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From coding tests to billion-dollar startups, Ali Partovi’s eight-year experiment is paying off
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In Silicon Valley, where the same high-wattage names tend to dominate the headlines, Ali Partovi has long wielded outsized influence despite limited name recognition.
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In Silicon Valley, where the same high-wattage names tend to dominate the headlines, Ali Partovi has long wielded outsized influence despite limited name recognition.
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1 Field raises $17M to automate the drudgery of tax prep 3:51
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There is a new accounting software in town, coming in with a fresh $17.2 million raise and a desire to shake things up. The company, Field, hopes to automate the grunt work. “The tax industry is facing a genuine crisis,” Leroy Kerry, Field’s co-founder CEO, told TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Brex partners with former competitor Zip, with an eye on reducing cash burn to get to an IPO 7:29
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Brex has once again made the surprising, but perhaps realistic, decision to partner with another one-time competitor. This time Zip, the CEOs of both companies told TechCrunch exclusively. In April 2022, fintech Brex announced it was making “a big push” into both the enterprise and software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Sylndr, with fresh $15.7M, allows users to buy, sell, finance, and service used cars in Egypt 6:18
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Cairo-based Sylndr has raised $15.7 million as it expands beyond online used car sales into auto financing, servicing, and tools for dealers. The round was led by Development Partners International’s Nclude Fund and included follow-on investments from Algebra Ventures and Nclude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Gravitee, a platform that helps companies manage APIs, raises $60M 3:06
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Gravitee, a platform designed to help companies manage their APIs and other digital traffic pipelines, has raised $60 million in a Series C funding round led by Sixth Street Growth with participation from Riverside Acceleration Capital and Albion VC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Adaptation Ventures is a new angel investor group focused on disability and accessibility tech 4:33
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The global assistive technology market was valued at more than $22 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow substantially by 2030. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1 AI video startup Moonvalley lands $53M, according to filing 4:37
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Roughly a month after Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based startup developing AI tools for video creation, said it secured $43 million in new funding, the company has raised more, according to a filing with the SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1 Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees 4:08
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Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent employees, after a previous attempt to hire one didn't go as planned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1 Acorns acquires family wealth and digital memory platform EarlyBird 4:10
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Savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired EarlyBird, an investment gifting platform for families, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, EarlyBird will shut down, and all customer accounts will officially close on June 23. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Bain bets on Indian domestic work startup Pronto even as rivals face criticism 5:57
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Pronto, which provides cleaning, laundry and home services within 10 minutes, has raised $2M at a $12.5M valuation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1 AI note-taking app Granola raises $43M at $250M valuation, launches collaborative features 4:14
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AI-powered notetaking app Granola is raising $43 million in funding at a $250 million valuation. It is also launching a team sharing feature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1 Tensor9 helps vendors deploy their software into any environment using digital twins 4:56
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Enterprises want access to new software and AI tools but can’t risk sending their sensitive data out to a third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Tensor9 looks to help software companies land more enterprise customers by helping them deploy their software directly into a customer’s tech stack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Anthropic, Google score win by nabbing OpenAI-backed Harvey as a user 4:28
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Popular legal AI tool Harvey will now be using leading foundation models from Anthropic and Google, moving beyond strictly using OpenAI’s, Harvey announced in a blog post on Tuesday. This is noteworthy because Harvey is one of the OpenAI Startup Fund’s most successful early-backed portfolio companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Realta Fusion taps $36M in fresh funds for its fusion-in-a-bottle reactor 4:29
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Realta hopes to build power plants cheaply enough to supply power as low as $40 per megawatt-hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1 Improvements in ‘reasoning’ AI models may slow down soon, analysis finds 3:28
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An analysis by Epoch AI, a nonprofit AI research institute, suggests the AI industry may not be able to eke massive performance gains out of reasoning AI models for much longer. As soon as within a year, progress from reasoning models could slow down, according to the report’s findings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 AllTrails debuts $80/year membership that includes AI-powered smart routes 4:01
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AllTrails, the hiking and biking companion that was named 2023’s iPhone App of the Year, is launching a new premium membership called “Peak” that includes an upgraded feature set. This $80-per-year subscription will introduce AI tools to build custom routes, real-time trail condition forecasts, trail traffic heatmaps, and a feature that lets you identify trees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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