Before joining Sequoia Capital in 2020 as chief digital and information officer, Avon Puri spent over a decade running infrastructure at Rubrik and VMware. Three…
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Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’ |
David Lawrence was a Harvard Law student when an on-campus shooting involving a police officer sparked intense controversy over police conduct. Realizing that most policing…
Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt |
Ryan Breslow, the controversial entrepreneur who returned as CEO of Bolt last year after years of legal battles and clashes with investors, refuses to give…
AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom |
5:13 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 The near-bottomless demand for unique AI training data from top labs and corporations is driving a massive boom…
Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles |
In Brief Posted: 12:01 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 Castelion, a missile startup founded by former SpaceX executives, has raised a $1 billion Series…
Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders |
Publicly traded e-commerce marketing automation platform Klaviyo has agreed to acquire Agency, a three-year-old AI-powered customer success startup founded by serial entrepreneur Elias Torres. The…
Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds |
In Brief Posted: 12:39 PM PDT · July 31, 2026 Index Ventures has raised $2 billion in fresh capital across three funds, the firm announced…
Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human |
While AI agents are increasingly capable of solving customer support problems, most people can still tell immediately when they’re talking to a machine instead of…
Enigma raises $70M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume |
Multiple robotics companies are tackling one of AI’s hardest problems: building foundation models capable of executing tasks they were never explicitly trained to handle. Their…