In a first, Larry Ellison passes Bill Gates to become the world's fourth-richest person with a $129.8B net worth; ORCL has risen 42% in 2023 on the AI boom
The optimism around artificial intelligence boosted both Oracle Corp.'s stock — and founder Larry Ellison's net worth — to record highs on Monday.
Luminous Computing, which is making a light-based AI accelerator chip, raises a $105M Series A from Bill Gates and others at a $200M-$300M post-money valuation
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Kymeta raises $85M led by Bill Gates as it prepares to launch a flat panel antenna for cellular and satellite broadband connections
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
Luminous Computing, which aims to build a photonic chip, raises $9M seed round led by Bill Gates, with Dara Khosrowshahi, Travis Kalanick, others participating
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Seed and early stage VC fund Village launches backed by Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, Jeff Bezos, Marissa Mayer, Eric Schmidt, and others
We're excited to publicly announce Village, a new early stage venture capital firm. This is Day 1 for us. There is much to do, and much to learn.
Jeff Bezos surpasses Bill Gates as world's richest person, with a net worth of ~$90.9B, as Amazon shares surged in trading; Gates held the top spot since 2013
His net worth climbs more than $1 billion in intraday trading — Gates has held top spot on Bloomberg wealth index since 2013
Echodyne raises $29M Series B led by NEA to develop radar sensors for drones and autonomous vehicles, bringing its total raised to $44M
twice Alan Boyle / GeekWire : Echodyne gets $29M from NEA, Bill Gates and others to boost radar suited for drones and cars Tweets: Josh Wolfe / @wolfejosh : Fresh funding $29M from @Lux_Capital + @Bil...
Bill Gates-backed satellite antenna company Kymeta discloses $73.5M round in SEC filing, its largest round to date as total funding approaches $200M
Taylor Soper / GeekWire : Thanks: @johnhcook
Bill Gates-backed satellite antenna company Kymeta discloses $73.5M round in SEC filing, its largest round to date as total funding approaches $200M
Taylor Soper / GeekWire : Thanks: @johnhcook
Bill Gates-backed satellite antenna company Kymeta discloses $73.5M round in SEC filing, its largest round to date as total funding approaches $200M
Taylor Soper / GeekWire : Thanks: @johnhcook