Character.AI told staff that investors will be bought out at a valuation of ~2.5x its $1B 2023 valuation, and it plans to adopt open-source models for products
and what we don't X: @swyx : Ok after some reading whining about the broken founding employee contract I actually did some research: - Adept stock is getting bought at par - Inflection stock getting b...
Character.AI told staff that investors will be bought out at a valuation of ~2.5x its $1B 2023 valuation, and it plans to adopt open-source models for products
and what we don't X: @swyx : Ok after some reading whining about the broken founding employee contract I actually did some research: - Adept stock is getting bought at par - Inflection stock getting b...
Source: IRL CEO Abraham Shafi has stepped down, following allegations the messaging startup used bots to inflate its user count shared publicly and to investors
Mark Matousek / The Information : Tweets: @martymadrid , @mattschaar , @bryce , @abebrown716 , and @amir Tweets: @martymadrid : This tracks ... I've been following this “company” since 2019 and have ...
Source: IRL CEO Abraham Shafi has stepped down, following allegations the messaging startup used bots to inflate the users it reported publicly and to investors
Abraham Shafi has stepped down as CEO of messaging app IRL following allegations that the company used bots to inflate the users … Tweets: @bryce , @amir , @mattschaar , and @abebrown716 Tweets: Bryce...
All three founders of online trading service Pipe are stepping down as the company looks for a “veteran” CEO; Pipe raised $250M at a $2B valuation in May 2021
Setting the scene — The co-founders of revenue-based financing … Nancy Dahlberg / Refresh Miami : Pipe co-founders step down and search for ‘veteran’ CEO is launched Jeff Kauflin / Forbes : Three Co...
In a postmortem, Indie.vc founder shares the reasons why the alternative VC financing experiment failed
Bryce Roberts : Tweets: @indievc , @operaqueenie , @sirjrg , @jhoronjeff , @krdonnelly , @mattallen , @gilxhernandez , @danielvlopes , @gbennett41 , @adamhjk , @cwhogg , @miles_k , @ceonyc , and @mik...
Black tech founders say VCs should move past diversity theater, addressing the lack of top-level black investors and investment in black-run startups
representing just seven black people at the 102 largest venture capital firms in the United States.” https://twitter.com/... Nitasha Tiku / @nitashatiku : New from me, featuring @tiffani @km @TheValue...
Foursquare CEO Jeff Glueck is leaving at the end of the year, to be replaced by David Shim, who joined Foursquare as president in June
a company many had written off, that instead is finishing the year with $100 million in revenues! https://twitter.com/... Sally Shin / @sallyshin : More CEO exits...This time at Foursquare. CEO Jeff G...
Firms' desire to transform Utah into a major tech hub clashes with the state's Mormon values
Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @jacksmithiv , @mckaycoppins , @bryce , @johnknotwell and @daveambrose Tweets: Jack Smith IV / @jacksmithiv : Utah is booming as a startup scene, largely cuz o...
Dropbox says it's cutting some employee perks including SF shuttle bus, gym laundry service, and unlimited dinner guests in leaked memo
When Dropbox employees walked into their new office on Brannan Street last month, they were dazzled by something they hadn't seen before — a gleaming, 5-foot-tall panda statue made of chrome. Tweets: ...