Startup funding announcements are getting the TikTok treatment, thanks to Gen Z founders
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This startup is taking a new approach to building celebrity brands. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $5M.
VO/D has been developing celebrity brands. It started with freeze-dried candy before moving into the protein and supplements category.
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The long-awaited digital health IPO is back, but most late-stage healthcare startups aren't ready for it, according to bankers
Hinge Health and Omada Health reawakened the digital health IPO market. But most late-stage healthcare startups aren't ready to follow them this year.
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Climatiq uses AI to automate carbon emission data. See the pitch deck it used to raise $11.6 million.
Amid a climate tech funding slump, Climatiq has secured an $11.6 million Series A to help companies automate their carbon emissions calculations.
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Synthflow AI is bringing 'conversational' voice agents to call centers. Read the pitch deck that it used to raise $20 million.
Berlin-based Synthflow is targeting customer call centers with its conversational AI voice agents, and says it already has over 1,000 clients.
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Meet 19 startups in social networking, dating, and AI that investors have their eyes on
Business Insider spoke with nine VC investors about what buzzy consumer social startups are on their radars.
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Scale AI exposed sensitive data about clients like Meta and xAI in public Google Docs, BI finds
Scale AI's public Google Docs reveal sensitive information from clients like Meta and Google, raising concerns over data protection in AI projects.
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'We're not trying to be Silicon Valley': Inside Station F, where Paris is incubating the next tech and AI juggernauts
Station F transformed Paris's startup ecosystem. Here's how it's galvanizing France's AI boom and luring global talent.
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Viral AI 'cheating' startup Cluely lands $15 million led by Andreessen Horowitz
Viral AI startup Cluely just nabbed $15 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Find out why a16z invested and what Cluely's next plans are.
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A new dating app made by college students uses mutual friends to match you. Read the pitch deck it raised $1.6M with.
Cerca, a new dating app, wants to help singles go on dates with "mutuals, not strangers." It recently raised funds from Corazon Capital.
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I'm a VC founder. Here's a day in my life, from coffee and emails at 4 a.m. to taking a Waymo to dance class at noon
Baukunst founder and single mom Kate McAndrew said her "deep work" takes place between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m., when she's most creative.
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This SpaceX alum-founded startup raised $10 million in 36 hours
AndrenaM, an AI-enabled maritime tech startup, plans to double its head count and build hardware with new funding.
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'Order the New Mountain special': How one private equity firm is bringing big exits back to healthcare VC
The private equity firm is making multibillion dollar bets in healthtech and giving healthcare investors a new exit route they're desperate for.
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The hottest tech job candidates in America — and what you need to become one — according to top recruiters
America's most desirable tech worker has an advanced degree, and soft skills, in common.
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Why consumer tech founders are falling in love with the city that never sleeps
New York City is experiencing a consumer tech renaissance, attracting startups and investors. The Bay Area still leads in venture funding.
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GitHub's CEO says startups can only get so far with vibe coding
Thomas Dohmke says AI can help non-technical founders launch a startup, but they still need developers to scale and attract investment from VCs.
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Fast-growing Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable is set to raise funding from Accel at a $1.5 billion valuation
Accel is set to lead a new funding round in Swedish "vibe coding" startup Lovable at a valuation of at least $1.5 billion, according to sources.
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The 10 most exciting AI agent startups at Y Combinator's Demo Day for its first-ever spring cohort
Startup accelerator Y Combinator's Demo Day for its inaugural spring cohort featured many agentic AI startups.
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New York's tech industry has a warning for San Francisco: We're coming for your AI crown
New York City is positioning itself as a major player in AI innovation, challenging San Francisco's dominance.
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3 tips to help your startup survive the age of AI, from Anthropic's product chief
Anthropic's Mike Krieger said companies with a good understanding of the customer can stay "defensible" in the business.
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VC's new favorite guessing game: Who is Arfur Rock, the 'Gossip Girl of Silicon Valley?'
VCs in Silicon Valley have been speculating about who is behind an anonymous X account that publishes insider info about startups and VC firms.
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Diabetes startup Omada Health finally went public after 14 years. Here's who made bank.
Diabetes care startup Omada Health went public Friday 14 years after its founding. Here's what its major investors' stakes are now worth.
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VC giant Andreessen Horowitz's power move has spurred some niche drama at New York Tech Week
New York's Tech Week has us asking: Will you send a Partiful or Luma invite for your next tech happy hour?
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Move over, San Francisco. NYC tech founders say their city is the land of AI opportunity.
NYC Tech Week showcased New York's rise as a hot spot for AI and deep tech startups competing with San Francisco's tech industry.
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The Googlers behind NotebookLM are launching their own AI audio startup. Here's a sneak peek.
The former Googlers just unveiled Huxe, a personal AI assistant. It turns your day into a custom audio feed.
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OpenAI engineers are 8 times as likely to join Anthropic than the reverse, a report says. Here's why.
AI startup Anthropic is siphoning top talent from OpenAI and Google's DeepMind.
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The Palantir job that grows startup founders
Forward Deployed Software Engineers at Palantir gain startup-ready skills through direct client work. Many have left the firm to become founders.
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Ciroos is building AI teammates that fix tech issues faster. Here's the pitch deck it used to raise $21 million.
Ciroos just launched from stealth with $21 million in seed funding from Energy Impact Partners. It's building AI agents for site reliability.
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Treefera uses AI to track goods at the start of the supply chain. See the pitch deck it used to raise $30 million.
Treefera's AI platform provides data on the first mile of a supply chain to help companies understand their compliance with ESG rules.
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Southeast Asia's tech startups are chasing the American dream
Southeast Asian tech startups are increasingly targeting the US market for growth — and American businesses are happy to have them.
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Buzzy startup Superpower is making another acquisition to power its AI doctor app
The health AI "super app" wants to add more nutrition data to its platform with this buy, its second acquisition of the yar.
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This YC-backed startup wants to speed up US visa applications with AI. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $2.7 million.
Gale just raised $2.7 million to speed up US work visa filings with AI. See the pitch deck that convinced Axiom Partners and Y Combinator to invest.
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See the 12-slide pitch deck AI marketing-tech startup Octave used to raise a $5.5 million seed round from Bonfire and a LinkedIn alumni fund
Marketing tech startup Octave has raised $5.5 million to expand the growth of its AI-powered go-to-market platform.
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This logistics startup is getting 'buried in inbound' from brands after de minimis ended. It just raised $18 million.
Logistics startup Portless secures $18 million in Series A funding amid tariff changes, offering Western brands a Shein-inspired shipping model.
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A Carta exec's resignation letter accused the CEO of sexism. She says she didn't write it.
A former Carta exec accused the CEO of "humiliating certain women" in her resignation—then disavowed the letter.
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This startup wants to improve child gut health with personalized nutrition plans. See the pitch deck it used to raise $2.5 million.
Alba Health just raised $2.5 million to bring gut health support to families. See the pitch deck that won over Oura's founder and other investors.
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The CEO of $6 billion payments company Airwallex says he made 3 mistakes in the early days of the company
"I hired the first 100 people in Airwallex by myself on LinkedIn," Jack Zhang said of his first mistake.
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I spoke with the CFOs of Vercel, Mercury, and Cribl about doing business in uncertain times
BI sat down this week with the CFOs of Mercury, Vercel, and Cribl, who shared how they are faring amid market uncertainty and IPO jitters.
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Legaltech startups have raised over $1 billion this year. Here are 10 companies to watch.
From contract drafting to litigation outcome prediction tools, legaltech
is having a moment and raking in cash.
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Here's how newly public Hinge Health wants to use AI to automate more care delivery and bring in more cash
Physical therapy company Hinge Health finally went public Thursday. Its CEO says it's banking on AI to automate more care and drive growth.
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These ex-Uber managers just raised $13 million to bring AI teammates to the workplace. Here's the pitch deck they used.
Startup Coworker.ai raised a $13 million seed funding round from Triatomic Capital, Abstract Ventures, and Eniac to bring AI agents to the workplace.
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The rise of OpenAI's billionaire CEO, Sam Altman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman became a household name after the release of OpenAI's groundbreaking AI model, ChatGPT.
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Hinge Health just broke open the digital health IPO market. Here's who's getting rich.
The stakes of Hinge Health's investors and executives are now worth millions after the company debuted on the stock market.
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Legaltech unicorn Harvey has agreed to spend $150 million on Azure over two years, an internal memo shows
Harvey, which builds chatbots and agents tailored for legal and professional services, is gassing up on Azure cloud credits as it scales up.
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Check out the exclusive 18-slide pitch deck an ex-Uber leader used to raise $10 million to build AI for home healthcare tech
Axle Health just grabbed a $10 million Series A led by F-Prime Capital for its AI that streamlines hospital-at-home care, Business Insider learned.
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The offers flooded in for red-hot legal tech startup Legora's new $80 million funding round
AI is coming for lawyers. Here's why VCs like General Catalyst and Iconiq are betting on Legora to lead the way.
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Affiniti's AI agents are CFOs for small businesses. Here's the deck that landed the fintech startup a $17 million Series A.
Fintech startup Affiniti is launching AI agents that parse financial data for small businesses and act as their CFO.
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Omada Health is jumping on the nutrition care boom with new AI agent tech ahead of its IPO
$1 billion diabetes startup Omada Health is launching new AI tools for nutrition care after filing its S-1 to go public.
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Check out the 14-slide pitch deck agentic AI startup Sweep used to raise $22.5 million from Insight Partners
Sweep's agentic AI platform automates operations on Salesforce and Hubspot.
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