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| 09.09.2025 | AI Coding Giant Cognition Soars to $10.2 Billion Valuation | Cognition AI secured over $400 million in new funding. This catapults its valuation to $10.2 billion. It reflects immense investor confidence in its AI coding assistant, Devin. Devin propelled Cognition's annual recurring revenue from $1 mi... |
| 09.09.2025 | Startup Behind Goldman Sachs’ First ‘A.I. Employee’ Valued at $10B After Peter Thiel Funding | Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund led Cognition’s latest $400 million funding round. Photo by Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union
Cognition AI, the San Francisco-based startup known for its A.I. software engineer Devin used by Goldm... |
| 08.09.2025 | Cognition AI cinches $10 billion valuation with new funding | Synopsis
The latest round was led by Founders Fund, the venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel, and included existing investors such as Lux Capital, Joe Lonsdaleâs 8VC, Elad Gil, Definition Capital and Swish Ventures, the company said... |
| 08.09.2025 | AI coding startup Cognition raises $400M+ at $10.2B valuation
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Founders Fund led the funding round. It was joined by existing backers Lux Cap... |
| 18.06.2025 | Lenskart and Applied Intuition: A Tale of Two Valuations in the Tech-Driven Market | In the fast-paced world of startups, valuations can shift like sand in the wind. Two companies, Lenskart and Applied Intuition, have recently captured headlines with their soaring valuations. Each represents a different facet of the tech la... |
| 17.06.2025 | Vehicle intelligence startup Applied Intuition raises $600M at $15B valuation
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One click below supports our mission to pro... | Applied Intuition Inc., a startup that develops technology for autonomous vehicles, trucks, drones and other intelligent platforms, today announced it has raised $600 million in late-stage funding, doubling its valuation to $15 billion.
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| 17.06.2025 | Applied Intuition Closes Series F at $15 Billion Valuation | Applied Intuition, Inc., a Mountain View, CA-based vehicle intelligence company for automotive, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture and defense, closed a $600M Series F funding, at $15 Billion valuation.
The round was led by BlackRo... |
| 17.06.2025 | Applied Intuition Closes Series F at $15 Billion Valuation, Accelerating Vehicle Intelligence Across All Moving Machines | Closed in just over a year since the Series E announcement, this transaction demonstrates the company's hypergrowth and cements its leadership position in the vehicle intelligence market
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ... |
| 20.05.2025 | Rippling Doubles Down on India with Second Office in Bengaluru Rippling, which currently employs around 1,000 people in India, aims to double its local workforce to 2,000 over the next three years. | Global HRtech major Rippling has expanded its footprint in India by opening a second office in Bengaluru, underscoring the country's strategic importance to the company's growth.
The move comes on the heels of its massive USD 450 million Se... |
| 11.05.2025 | Rippling's Meteoric Rise: A $450 Million Bet on Workforce Management | In the fast-paced world of tech startups, few stories shine as brightly as Rippling's. This workforce management platform has just secured a staggering $450 million in Series G funding, pushing its valuation to an impressive $16.8 billion. ... |
| 09.05.2025 | Rippling raises $450 million at $16.8 billion valuation | Rippling Rippling
Founded: 2016
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States
Total Funding: $1.99B
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| 13.03.2025 | Quanta: $4.7 Million (Seed) Raised For Next-Generation Accounting Platform | Quanta, a next-generation accounting company powered by AI, announced the general availability of its platform, featuring a self-serve onboarding process that accomplishes in minutes what typically takes weeks with other solutions. And Quan... |
| 22.02.2025 | Harvey: $300 Million (Series D) Raised At $3 Billion Valuation For Legal AI Platform | Harvey recently announced the Series D funding round led by Sequoia and including Coatue, Kleiner Perkins, OpenAI Startup Fund, GV, Conviction, Elad Gil, and REV, the venture capital arm of RELX Group which owns LexisNexis Legal & Profe... |
| 17.02.2025 | Abridge: $250 Million (Series D) Raised To Advance GenAI Platform Clinical Conversations | Abridge, a leading generative AI (GenAI) platform for clinical conversations, announced it has raised a $250 million Series D investment, coinciding with the milestone of surpassing 100 deployments at some of the largest and most complex he... |
| 17.02.2025 | Abridge Raises $250M in Series D Funding | Abridge, San Francisco, CA-based provider of a generative AI platform for clinical conversations, raised $250M in Series D funding.
