Upstarts Media

Upstarts Media

Home
Notes
Editorial FAQ
Archive
About
The Founders Using AI To Help You Sleep
Eight Sleep's technology can keep you from running hot or cold while sleeping, and even spot illness early. But the sleep startup is still fighting to…
 • 
Alex Konrad
Where 9 Startups Are Building AI Apps, And $100 Million For Scientists
Upstarts speaks with Betaworks and founders from its latest AI Camp batch of startups emerging from stealth. Also: why Lux Capital's Josh Wolfe is…
 • 
Alex Konrad
How Startup Founders Can Navigate (Or Tune Out) The D.C. 'Hoopla'
Do startups need to be following the news (and chaos) coming out of Washington D.C.? Former FTC chair Lina Khan, investor Bradley Tusk and Alma founder…
 • 
Alex Konrad
4
Another Startup M&A Target, And The Top Things Upstarts Heard Visiting Silicon Valley
A week of speaker appearances at Startup Grind, South Park Commons and the State of AI summit armed Upstarts with deal scoops, founder insights into…
 • 
Alex Konrad
Scoop: Databricks In Talks To Acquire Startup Neon For About $1 Billion
An Upstarts paid subscriber special edition: acquisition-hungry data and AI unicorn Databricks is in advanced talks to buy the startup behind a popular…
 • 
Alex Konrad
Scoop: Datadog Is Buying This Startup For $220 Million
Datadog is feeling acquisitive, nabbing this data startup after pursuing one of its closest rivals. Upstarts has the inside scoop. Plus, sign up for our…
 • 
Alex Konrad

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…
 • 
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.
 • 
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…
 • 
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…
 • 
Alex Konrad
1
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…
 • 
Alex Konrad
1
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…
 • 
Alex Konrad
© 2025 Upstarts Media LLC
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture