Tag: Venture Capital
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We Read 500 Pitch Decks So You Don't Have To
We trained an ML model on 500 Series A pitch decks to find what actually correlates with fundraising outcomes. The results challenge conventional wisdom.
Anthropic Just Raised $12B - Mostly in IOUs
Anthropic's latest mega-round signals a new era where compute credits dominate startup balance sheets. What this means for AI competition and the broader ecosystem.
OpenAI's Staff vs. Its President: $215K War Chest Funds Rival Super PAC
OpenAI employees have donated over $215,000 to a political action committee opposing their own company president, Greg Brockman - the starkest signal yet that AI's internal civil war is escalating into the political arena.
Anthropic, Blackstone, Goldman Bet Big on AI Services: Inside Ode - The Startup That Wants to Be Enterprise AI's Systems Integrator
A joint venture backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs is betting that forward-deployed AI engineers - not chatbots - are the real future of enterprise AI adoption.
OpenAI Employees Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Counter Their Own President
Seven current OpenAI employees have donated over $215,000 to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC fighting the pro-deregulation group backed by the company's president Greg Brockman.
Ode With Anthropic Has a $100M Bet That AI Services Is the Next Big Category
The joint venture backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs is embedding forward-deployed AI engineers inside enterprise firms - and its founders think this will be bigger than selling software.
OpenAI Employees Are Bankrolling a Super PAC to Oppose Their Own Boss
OpenAI staffers have pumped over $215,000 into a rival political action committee opposing Greg Brockman-backed Leading the Future. The internal revolt signals a deepening ideological split inside the world's most valuable AI company.
Anthropic and Blackstone Are Betting That Enterprise AI Needs Engineers, Not Consultants
The newly formed Ode with Anthropic - backed by Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs, and Sequoia - is building a forward-deployed engineering army for enterprise AI. Their thesis: small teams of elite engineers beat armies of consultants.
How a Former DeepMind Researcher Raised $55M at a $300M Pre-Seed Valuation Without a Product
Andrew Dai left Google DeepMind and raised $55 million at a $300 million pre-seed valuation for Elorian before shipping a single product. His strategy offers a masterclass in frontier AI fundraising.
Apple's Lawsuit Against OpenAI Threatens IPO Plans: The Full Picture
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, alleging a pattern of misconduct reaching up to OpenAI's chief hardware officer and claiming more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. The timing couldn't be worse with OpenAI reportedly eyeing an IPO.
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