus of his 11-year-old startup around its fast-growing ($100M in ARR) AI business includes a layoff affecting 15% of staff.
Oct 14
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Alex Konrad
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Airtable Hires A CTO From OpenAI And Buys An AI 'Superagent' Startup
CEO Howie Liu tells Upstarts why Airtable tapped a ChatGPT engineering leader to run its tech teams, and why he plans to keep DeepSky's 'superagent' as…
Oct 13
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Alex Konrad
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This AI Law Firm Helps Startups Like Cursor Sell Faster
Crosby, led by lawyer turned founder Ryan Daniels, has raised a $20 million Series A from Index and Bain Capital Ventures to expand its AI-assisted…
Oct 8
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Alex Konrad
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How Canva Won OpenAI's Developer Day
Canva was all over OpenAI's dev day as a pilot partner for its app integration into ChatGPT. Co-founder Cameron Adams speaks exclusively with Upstarts…
Oct 7
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Alex Konrad
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Her Last Startup's Shutdown Went Viral. Now She's Back.
Amanda Peyton's last startup Braid had early traction before faltering. Now she's launching Pool, a new-look successor that's raised $4.5 million.
Oct 6
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Alex Konrad
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September 2025
'I Had To Close My Laptop': Granola Adds Coaching, Recipes To Its AI Meeting Notes
Upstarts spoke with Granola CEO Chris Pedregal about his note-taker's big Recipes launch, including one based on Matt Mochary's CEO coaching that shook…
Sep 30
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Alex Konrad
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The Startup Race To Secure AI Agents Is On
Cyber startup Descope, led by 8 founders who sold their last startup to Palo Alto Networks, have raised $35 million more to take on Okta in securing a…
Sep 30
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Alex Konrad
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