Stripe confirmed on Wednesday that it was buying OpenRouter. While the company didn’t disclose the deal price, sources told the New York Times that it…
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Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: '1% are helpful' |
Travis Kalanick certainly has had a love-hate relationship with VCs over his career. As the founder of Uber he was a VC darling, raising what…
Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month |
Etched on Tuesday announced that it has raised another $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane Street after the famed quant fund…
Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New York |
In Brief Posted: 6:00 AM PDT · August 18, 2026 Neko Health’s promised U.S. expansion arrives on September 24, when the health-scanning startup opens its…
Thrive's Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria |
In Thrive Capital’s first-ever investor letter, founder Joshua Kushner has some unexpected things to say about his venture capital rivals on the West Coast. “It…
Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation. |
There’s a funny kind of game that the latest of late-stage startups must play when raising money. They often have to sell more shares than…
AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation |
In Brief Posted: 11:19 AM PDT · August 12, 2026 Cognition, makers of the AI coding agent Devin, is reportedly already talking to investors about…
Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M |
9:04 AM PDT · August 12, 2026 Europe’s favorite vibe-coding startup Lovable has confirmed previously reported whispers that it was raising another mega round at…
General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI |
River AI, an AI startup founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has secured $1.1 billion in funding in a seed/Series A round led by General…
Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym |
By now, we all realize that Silicon Valley’s AI labs have built the world’s best hackers in the form of AI agents. Give the latest…