The round was co-led by Elad Gil and IVP, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, California Heal... |
| 17.02.2025 | Abridge Raises $250M to Advance AI-Powered Clinical Documentation | What You Should Know:
– Abridge, a provider of generative AI solutions for healthcare, today announced a $250M Series D funding round, bringing its total capital raised to over $425M.
– The investment, co-led by Elad Gil and IVP, comes as A... |
| 20.12.2024 | The Future of Infrastructure and Creativity: How AI is Shaping Our World | In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a buzzword; it’s a transformative force. Two recent innovations illustrate this shift: Dynamic Infrastructure’s predictive AI for civil engineering an... |
| 20.12.2024 | Dynamic Infrastructure Introduces Groundbreaking AI Capability to Predict Future Deterioration in Civil Infrastructure | Dynamic Infrastructure (DiGlobal), a global leader in implementing AI solutions for the civil infrastructure sector, is proud to announce a revolutionary AI solution capable of predicting the future deterioration of concrete and steel defec... |
| 20.12.2024 | Pollo AI Launches Video-to-Video Feature, Revolutionizing Creative AI Video Creation and Outshining Competitors | Pollo AI, a leading AI video generator released by HIX.AI, announced the launch of an innovative video-to-video feature today. It allows users to effortlessly transform their videos into a multitude of artistic styles. With styles ranging f... |
| 21.11.2024 | The Surge of Innovation: Distru and Cortechs.ai Secure Major Funding Rounds | In the fast-paced world of technology and healthcare, two companies have recently made headlines by securing significant funding. Distru, a cannabis industry ERP platform, and Cortechs.ai, a pioneer in AI-powered medical imaging, are both p... |
| 20.11.2024 | Distru Raises $6M in Series A Funding | Distru, an Oakland, CA-based cannabis industry’s ERP platform provider, raised $6M in Series A funding.
Backers included Global Founders Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth and product development. While alrea... |
| 28.10.2024 | Socket: Software Supply Chain Security Company Raises $40 Million (Series B) | Socket, a company protecting software from supply chain attacks, announced a $40 million funding round. The company monitors open-source packages for malicious behaviors like backdoors, typo-squatting, and obfuscated code.
The Socket Series... |
| 20.10.2024 | Decagon: AI-Based Customer Support Agent Company Raises $100 Million Total | Decagon, a leading innovator in AI customer support agents, announced it had raised $100 million, including its latest Series B funding round (quadrupling its valuation in just a few months). The $65 million round was led by Bain Capital Ve... |
| 28.07.2024 | Artists for Change: A Night of Impact at the APJ Gala | In the heart of Toronto, a powerful gathering is set to unfold. The Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) Foundation is gearing up for its 16th annual gala on September 8, 2024. This event, a beacon of hope, shines brightly during the Toronto... |
| 26.07.2024 | Applied Intuition Closes Over $300M in Secondary Round and Welcomes New Investor Fidelity Management & Research Company | MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Intuition, a Silicon Valley-based vehicle software supplier for automotive, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture and other industries, today announced it has closed a secon... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Surge of Legal Tech and Compliance Solutions: A New Era for Businesses**
** | ** The landscape of legal technology and compliance solutions is undergoing a seismic shift. Recent funding rounds for startups like Clio, Harvey, and Vanta signal a robust demand for innovative tools that streamline operations and enhance ... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Surge of Legal Tech: Clio and Harvey Lead the Charge**
** | ** In the bustling world of legal technology, two startups have emerged as titans. Clio and Harvey recently raised a staggering $1 billion in funding, signaling a seismic shift in how law firms operate. This infusion of capital is not just ... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Surge of Legal Tech and Blockchain Startups: A New Era of Innovation**
** | ** The startup landscape is evolving rapidly. Legal tech and blockchain are at the forefront of this transformation. Recent funding rounds for companies like Clio, Harvey, and Caldera signal a shift in how industries operate. These startups... |
| 23.07.2024 | Legal software startups Clio and Harvey raise nine-figure funding rounds
Streamlining law firms’ work
AI-supported legal arguments
Your vote of support is important to us and it helps us keep the cont... | Clio and Harvey, two fast-growing startups that sell software for legal professionals, have raised $1 billion in combined funding to expand their market presence.
