AI search startup Profound raises $35M as Sequoia backs its bid to be the Salesforce of marketing’s next rra
As AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity reshape how people search—siphoning queries away from Google—startups are racing to…
Tesla hiring robotaxi test drivers in NYC, hasn’t applied for permits
A Tesla robotaxi drives on the street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, U.S., June 22, 2025.…
Australia’s tech goldrush – Asian Tech Roundup
Plus: jail time looms for secret stealers Image: Investors are rushing to put their money in Aussie startups…
Exclusive: Decart raises $100 million at a $3.1 billion valuation, chasing the future of real-time creative AI
Dean Leitersdorf and I are on Zoom, watching a Sabrina Carpenter music video. In “Taste,” Carpenter and Jenna…
OpenAI’s reported $500 billion valuation signals AI euphoria
And this week saw the Sam Altman-led company unveil its long-awaited GPT-5, along with a sweeping U.S. government…
Media and Entertainment Ventures Raise $500 Million in July
This report is a partnership between WrapPRO and PitchBook, the go-to financial data and software platform that provides…
This conversation is being recorded — and so is everything else you do in San Francisco
Warning, San Francisco: That cute necklace your coworker is wearing might be recording you. A crop of startups…
Figma IPO’s surprise winner is a charity with 13 million shares—and a famous backstory that sparked a bitter feud over a donor’s oil fortune
As Figma went public this week to much fanfare—and an almost instantaneous 250% stock pop—quite a few folks…
Palmer Luckey’s Anduril leads second-quarter venture capital investments for greater L.A.
Venture capital investments in the greater Los Angeles region more than doubled to $5.8 billion in the second…
Southeast Asia’s venture investors are excited about AI—but less excited about the region
Asia editor Nick Gordon here, filling in for Allie Garfinkle. The future of AI is in Asia. At least,…