Why CRV Just Raised 0M by Going Smaller — And Why That’s a Big Deal for Startups

Why CRV Just Raised $750M by Going Smaller — And Why That’s a Big Deal for Startups

Photo by Invest Europe on Unsplash CRV, the 55-year-old venture capital firm behind early bets on DoorDash, Mercury, and Vercel, just raised a new fund — but this time, they trimmed it down. Instead of another billion-dollar pool, the firm locked in $750 million for its twentieth flagship fund. And here’s the kicker: they closed […]

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What Founders Need to Know Before Raising a Series C: Timing, Traction, and True Market Leadership

What Founders Need to Know Before Raising a Series C: Timing, Traction, and True Market Leadership

Photo by Phil Cln on UnsplashIf you’re a startup founder eyeing a Series C round, here’s the hard truth: capital is out there, but getting it feels tougher than ever. At TechCrunch’s All Stage conference this July, Cathy Gao, a partner at Sapphire Ventures, shared exactly why raising a Series C in 2025 isn’t for

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Why Anthropic Just Cut Off OpenAI’s Access to Claude—and What That Means for AI Rivalries

Why Anthropic Just Cut Off OpenAI’s Access to Claude—and What That Means for AI Rivalries

When leading AI researchers stop sharing, things get interesting. Photo by Saradasish Pradhan on Unsplash The gloves are off—or at least, the data APIs are. In a quiet but significant move, Anthropic has officially blocked OpenAI from accessing its Claude AI models. If you follow the fast-moving world of generative AI, this might not be

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Figma’s Soaring IPO Sparks Debate: Did Blocking Adobe’s B Deal Help or Hinder Innovation?

Figma’s Soaring IPO Sparks Debate: Did Blocking Adobe’s $20B Deal Help or Hinder Innovation?

Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash When Figma hit the public markets and its stock skyrocketed over 200% on day one, it wasn’t just investors popping champagne. Lina Khan, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), took to X (formerly Twitter) to call it a win—not just for Figma, but for her own

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Apple’s AI Wake-Up Call: Tim Cook Tells Staff “We Must Win This”

Apple’s AI Wake-Up Call: Tim Cook Tells Staff “We Must Win This”

Apple CEO rallies employees in all-hands meeting, promising deeper AI investment and admitting they’re late—again Image by Hc Digital on Unsplash Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook did something he doesn’t often do: he got personal. In an hourlong all-hands meeting with employees, Cook reportedly laid it all out. The message was clear—Apple needs to

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Deep Cogito Just Dropped 4 New AI Models That Can Actually Learn to Think Better

Deep Cogito Just Dropped 4 New AI Models That Can Actually Learn to Think Better

Image by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash Deep Cogito, a company that’s been quietly building some of the most intriguing brain-inspired AI out there, just made a bold move: they’ve open-sourced not one, but four new hybrid reasoning models—and they come with something surprisingly human-like. Intuition. Yep, you read that right. These models don’t just process

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OpenAI Quietly Pulls ChatGPT Browsing Tool After Private Chats Show Up in Google Search

OpenAI Quietly Pulls ChatGPT Browsing Tool After Private Chats Show Up in Google Search

Photo by Fer Troulik on Unsplash A major privacy hiccup just prompted OpenAI to quietly step back from one of its high-profile features. If you’ve ever used ChatGPT’s “Browse with Bing” tool to gather info from the web, here’s something that might make you pause: OpenAI has temporarily yanked that feature after private user conversations

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Google’s Medal-Winning Gemini 2.5 AI Is Now Public — But There’s a Twist You Should Know

Google’s Medal-Winning Gemini 2.5 AI Is Now Public — But There’s a Twist You Should Know

Photo by Jorge Mallo on Unsplash Google has just dropped something big: its Gemini 2.5 “Deep Think” AI is officially out for public use. Yes, the same powerful model that recently snagged medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics. But—there’s a catch, and it’s not just about access. What’s Gemini 2.5 ‘Deep Think’? Photo by

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Why the U.S. Is Now Pushing Open-Source AI—and What That Really Means

Why the U.S. Is Now Pushing Open-Source AI—and What That Really Means

Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash When we talk about artificial intelligence (AI) in 2024, we’re no longer just talking about powerful tools built by big companies behind closed doors. There’s been a significant shift, and it’s one that caught my attention: open-source AI is now a national priority in the United States. Yes, open-source.

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Cohere’s Clever New AI Reads Charts, Diagrams, and PDFs Using Just Two GPUs — And It’s Beating the Big Models

Cohere’s Clever New AI Reads Charts, Diagrams, and PDFs Using Just Two GPUs — And It’s Beating the Big Models

Photo by Zulfugar Karimov on Unsplash When it comes to AI and vision, most tools can recognize the basics — faces, cats, street signs. But what if your job needs something with more brains than that? Like reading a complex product manual, extracting data from a scanned financial report, or pulling insights from a chart

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