Clio disclosed this morning that it has closed a $900 million Series F round ... |
| 23.07.2024 | Saronic: Defense Technology Leader Raises $175 Million At $1 Billion Valuation | Saronic, a defense technology leader that designs and manufactures autonomous surface vessels (ASVs), announced a $175 million Series B funding round, putting the company’s valuation at $1 billion. And the funding round was led by Andreesse... |
| 19.07.2024 | Saronic Latest Defense Tech Startup To Hit Unicorn Status | 8 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Autonomous surface vessels maker Saronic locked up a $175 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz — minting the defense tech startup as the newest unicorn in the growing... |
| 12.06.2024 | Ashby: $30 Million Raised To Help Companies Scale Hiring Processes | Ashby, a recruiting platform that helps companies efficiently scale hiring, announced it has raised an additional $30 million in equity financing. Lachy Groom, who also led Ashby’s seed round, led the Series C funding round, which included ... |
| 24.04.2024 | Perplexity AI: A Rising Star in the AI Search Space | Perplexity, the AI search engine startup, is making waves in the tech world with its innovative approach to generative AI search. The company recently announced a new funding round of $62.7 million, doubling its valuation to over $1 billion... |
| 23.04.2024 | Perplexity is raising $250M+ at a $2.5B-$3B valuation for its AI search platform, sources say | Perplexity, the AI search engine startup, is a hot property at the moment. TechCrunch has learned that the company is currently raising at least $250 million more at a valuation of between $2.5 billion and $3 billion.
The news comes on the ... |
| 23.04.2024 | Perplexity AI lands $63M funding for generative AI search at $1B valuation
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One click below supports our mission to provid... | The generative artificial intelligence search engine startup Perplexity AI today announced it raised $62.7 million in new funding that doubles its valuation since its last round to more than $1 billion.
The investment was led by Daniel Gros... |
| 17.04.2024 | Lina Khan, Steve Case & more join StrictlyVC in Washington, DC | Late last summer, TechCrunch joined forces with StrictlyVC to create smaller, more intimate evenings for our readers. Already this year, we’ve hosted these nights in San Francisco and Los Angeles, featuring the co-CEO of Waymo, the co-found... |
| 12.03.2024 | Autonomous Vehicle Startup Applied Intuition Hits $6B Valuation After $250M Series E | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Autonomous vehicle software developer Applied Intuition locked up a $250 million Series E valuing the company at a $6 billion — a 67% uptick in value from its previous round.
The deal comes even as v... |
| 11.01.2024 | Azure AI Startups Program Expanded by Microsoft | News Azure AI Startups Program Expanded by Microsoft By Kurt MackieJanuary 11, 2024
Microsoft expanded its free Azure artificial intelligence (AI) resource program for startup developer companies, per a Thursday announcement.
The program, c... |
| 15.05.2023 | Renowned investor Elad Gil on how the great AI race will likely shake out | Elad Gil, a successful founder and prolific investor, has already been called Silicon Valley’s biggest solo venture capitalist, given the massive amounts of capital he has been investing in recent years, including on behalf of institutions ... |
| 12.05.2023 | Google just showed how Big Tech will win again in AI | Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, on stage during a presentation at Google I/O in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. Google This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 21.03.2023 | ‘Graceful way out’: Investors propose some struggling founders close shop and return funding | A growing number of investors have begun suggesting that certain venture-backed startups that have yet to find so-called product-market fit throw in the towel.
Their argument is that some startups simply raised too much, at valuations into ... |
| 08.03.2023 | New Low: Monthly Funding Dips Below $20B As Funds Continue Record Raises | 22 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Global monthly funding fell to $18 billion in February 2023. Not since February 2020 has global funding dipped below $20 billion in a single month.
