Baseten, which helps companies launch open-source or custom AI models, raised a $150M Series D led by Bond at a $2.15B valuation, up from $825M in February
The Baseten founding team. — BASETEN — In some sense, Baseten started with building blocks—literally.
New Zealand-based Halter, which provides smart collars and geofencing software for the dairy industry, raised a $100M Series D led by Bond at a $1B valuation
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Q&A with Mary Meeker on publishing her first Trends report since 2019, its focus on the AI revolution, why OpenAI may have an insurmountable lead, and more
#google #chatgpt #openai #ai #gemini @martenmickos : 340 slides you want to read. — Mary Meeker's report on AI trends. — www.bondcap.com/reports/tai Greg Linden / @glinden : At least in my read, t...
Q&A with Mary Meeker on publishing her first Trends report since 2019, its focus on the AI revolution, why OpenAI may have an insurmountable lead, and more
www.bondcap.com/reports/tai @eguango : if you want to know the nitty gritty of the state of AI, can't recommend this report from Mary Meeker strongly enough. [embedded post] Threads: Benedict Evans /...
Sentry, an application performance monitoring service used by Microsoft, Slack, and others, raises a $90M Series E led by Bond and Accel at a $3B+ valuation
Sentry, an application performance monitoring (APM) platform used by some of the world's biggest companies, has raised $90 million in a series E round of funding.
Sources: online used-car marketplace Carvana, which saw its shares drop ~30% in recent weeks, was forced to sell half of its bonds to Apollo Global for $1.6B
Online used-car retailer was spurned by lenders to fund deal — Carvana Co. 's financial troubles spilled over into debt markets … Tweets: @jodixu , @wampummining , @blue_chip1 , and @wsjcfo Tweets: ...
Amazon says it will acquire MGM Studios for $8.45B, its second-largest acquisition since it paid $13.7B for Whole Foods in 2017
they are laser-focused on expanding and entrenching their monopoly power. That's bad for workers, consumers, and small businesses. Josh Hawley / @hawleymo : This sale should not go through. @amazon is...
Genies, which develops avatars for virtual identity and digital goods, raises $65M Series B led by Bond and plans a marketplace on Dapper Labs' Flow service
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Filing: Hipcamp, a platform for listing and booking campsites, raises $57M Series C at a valuation of $300M+, double the valuation from its last raise in 2019
10 days after Airbnb's IPO, filings show. It values the company at more than $300M. Bond and Index are new investors. https://thein.fo/... Charlie Hanna / @charliehanna : Congratulations Alyssa and th...
Google claims “quantum supremacy” after its Sycamore processor completed a calculation in 3 min 20 sec that would take 10K+ years on today's supercomputers
even from Microsoft Kevin Hartnett / Quanta Magazine : Google and IBM Clash Over Milestone Quantum Computing Experiment Gareth Halfacree / bit-tech.net : Google proclaims quantum supremacy, but IBM di...