Whether developed by OpenAI or Anthropic or built on open source alternatives, current AI models share a critical limitation: They don’t learn from their mistakes…
Author: Marina Temkin
Salesforce’s M&A spree continues with a reported $375M deal for defense tech startup Rune |
In Brief Posted: 4:21 PM PDT · October 30, 2026 Salesforce has agreed to acquire Rune Technologies, a startup that builds AI software to help…
Ex-Palantir execs launch Dream with $17M from a16z to build AI world models for construction |
Andy Elder and Arjun Mathur were Stanford roommates who both studied computer science before spending a decade at Palantir. Elder led product design for a…
Upwind raises $400M after walking away from Datadog acquisition offer |
4:15 PM PDT · October 28, 2026 Upwind, a San Francisco startup that uses AI to secure cloud infrastructure, has raised a $400 million Series…
VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more |
Many investors stand to win big when Anthropic goes public. Stakes held by firms including Menlo Ventures, Sequoia, Sound Ventures, and Spark Capital are expected…
What some of Anthropic’s backers are worth before its IPO |
9:02 AM PDT · October 23, 2026 Anthropic’s public listing, which is expected this year at a valuation of as much as $2 trillion, is…
Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early |
Startups are staying private longer, leaving employees, who typically take a portion of their compensation as stock they can’t sell, with little hope of early…
As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier |
In Brief Posted: 3:34 PM PDT · October 22, 2026 In a sign that crypto and blockchain-focused investing has receded in importance, Andreessen Horowitz announced…
Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots |
In Brief Posted: 11:38 AM PDT · October 22, 2026 Former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil has launched Warp Sciences, a new AI startup focused…
Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei |
In Brief Posted: 10:55 AM PDT · October 20, 2026 Eric Schmidt’s fortune is about to get even bigger. The former Google CEO is reported…