Podcast Episodes

Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars; plus, Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M dea

Why did Founders Fund invest $220 million in cattle management startup Halter?

Also, Anthropic has purchased the stealth biotech AI startup Coefficie…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Beehiiv expands into podcasting; also, Gateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund II

One way Beehiiv is convincing creators to switch from rivals like Substack and Patreon is by not taking a cut of revenue.

Plus, Gateway Capital Partn…

5 months ago

Commonwealth Fusion Systems leans on magnets for near-term revenue; plus the company behind ClassPass and Mindbody just got a lot bigger with a $7.5B merger

Realta Fusion is buying magnets from Commonwealth Fusion Systems, providing a revenue stopgap.

Also, the merger is a sign that the fitness industry i…

5 months ago

Exclusive: Runway launches $10M funExclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early-stage AI startupsd, Builders program to support early-stage AI startups

Runway is launching a $10 million fund and startup program to back companies building with its AI video models, as it pushes toward interactive, real…

5 months ago

ScaleOps raises $130M to improve computing efficiency amid AI demand; Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales

ScaleOps just raised $130M to tackle GPU shortages and soaring AI cloud costs by automating infrastructure in real time.

Plus, as AI floods software…

5 months ago

Defense startup Shield AI lands $12.7B valuation; plus, Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation

In one year, Shield AI's value has leaped 140%. This after it won a contract to be the software provider to Anduril's Fury fighter jet for the U.S. A…

5 months ago

Conntour raises $7M to build an AI search engine for security video systems; plus, Lucid Bots raises $20M for its window-washing drones

Conntour uses AI models to let security teams query camera feeds using natural language to find any object, person, or situation.

Also, Lucid Bots ha…

5 months, 1 week ago

Seattle's Brinc just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters; Arinna raises $4M seed round to solve the space power problem

Brinc launched its newest 911 response drone this week, as the company seeks to expand its prominence in the public safety industry.

Also, Arinna bui…

5 months, 1 week ago

Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way; plus, Flighty gives you real-time alerts about airport disturbances

Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously…

5 months, 1 week ago

Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks with OpenAI; plus, the SEC dropped its four-year-old investigation into EV startup Faraday Future

Helion is reportedly negotiating a deal that would see it sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI.

Also, after four years, and multiple subpoenas an…

5 months, 1 week ago