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Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo

AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which

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General Catalyst posted VC rage bait and it worked, especially on a16z

One of the most entertaining moments in VC this week was a piece of rage-bait marketing from General Catalyst. In a now-viral post on X

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Indian Uber rival Rapido raises $240M at $3B valuation

Indian ride-hailing company Rapido said on Friday it had raised $240 million in fresh funding at a $3 billion valuation to compete better in the

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Clio’s $500M milestone arrives just as Anthropic ups the ante

While AI is now being applied to everything from healthcare to customer support, no single use case has yet been nearly as popular or lucrative

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Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450M

Early-stage venture firm A* on Tuesday announced a $450 million Fund III. The firm takes a generalist approach, backing companies across categories such as AI

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Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks

Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded last year by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, on Monday announced something called interaction models, which, at its

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Get ready for the whisper-filled office of the future

How will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers? A recent feature in the Wall Street Journal looks

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So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that

Artificial intelligence is changing the world, and simultaneously inventing a whole new language to describe how it’s doing it. Spend five minutes reading about AI

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San Francisco’s housing market has lost its mind

San Francisco real estate has never been very accessible. But the record sales happening right now in the city’s high-end market are testing the upper

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Ramp in talks to hit $40B+ valuation, 6 months after reaching $32B

Investors could not get enough of Ramp throughout 2025 and it looks like 2026 could be another banner year of fundraising for the corporate spend