Everett Randle, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins, joins VC firm Benchmark as general partner, following a slew of personnel departures at Benchmark
Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information : X: @km , @danprimack , @everettrandle , @scottbelsky , @everettrandle , @zebulgar , and @benchmark X: Kanyi Maqubela / @km : @EverettRandle...
Cognition acquires Windsurf, saying it will waive 100% of Windsurf employees' vesting cliffs and give them “fully accelerated vesting for their work to date”
techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/c... [embedded post] Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : The AI acquisition moves fast. First, OpenAI ditched its Windsurf deal after clashing with Microsof...
On the a16z podcast, Bryan Kim said a16z backed Cluely because speed in marketing and building beats crafting a perfect “artisan” product due to AI competition
“Cluely, a startup that claims to help users “cheat” on job interviews, exams, and sales calls, has raised a $15 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.” — techcrunch.com/20...
Sources: the US Treasury asked Benchmark whether its Manus AI funding is covered by restrictions on investments in tech destined for “countries of concern”
“Benchmark was advised by multiple US law firms that the investment was not covered by the outbound investment restrictions, because Manus was not developing its own AI models.” —...
Sources: Butterfly Effect, the Chinese startup behind Manus, has discussed setting up a new HQ outside China, and separating its domestic and global businesses
Leaders of the Chinese startup behind the hit artificial intelligence agent Manus have discussed setting up new headquarters outside China …
Sources: Chinese AI startup Manus raised $75M led by Benchmark at a $500M valuation, and plans to expand to markets including the US, Japan, and the Middle East
incredible launch, incredible product, incredible investors. Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi : Manus is based in Beijing. Wonder how you underwrite that risk. Perhaps why Gurley has been t...
A Columbia student suspended over a tool to cheat on job interviews says he has raised a $5.3M seed for Cluely, which offers an AI tool to “cheat on everything”
We want to cheat on everything. Yep, you heard that right. Interviews. Business Today : AI startup Cluely raises $5.3 million to let users ‘cheat on everything,’ even job intervi...
NY-based Silna, which provides healthcare revenue cycle management software, emerges from stealth with a $22M Series A co-led by Accel and Bain and a $5M seed
the company I cofounded w @Jeffrey_Morelli and @sagarjajoo—is emerging with $27M in funding from Accel+Bain Capital Our platform is already enabling tens of thousands of patients t...
Google says it removed Calendar's Pride Month, Black History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and more events in 2024 for not being “scalable or sustainable”
Google says it switched to only showing default entries for public holidays and national observances last year.
a16z hires former Marine Daniel Penny, who in December a New York jury acquitted in a controversial subway chokehold case, to work on its American Dynamism team
“Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,” said partner David Ulevitch in a statement explaining the hire.
a16z hires former Marine Daniel Penny, who in December a New York jury acquitted in a controversial subway chokehold case, to work on its American Dynamism team
“Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,” said partner David Ulevitch in a statement explaining the hire.
Sources detail Elon Musk's role in Trump's transition: Mar-a-Lago meetings, calls with world leaders, voicing support for Brendan Carr at the FCC, and more
He's on the patio. He's on the golf course. Everywhere Donald Trump looks, there is the world's richest man.
Source: TSMC's US division president said during a webinar that production yields in Arizona are 4 percentage points higher than at similar facilities in Taiwan
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg :
Payroll startup Warp, part of YC's W23 batch, disavows a racist post from an affiliate X account, amid claims its affiliates on X are posting “engagement bait”
Warp is under the spotlight following controversial posts from an account tied to the company. X: @joinwarp , @varunramg , @picopaco17 , @gergelyorosz , @khabrnow , @shedcap , @flu...
A look at China's humanoids market, after the city of Beijing launched a $1.4B robotics fund in January and Shanghai announced in July plans for a $1.4B fund
China dominates the market for electric vehicles. Now it's chasing Tesla (TSLA.O) in the race to build battery-powered humanoids expected …
A look at China's humanoids market, after the city of Beijing launched a $1.4B robotics fund in January and Shanghai announced in July plans for a $1.4B fund
China dominates the market for electric vehicles. Now it's chasing Tesla (TSLA.O) in the race to build battery-powered humanoids expected …
A look at Trump VP pick JD Vance's tech ties, like working at Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital and investing in Rumble; Vance advocated for repealing Section 230
Vance has long had connections to Silicon Valley through his former life as a venture capitalist, including to long-time Donald Trump supporter and investor Peter Thiel.
Sources: Elon Musk plans to commit ~$45M per month to America PAC, a new pro-Trump super PAC; other backers include 8VC's Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins
Other backers of America PAC include Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins
Nominal, which offers tools for data analysis, testing, and more to startups building advanced hardware like drones, emerges from stealth with $27.5M in funding
Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg :
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman departs the company and leaves its board after a board review found he wasn't “consistently candid in his communications with the board”
The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc, the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities …