Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises |

In Brief Posted: 3:55 PM PDT · April 16, 2026 More than three years after the emergence of generative AI, AI-assisted coding remains by far…

Hightouch reaches $100M ARR fueled by marketing tools powered by AI |

Historically, marketers relied on designers and other creative professionals to develop images and videos for personalized online ad campaigns. In late 2024, seven-year-old startup Hightouch…

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge |

While many startups founded prior to the emergence of ChatGPT are struggling to position themselves for the AI era, Vercel, a 10-year-old dev tool and…

Sierra’s Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over |

10:20 AM PDT · April 9, 2026 Bret Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Sierra, a startup that builds customer service AI agents for enterprises, is…

Startup funding shatters all records in Q1 |

In Brief Posted: 1:25 PM PDT · April 1, 2026 Global investing in startups hit $297 billion in Q1 2026, breaking all records, according to…

From Moon hotels to cattle herding: 8 startups investors chased at YC Demo Day |

Investors have flocked to Y Combinator’s Demo Days for years to get their hands on promising startups building cool tech. After all, the accelerator has…

Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO |

SoftBank has taken on a new $40 billion loan to help it cover its $30 billion commitment to invest in OpenAI as part of the…

Riding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribing |

The number of med-spas, weight-loss clinics, and concierge practices where patients pay a membership fee for direct, often same-day access to physicians, has exploded in…

Insight Partners scrubs investment post about Delve amid ‘fake compliance’ allegations |

Update: The Insight Partners article about their investment in Delve, which had been removed at the time of publication, has since been restored. However, the…

Doss raises $55M for AI inventory management that plugs into ERP |

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are often described as a company’s “central brain” because the software connects different departments — including finance, HR, and inventory…