Funding for the past month was down 63% from $48.8... |
| 01.03.2023 | Does web3 need a venture bailout now that AI has all the hype? | Shifting investor priorities, more expensive cash and a dearth of the large deals that were so common during the last startup boom could leave many late-stage web3 companies short on cash. And the clock is ticking.
People are already memein... |
| 07.02.2023 | CapitalG makes series A bet on Austrian/British AI assistant startup Magic.dev | CapitalG, the innovation fund linked to Google owner Alphabet, has invested in a $23 million series A round raised by Magic.dev, an Austrian/British-founded natural language AI assistant project for software engineers.
The round brings San ... |
| 10.07.2022 | Tiger Global to slow startup investments for two quarters, eyes new fund later this year | Tiger Global, one of the biggest winners from the technology bull market, plans to decelerate the pace of its investments in startups for two quarters, the latest in a series of high-profile investors becoming cautious as the market embrace... |
| 27.01.2022 | VCs say 'party rounds' are likely to become the new normal. Here's how one Google Drive competitor got over 50 founders and execs to invest. | Investors predict that "party rounds" become the new normal in 2022. Flashpop/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 17.06.2021 | Anduril raises $450M as the defense tech company’s valuation soars to $4.6B | The AI-powered defense company founded by tech iconoclast Palmer Luckey has landed a $450 million round of investment that values the startup at $4.6 billion just four years in.
In April, reports suggested that the company was on the hunt f... |
| 08.03.2021 | A serial Silicon Valley startup founder and alum of Google and Twitter on how business travel and remote work will never be the same | Some companies may continue to offer remote work options post-pandemic. SeventyFour/Getty Images
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| 21.01.2021 | Scientist-investor Elad Gil is making a big bet that business travel will rebound after Covid | Elad Gil, known for early bets on Airbnb, Instacart and Square, is co-leading a $155 million investment in TripActions at a $5 billion valuation.
The company, which makes travel management software, was hit hard by the pandemic, cutting abo... |
| 17.01.2021 | The US screwed up its vaccine roll out in part because it was too choosy about who should get shots first | A frontline healthcare worker receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at the Park County Health Departments storefront clinic on January 5, 2021 in Livingston, Montana. Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images
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| 16.01.2021 | The US screwed up its vaccine roll out in part because it was too choosy about who should get shots first | A frontline healthcare worker receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at the Park County Health Departments storefront clinic on January 5, 2021 in Livingston, Montana. Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images
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| 30.03.2020 | Entrepreneur and angel Elad Gil raises $300m | - |
| 20.09.2018 | Elad Gil, Snapdeal co-founders, and others put in $2 Mn seed fund in Leena AI | HRTech startup Leena AI, which recently graduated from Y Combinator, has raised about $2 million seed fund from investors including Elad Gil, Snapdeal founders-Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal, Fundersclub, cathexis ventures, and others.
During Y C... |
| 27.07.2018 | Elad Gil Shares Advice from the High Growth Handbook, a Guide to Scaling Startups
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| 22.07.2018 | Inside the rise and reign of supergiant venture capital rounds | There was a time not so long ago when nine-figure venture capital rounds weren’t a near-daily feature of tech business news.
But now funding rounds of $100 million or more cross the wires with stunning frequency.
The era of supergiant round... |
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| 27.07.2016 | YC’s Summer Reading | Ready Player One: A Novel
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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built
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| 27.07.2016 | YC's Summer Reading | Ready Player One: A Novel
“Beautiful and terrifying visions of our possible futures. Think Pokémon Go on steroids, for better and worse :)” –Luke Iseman
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built
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| 15.07.2015 | When Is The Right Time To Raise Funds For Your Startup? | [su_dropcap style="flat" size="5"]T[/su_dropcap]The most common question in the startup community is ‘where do I get money to start?’ and in so many ways this is a wrong question to ask. The startup community that we hav... |
| 28.05.2015 | Startup Job Offers And How To Interview Founders | Dhawal Mujumdar Contributor
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Let’s set the stage: You’ve always wanted to work at an early-stage startup that is growing exponentially. So you’ve done your research and figured out a startup/product ... |
| 20.04.2015 | Early Twitter Vets Launch Color Genomics To Make Genetic Screenings For Breast Cancer Affordable | I’m always excited when an experienced team from the consumer mobile world crosses over into a complex and formidable area like healthcare or biotech. With Color Genomics, we’re getting just that.
