Podcast Episodes

Former Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla’s startup triples to $100M valuation

Spangle has raised $15 million in a Series A round to expand its AI-generated shopping experiences.

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

EverNitro is simplifying the process of crafting silky nitro coffee at CES 2026

Get that silky-smooth nitro coffee at home without the wasteful cartridges with EverNitro.

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

OpenAI acquiring the team behind Convogo; also, Data security startup Cyera hits $9B valuation 6 months

OpenAI is acquiring the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo in an all-stock deal, adding to the firm's M&A spree.

Plus, Cyera raised anoth…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Yes, LinkedIn banned AI agent startup Artisan, but now it’s back

Several viral posts noticed that Artisan was banned. But the CEO tells us it wasn't for the reasons many thought.

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

How Quilt solved the heat pump’s biggest challenge

Quilt's heat pumps are built containing a suite of sensors, which have delivered mountains of data that allow its engineers to wring added performanc…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

LMArena lands $1.7B valuation four months after launching its product; plus, Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation

LMArena, which started as a UC Berkeley research project, has raised about $250 million total and become a unicorn in about seven months.

Also, Artic…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

How World Cup champion Mario Götze built a parallel career as an angel investor

Mario Götze will go down in soccer history as the player who scored the winning goal that made Germany the 2014 FIFA World Cup champion. But he is al…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Teradar reveals its first terahertz-band vision sensor for cars

The company is tapping the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum to bring out the best qualities of more common lidar and radar sensors.

Lea…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Even as global crop prices fall, India’s Arya.ag is attracting investors

Arya.ag, an Indian agritech company offering storage facilities near farms and offering lending services to hundreds of thousands of farmers, has dra…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted startup founder credential

AI founders are increasingly using their "dropout" status as a credential during YC pitches.

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1 month, 3 weeks ago