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,…
Waymo plans to bring its robotaxi service to Dallas in 2026
A Waymo rider-only robotaxi is seen during a test ride in San Francisco, California, U.S., December 9, 2022. …
How USD 689 K Rebrand Debacle Sank 54 Collective, Africa’s Fallen Venture King
In 2018, Founders Factory Africa (FFA) launched with ambitious goals: to build early-stage startups across Africa and connect…
Term Sheet Next: Lerer Hippeau makes its first senior venture hire with Ron Zori
Ron Zori’s first brush with venture capital came during his freshman year at Columbia University, when he went…
VCs use this ‘power law’ to identify ‘massive winners’ to invest in
Peter Specht, general partner at venture capital firm Creandum. Creandum As pitches from founders come flooding in, one…