Podcast Episodes

Deepinder Goyal returns with a $54M brain-monitoring bet; plus, Ultrahuman bets on redesigned smart ring to win back U.S. market

Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal's new wearable startup Temple has raised $54 million in a friends-and-family round at a post-money valuation of abo…

5 hours ago

Sophia Space raises $10M seed to demo novel space computers; plus,

Sophia Space's modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers.

Also, Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including …

15 hours ago

Jest is challenging the app store status quo; plus, Self-driving truck startup Einride raises $113M PIPE

Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding.

Also, self-driving trucks startup Einride has raised a…

1 day, 5 hours ago

Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M; plus, AI chip startup MatX raised $500M

Harper is an AI-native insurance brokerage that just raised a $45 million combined Series A and seed, after a member of YC's Winter 2025 cohort.

Also…

2 days, 5 hours ago

Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing; plus, Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow

With the new acquisitions, the company wants to bolster its position as a marketing solution by potentially adding video creation and more granular m…

2 days, 15 hours ago

Ukraine’s startups keep building

In the four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country, Ukrainian startups have done more than survive: they are still building and gr…

3 days, 5 hours ago

Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don’t have to

AI news app Particle can now pull in key moments from podcasts, letting readers instantly play short, relevant clips alongside related stories.

Learn…

3 days, 15 hours ago

Quantonation’s double-sized second fund shows quantum still has believers; plus. Ali Partovi’s Neo looks to upend the accelerator model

Quantonation Ventures, a venture firm investing in quantum and physics-based startups, has closed its oversubscribed second fund at €220 million, or …

4 days, 15 hours ago

Nvidia deepens early-stage push into India’s AI startup ecosystem; plus, General Catalyst commits $5B to India

Nvidia is working with investors, nonprofits, and venture firms to build earlier ties with India's fast-growing AI founder ecosystem.

Also, General C…

1 week ago

A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky’s app

Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app.

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1 week ago