When Max Brodeur-Urbas co-founded Gumloop in mid-2023, his vision was to help non-technical employees automate repetitive tasks using AI. At that time, the concept of…
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6:03 PM PDT · March 9, 2026 Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund is nearing the close of its fourth growth fund, Founders Fund Growth IV, with…
Robinhood’s startup fund stumbles in NYSE debut |
Retail investors are famously locked out of the startup world. Robinhood is attempting to change that by allowing the general public to invest in a…
DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable |
A typical merger-and-acquisition process is time-consuming and expensive, even for the largest, well-staffed private equity firms. In addition to spending countless hours meeting with senior…
Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation |
10:32 AM PST · March 4, 2026 Decagon, an AI-powered customer support startup, is set to announce the completion of its first tender offer, allowing…
Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices |
As competition among AI startups heats up, founders and VCs are turning to novel valuation mechanisms to manufacture a perception of market dominance. Until recently,…
Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue |
In Brief Posted: 5:53 PM PST · March 2, 2026 The AI coding assistant Cursor has surpassed $2 billion in annualized revenue, a metric calculated…
Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay |
In Brief Posted: 3:01 PM PST · March 2, 2026 PayPay, Japan’s leading mobile payment app, has reportedly postponed its U.S. IPO due to market…
Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale |
In Brief Posted: 11:19 PM PST · February 26, 2026 Plaid, a company that connects financial applications to users’ bank accounts, enabling payments and data…
Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500M |
In Brief Posted: 4:45 PM PST · February 24, 2026 MatX, a chip startup founded by two former Google hardware engineers, has raised a $500…