Elad Gil and Othman Laraki, who sold Mixer ... |
| 22.04.2014 | The new venture landscape | Two years ago, seed rounds were $500k. Now they're $2M-plus
In May 2011, I wrote the post: Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral.
That post got a lot of attention because back then all the buzz was about “Super Angels.” The venture l... |
| 10.04.2014 | The New Venture Landscape | In May 2011, I wrote the post: Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral. That post got a lot of attention because back then all the buzz was about “Super Angels.” The venture landscape was evolving and had reached a point where Super An... |
| 19.01.2014 | Uber And Disruption | Contributor Contributor
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| 27.11.2013 | Assembling a dev team in the age of mobile | This post is part of a new series called “The Future of Modern Software” and is brought to you by New Relic. Read the series here. As always, VentureBeat is adamant about maintaining editorial objectivity.
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| 05.03.2013 | Founder dating: Tips on how to pick your partner | Photo Rights: Costin Thampikutty via Creative Commons
Picking a co-founder. It’s as personal as picking a spouse and as financially binding as picking an investor. Co-founders are the pillar of your company and a relationship most entrepren... |
| 07.11.2012 | The Narcissism Of Minor Silicon Valley Differences | There’s a prevalent myth in Silicon Valley, the myth that people aren’t snobs here. This isn’t true. A sort of reverse/meta-snobbery exists here, mostly intellectual in its nature, and the line between the alphas and the betas is extremely ... |
| 08.10.2012 | Bring out your dead: Startup offers $1M to ‘acqui-hire’ alums of TechStars, Y Combinator and 500 Startups | Members of the Twice team. Do you want to join this band of geeks?
The hiring crunch for developers in the tech industry is a pain point we hear about nearly every day. Now, a San Francisco startup called Twice — that specializes in selling... |
| 03.05.2012 | 42Floors’ new “Showroom” turns startup offices into seductive hiring tools | 42Floors emerged from Y Combinator’s Winter 2012 class back in March as an office space search and discovery service with the mission of helping companies find their dream office.
The company launched with some strong rhetoric about technol... |
| 09.11.2011 | Calling Bullshit On The Series A Crunch | Editor’s note: Guest contributor Paul Lee is a Partner at Lightbank Capital. You can follow him @iPaulLee.
A lot has been written about the Series A Crunch. The gist of the argument is that the number of seed financings have gone up (with t... |
| 04.11.2011 | Don’t Launch A Company, Launch A Fund (Or The Series A Will Die) | Editor’s note: This guest post is authored by Adeo Ressi, who is the founder of The Founder Institute and TheFunded.com. You can follow him on Twitter here.
Every investor and entrepreneur knows there is something scary about the current st... |
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За последние 8 месяцев количество технологических стартапов дороже $1 млрд выросло на 43% с 487 до 701, а также их стало вдвое больше, чем в июне... |
| - | Города Единорогов. Где рождаются миллиардные компании | С ноября 2020 по июнь 2021 года количество технологических стартапов дороже 1 млрд долларов подскочило на 43% — с 487 до 701. Это почти в два раза больше, чем аналогичный показатель в июне 2019-го (361 стартап). В этой статье мы рассмотрим ... |
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Сегодня многие венчурные инвесторы и ангелы активно ведут блоги, интернет-страницы или социальные аккаунты. В Украине, например, акт... |
| - | Advice From the High Growth Handbook, a Guide to Scaling Startups | Elad Gil is an entrepreneur, operator, and investor. He cofounded Color Genomics and Mixer Labs. Worked at Google and Twitter. And has invested in companies including Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe.
He just released the High Growth Handbook,... |
| - | Астрологи объявили год единорогов: количество миллиардных стартапов удвоилось | «Единорог» — частная технологическая компания с капитализацией $1 млрд и выше. Десятирог (декакорн) — $10 млрд, сторог (гектокорн) — $100 млрд.
Впервые этот термин был использован в 2013 году известным венчурным предпринимателем, основателе... |