Sources: Cursor maker Anysphere is in talks to raise hundreds of millions at a $10B valuation, up from $2.5B in January, and crossed $100M in ARR in 12 months
Cool AI startups in 2025: we will raise hundreds of millions of dollars [embedded post] X: Trace Cohen / @trace_cohen : $10B val doing $150M prob!? But like in 2yrs which is crazy but what... At this ...
Source: Ilya Sutskever's startup Safe Superintelligence is raising $1B+ at a $30B+ valuation led by Greenoaks Capital, which plans to invest $500M
that outsmarts humans in a safe way—is heading for a $30 billion-plus valuation The Information : Ilya Sutskever's Startup in Talks to Raise Financing at $30 Billion Valuation Meytal Vaizberg / Globes...
Sources: Accel is in talks to lead a round in Scale AI at a ~$13B valuation, up from $7.3B in 2021; Scale AI generated $675M+ in revenue in 2023, up ~150% YoY
Venture capital firm Accel, an early investor in the data labeling startup Scale AI, is in talks to lead a new round of funding … X: @kateclarktweets X: Kate Clark / @kateclarktweets : Scoop: Accel pl...
Sources: Ramp, which offers credit cards and expense management software, is raising funding at a $5.5B valuation, a 32% cut to its $8.1B valuation from 2022
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Sources: NYC-based Runway, which uses AI to let users generate videos from text descriptions, raised ~$100M from Google and others at a ~$1.5B valuation
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An SEC filing shows OpenAI closed a $175.3M fund to invest in startups, 75% more than the money raised when the fund launched in May 2021, from 14 investors
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Investor presentation: SVB Capital, which manages $9.5B, invested $234M in Sequoia Capital as of May 2022, $173M in a16z funds in 2018 and 2021, and more
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Sources: Stripe is raising $6B at a $50B valuation from Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, a16z, and Founders Fund to help early employees exercise their RSUs
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Bessemer Venture Partners raised $4.6B for two new funds in August: $3.85B for young startups, the firm's biggest fund to date, and $780M for PE buyouts
Venture capitalists aren't striking many deals with tech founders these days. Initial public offerings are nonexistent and public tech stocks … Tweets: @kateclarktweets , @jessicalessin , @dbhurley ,...
Sources: Substack dropped efforts to raise money, after talks to raise $75M-$100M at a $750M-$1B valuation, during which the company said 2021 revenue was ~$9M
Good afternoon! Today, Realm's no-code beta enters it's … Michael Spencer / Creator Economy Tips : Substack Halts Plans for Series C Funding Casey Newton / Platformer : Substack's failed fundraise Tw...