Podcast Episodes

Eclipse Energy’s microbes can turn idle oil wells into hydrogen factories; plus, India’s Spinny lines up funding to acquire GoMechanic

The biotech startup is betting that owners of abandoned oil wells will use the tech to squeeze energy out of their wells.

Also, Spinny is set to be v…

4 months ago

Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise to automate AI’s ‘after-code’ gap

Goldman Sachs has led Harness's Series E round, with participation from IVP, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures. The new valuation is a 49% jump fr…

4 months ago

Interest in Spoor’s bird-monitoring AI software is soaring

Spoor's computer vision software can help wind farms, and other industries, track bird populations and migration patterns.

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4 months ago

On Me raises $6M to shake up the gift card industry; plus, Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage

On Me raises $6 million for its digital gift card platform that lets users purchase cards categorized by interests rather than being restricted to sp…

4 months ago

AI startup Tavus founder says users talk to its AI Santa ‘for hours’ per day; Oboe raises $16 million from a16z for its AI-powered course generation platform

Tavus has launched a new experience where you can chat with an AI Santa that asks personal questions and remembers your interests.

Oboe has raised $1…

4 months ago

Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers

Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.

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4 months ago

Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps; Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes

Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform's AI chatbot what they want — like a new HTML or JavaScript app — and the AI will go ahead…

4 months, 1 week ago

Tiger Global plans cautious venture future with a new $2.2B fund; plus, SoftBank and Nvidia reportedly in talks to fund SkildAI at $14B, nearly tripling its value

Tiger's last fund did well with investments in OpenAI, Waymo and Databricks. But it warns investors that AI valuations are already 'elevated.'

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4 months, 1 week ago

Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales ; plus, OpenAI says it’s turned off app suggestions that look like ads

Quilt has sold nearly 1,000 units in the U.S. and Canada, and the new funding should help expand sales operations to more states and provinces.

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4 months, 1 week ago

Meta acquires AI device startup Limitless; and Is it time to ‘refound’ your startup?

Limitless said it shares Meta's vision of bringing personal superintelligence to everyone.

Also, sometimes, founding a startup just once isn’t enough…

4 months, 1 week ago