This cybersecurity CEO says we're in an AI bubble. These are the 3 things he looks for when investing in a startup.
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These Y Combinator founders raised $10 million to get corporate America into vibe coding. Read their pitch deck.
Vybe, a startup by Y Combinator alumni, raises $10M to integrate vibe coding into corporations, with participation from major tech leaders.
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Reco raises $30 million as AI goes from 'blocked' to a must-have
Cybersecurity firm Reco, co-founded by Ofer Klein, Gal Nakash, Tal Shapira, secures $30M Series B funding to expand AI security solutions.
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Cybersecurity startup Lema has come out of stealth to raise $24 million
Lema, a cybersecurity startup founded by former members of Israel's elite intelligence unit, is coming out of stealth and announcing fresh funding.
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3 VCs behind Affirm, DoorDash, and Zoom say the next wave of billion-dollar companies won't be in San Francisco
Venture capitalists Jeremy Kranz, Ethel Chen, and Karan Sharma reunite to focus on AI and global commerce investments at Sentinel Global.
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Read the pitch deck AI private security startup Guard Owl used to raise $3 million
Guard Owl, a private security management startup, already counts Aldi, Alexander Wang, and real estate firm Greystar as its clients.
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Y Combinator picked a fight with Canada — and quickly backtracked
The startup accelerator Y Combinator removed Canada from its list of acceptable countries for incorporation. It's since reversed the decision.
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Bollywood dance teammates raised $5.3 million for their Y Combinator AI startup. Read their pitch deck.
Michigan grads Vihaar Nandigala and Kishan Sripada's startup Orange Slice raises $5.3M for AI-driven sales tools, backed by Y Combinator.
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I left Amazon and became an angel investor. Mentoring startups for 6 years made me a better founder.
After co-creating Amazon Alexa, William Tunstall-Pedoe became an angel investor. When he started his second business, he drew on the invaluable experience of his mentees.
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Hollywood superagent and investor Michael Ovitz praised Jeffrey Epstein and was invited to his island, files reveal
Michael Ovitz, cofounder of CAA and a tech investor, praised Jeffrey Epstein's "outstanding multiple talents" in one email to the disgraced financier.
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A legendary coder has been quietly working at Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab
Thinking Machines Lab, led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, attracts an award-winning coder, amid AI talent wars and a record funding push.
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Read the pitch decks of 15 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions
Social networking and dating startups used these pitch decks to raise venture capital funding rounds.
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This startup uses AI to get you on a date — fast. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $9.2 million.
Ditto, an AI matchmaking service for college students, raised millions as it expand to more college campuses.
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Gruve raises $50 million to solve what its CEO calls AI's biggest problem: power
Gruve, led by CEO Tarun Raisoni, secures $50M to boost AI inference capacity, tapping unused US data center power for efficient operations.
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Meet the 37 rising stars of the venture capital industry
These up-and-coming venture capitalists are backing the next generation of startups as the VC industry resets after years of easy money.
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Recap: BI's Rising Stars of VC list
Learn how to land on the rising stars of VC list, and catch an interview with one of this year's young investors in our live Q&A.
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Elon Musk called on corporations to ditch Delaware. They didn't listen.
A handful of billionaires and prominent companies urged corporations to leave Delaware. According to the numbers, the opposite happened.
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Limy built a platform that helps brands optimize for the era of AI agents. See the pitch deck that helped it raise $10 million.
Limy raised $10 million from investors including Flybridge and a16z to help brands boost their visibility to AI agents.
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The CEO of $2 billion Harvey rival Legora says he still interviews everyone and asks this question
The Legora CEO, who cofounded the startup in 2023, said that he's looking for people who have "raw grit" and don't mind late hours.
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How a dating app got a spot on 'Shark Tank' — and scored a $200K investment from Alexis Ohanian and Kendra Scott
Left Field cofounders Kate Sieler and Samantha Martin made it to Shark Tank's stage. Here's how they left with $200,000.
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FLORA raised $42 million for its creative platform that pulls together top AI tools. Read its pitch deck.
FLORA streamlines creative workflows by integrating AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini for teams at brands such as Lionsgate and Levi's.
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Meta's former chief scientist Yann LeCun says he hated being a manager: 'I'm much more visionary'
LeCun said he prefers focusing on innovation over leadership duties.
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I quit my job at Nvidia to cofound a startup. The money wasn't life-changing, and I wanted our son to see a freer path.
Derek Fulton left Nvidia to launch Carolina Cloud, a North Carolina cloud startup offering affordable compute services.
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A prominent marketing exec is becoming a partner at a VC firm. Here's her advice for startups that want to 'break through the noise.'
Lindsay Kaplan, a former marketing exec and founder of Chief, is joining consumer VC fund Bullish as a venture partner.
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OpenAI executive sees a Rubik's Cube of future revenue sources
CFO Sarah Friar outlines OpenAI's evolving strategy, highlighting expanded partnerships, subscription tiers, and outcome-based royalties.
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Shopify's CEO says companies that hire founders often make a big mistake: Don't 'put them in like founder day care'
Tobi Lütke said that companies often fail to recognize the potential of employees with entrepreneurship experience.
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An OpenAI researcher turned venture capitalist says investors are 3 to 5 years behind the latest AI studies
Jenny Xiao, who founded Leonis Capital in 2021, said AI needs more investors who understand frontier AI technology.
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A startup therapist says most founder blowups can be solved in three ways
A startup therapist says most cofounder blowups can be solved in three ways.
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Ben Horowitz says that investing teams shouldn't be 'too much bigger than basketball teams'
The Andreessen Horowitz cofounder explained how the venture capital firm maintains a lean operation despite being a large firm.
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Marc Andreessen says being controversial gives his VC firm an 'incredible competitive advantage'
Marc Andreessen said that his VC firm benefits "the more outspoken we are." Startup founders are drawn to their candid messaging, he said.
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After 7 years at McKinsey, I left to build an AI healthtech startup. I had to unlearn the pursuit of perfection.
Julius Bruch spent seven years at McKinsey before founding an AI dementia startup. He shares what made the leap hard — and why consulting helped.
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Read the pitch deck a Y Combinator-backed startup used to raise $3.6 million to bring AI agents to the doctor's office
Tivara raised a $3.6 million seed round, backed by Mischief VC, Day One Ventures, and Y Combinator. The startup builds AI agents for healthcare.
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A gap year program is lining up six-figure startup salaries for teens
Common Gap links high school graduates to paid jobs at startups as an alternative to attending college.
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This startup is helping companies train AI with an old but buzzy technique. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $7.5 million.
AgileRL has created a platform for engineers to train AI using reinforcement learning, a decades-old technique that's having a comeback.
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Y Combinator veterans raise $15 million to build an AI money manager that thinks like a wealthy family office
Two Y Combinator veterans behind a nine-figure exit have now raised $15 million, led by YC CEO Garry Tan, to build an AI-powered money manager.
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Larry Page is officially moving business out of California ahead of a proposed billionaire's tax
The Google cofounder has severed ties between California and several of his business entities, including his family office.
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2025 was the year of VC FOMO. A 'reckoning' might be coming in 2026.
It was a frenzied year in venture capital when founders with the kernel of an idea able to command huge valuations. But some VCs think the good times won't last.
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DreamWorks CEO turned VC Jeff Katzenberg says that AI is not going to be a 'zero-sum game'
Bubble or no bubble, AI won't have just one winner, says Jeffrey Katzenberg.
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Rippling's product chief says this is why he deliberately understaffs every project
He said that working late and on weekends when a problem arises, and running a team to its capacity, is what separates good and great teams.
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Nvidia's Groq deal rattled Silicon Valley. Here are 5 other AI startups split apart in Big Tech's new deals.
Traditional acquisitions have become rarer. Nvidia's deal for Groq sounded familiar to many in the tech industry.
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Scribe raised $75 million at a $1.3 billion valuation to fix how companies adopt AI. Read its pitch deck.
Workflow software startup Scribe has raised $75 million and achieved unicorn status, as it aims to reimagine AI integration for businesses.
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How Y Combinator founders are pitching the AI boom
Y Combinator pitch decks raised millions in funding in 2025, as AI reshapes industries and expectations for young founders rise fast.
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The SpaceX Mafia is here
SpaceX mafia startups are raising billions in venture capital, with ex-employees launching companies across aerospace, AI, and health.
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2 former Hinge execs are building an app to make it easier to plan hangouts with your friends
Sam Levy and Tim MacGougan left their C-suite posts at Hinge to build a new app for making plans with friends called Rodeo.
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Healthcare VCs predict more AI transparency investment, private equity M&A, and a quiet year for IPOs in 2026
It's been a hot year for healthcare venture investment. Backers said they expect investments in AI cost savings in 2026, plus more M&A — but not IPOs.
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Erebor Bank, Palmer Luckey's crypto-oriented finance startup, just got one step closer to launching
The FDIC approved the bank's application on Dec 16. It still requires final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
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Welcome to the hectocorn era: 7 tech startups valued at $100 billion or more
The billion-dollar unicorn isn't all that special anymore. Welcome to the age of the hectocorn, when startups are valued in the hundreds of billions.
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Anonymous messaging app NGL has been acquired by Mode Mobile
NGL, an anonymous messaging app that once soared to the top of the Apple app charts, has been acquired by Mode Mobile.
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Check out the exclusive pitch deck Valerie Health used to raise $30 million from Redpoint Ventures to automate healthcare faxes
The startup aims to fully automate front-office healthcare tasks for independent provider groups with AI.
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