Stripe on Monday released a preview of a new feature that could help AI startups (and other companies) solve the problem of passing through the…
Author: Julie Bort
OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets |
In Brief Posted: 3:00 PM PST · February 27, 2026 OpenAI has fired an employee over the employee’s activity on prediction markets, including Polymarket, the…
More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever before |
11:39 AM PST · February 24, 2026 AI has brought the startup world the rise of a new phenomenon: startups that almost instantly hit multimillion-dollar…
With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: At least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic |
With OpenAI on the verge of finalizing a new $100 billion round, and Anthropic just closing its own monster $30 billion raise, one thing is…
Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation |
6:00 AM PST · February 11, 2026 University of Texas spinout Apptronik, a builder of humanoid robots for Google DeepMind among others, on Wednesday announced…
Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce |
When Sam Blond left his job as a VC for Founders Fund a year ago — just 18 months after he started — he told…
VC Masha Bucher, Epstein associate and Day One founder, explains herself |
Masha Bucher, a Silicon Valley VC and founder of Day One Ventures, took to X this week to address news reports documenting her close business…
Former GitHub CEO raises record $60M dev tool seed round at $300M valuation |
6:30 AM PST · February 10, 2026 Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has raised the largest-ever seed round for a dev tool startup, according to…