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How Fortell is using AI (and $163M) to crack a hearing aid monopoly
“Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has…
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Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘Mafia’ skills)
Ryan Beiermeister has joined Founders Fund as a partner, she announced on Monday. Beiermeister is well-known in Silicon…
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Founders Fund nears $6 billion close for latest growth fund, sources say
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund is nearing the close of its fourth growth fund, Founders Fund Growth IV, with…
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Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months
Nominal on Thursday announced a fresh $80M Series B extension round at a $1 billion valuation, led by…
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With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: at least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic
With OpenAI on the verge of finalizing a new $100 billion round, and Anthropic just closing its own…
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Anthropic raises another $30B in Series G, with a new value of $380B
Anthropic has just concluded a $30 billion Series G fundraising round, the company announced on Thursday. The company’s…
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Avalanche thinks the fusion power industry should think smaller
Nuclear fusion conjures images of massive reactors or banks of dozens of large lasers. Avalanche co-founder and CEO…
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Radiant Nuclear raises $300M for its semi-sized 1 MW reactor
Another day, another nine-figure round for a nuclear startup. Radiant Nuclear said today that it has raised more…
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Varda says it has proven space manufacturing works — now it wants to make it boring
When Will Bruey talks about the future, the timelines are shorter than most might imagine. The Varda Space…