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How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours
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The DOJ is investigating a16z. What does this mean for venture capital?
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For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage
a16z’s Borderless Founder network initiative supports immigrant and international founders. "Having one foot in your home country, and one foot in Silicon Valley" is an advantage, the firm believes.
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After raising $1.7 billion for his new robotics company Atoms, Travis Kalanick is introspective about the role VCs have played in his career.
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Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging from stealth
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DOJ’s probe into Andreessen Horowitz over board seats baffles VCs
Since portfolio companies often pivot and expand into competing markets, investors view occasional conflicts of interest as unavoidable for large VC firms.
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Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’
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Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria
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OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise
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Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last
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This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs
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