Meanwhile, Perplexity carries their round momentum into… another round and the FTC got rid of noncompetes.
From Early Stages to IPOs, the Role of Trust, and the Influence of Y Combinator on Global Startup Ecosystems.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin in halving (priced in) and a unicorn is set to be slaughtered (Lacework sale to Wiz)
Meanwhile, BloomTech gets slapped by the CFPB and Mercury makes it personal for founders
Tune in live right now to hear about Clearbit's journey from founding to exit from co-founder Matt Sornson
Meanwhile, a61z closes a new gajillion dollar fund and the internet hates on the Humane AI Pin
Tune in live right now to watch 4 exciting founders present what they're building!
Investing in Bear Naked Granola. The transition from PE to VC. Investing early (really early). Playing the long game.
Meanwhile, Instagram big-dogged YouTube, Jony Ive and Sam Altman are fundraising, and Google is thinking about buying HubSpot
Meanwhile, SBF is going to jail, Amazon invests a gajillion dollars in Anthropic, and Microsoft (OpenAI) plans a gajillion dollar data center.
We're live from 3pm to 4pm EST - tune in to learn more about hyperscaling from people who did it
Meanwhile, Robinhood gets into the credit card game and the Instagram co-founders might not shut down their side project after all.
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