Founders Fund Nears $6B Close For Latest Growth Fund, Sources Say
Peter Thiel's legendary venture firm is about to seal one of the largest growth-stage raises in recent memory, less than a year after closing its…
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Xprize Founder Peter Diamandis Launches New Contest To Manifest A New ‘Star Trek’
Peter Diamandis, the founder of XPrize, has just launched a bold new $3.5 million competition designed to do something Hollywood has largely stopped …
Robinhood’s Startup Fund Stumbles In NYSE Debut
Robinhood Ventures Fund I Drops 16% — What Investors Must Know Robinhood Ventures Fund I launched on the New York Stock Exchange with high hopes — a…
City Detect, Which Uses AI To Help Cities Stay Safe And Clean, Raises $13M Series A
A startup using cameras on garbage trucks just secured $13 million to help local governments catch urban decay before it spirals out of control. Cit…
Lio Raises $30M From Andreessen Horowitz And Others To Automate Enterprise Procurement
AI Procurement Startup Lio Lands $30M to Replace Manual Buying Forever Enterprise procurement is broken — and most companies already know it. Lio, a…
Why AI Startups Are Selling The Same Equity At Two Different Prices
AI Startup Equity Prices: The Two-Tier Funding Shift AI startup equity prices are increasingly appearing at two different valuations within the same …
SaaS In, SaaS Out: Here’s What’s Driving The SaaSpocalypse
SaaSpocalypse: How AI Agents Are Reshaping SaaS What is the SaaSpocalypse, and why should enterprise leaders care? Simply put, it's the mounting …
Investors Spill What They Aren’t Looking For Anymore In AI SaaS Companies
AI SaaS Investors: What They're Avoiding Now AI SaaS investors are prioritizing depth over hype in 2026. If you're wondering why some AI star…
Plaid Valued At $8B In Employee Share Sale
Plaid Valuation Hits $8B in Employee Share Sale Plaid valuation has reached $8 billion following a recent employee share sale, the company confirmed …
Anthropic Acquires Computer-Use AI Startup Vercept After Meta Poached One Of Its Founders
Anthropic Acquires Vercept to Accelerate Computer-Use AI Anthropic acquires Vercept, a Seattle-based AI startup specializing in computer-use agents, …
Stripe’s Valuation Soars 74% To $159 Billion
Stripe Valuation Soars to $159 Billion: What's Behind the Massive Jump? Stripe valuation now stands at $159 billion following a 74% increase in j…
Bill Gurley Says That Right Now, The Worst Thing You Can Do For Your Career Is Play It Safe
Bill Gurley career advice: Why playing it safe hurts your future Bill Gurley career advice is making waves in 2026: the legendary venture capitalist …
Quantonation’s Double-Sized Second Fund Shows Quantum Still Has Believers
Quantum Computing Funding: Quantonation's $260M Fund Signals Confidence Quantum computing funding is surging despite the technology still being y…
With AI, Investor Loyalty Is (Almost) Dead: At Least A Dozen OpenAI VCs Now Also Back Anthropic
AI Investor Loyalty Faces Unprecedented Test What's happening to AI investor loyalty as top venture firms pour money into both OpenAI and Anthrop…
Peak XV Raises $1.3B, Doubles Down On AI As Global VC Rivalry In India Heats Up
Peak XV Raises $1.3B: What the New Fund Means for Indian Startups Peak XV raises $1.3B to accelerate AI innovation and back high-potential startups a…
The Boys’ Club No One Was Supposed To Write About
Who really holds the power in Silicon Valley? Recent investigations reveal a hidden dynamic involving gay men in tech who are quietly building influe…
Ali Partovi’s Neo Looks To Upend The Accelerator Model With Low-Dilution Terms
Neo Residency: The Founder-Friendly Accelerator Revolution What is Neo Residency, and why are founders talking about its unusually founder-friendly t…
Thrive Raises $10B For New Fund, Its Largest Yet
Thrive Capital just closed a record-breaking $10 billion fund, marking its largest capital raise to date and signaling strong investor confidence in …
Jack Altman Joins Benchmark As GP
Jack Altman is joining Benchmark as a general partner, marking one of the most significant venture capital moves of 2026. Investors, founders, and in…
Have Money, Will Travel: a16z’s Hunt For The Next European Unicorn
Investors are increasingly looking beyond Silicon Valley for the next big thing in technology. Many founders ask where top venture capital firms are …