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Exclusive: No More Side Hustles: Why AI Startup Omnea Will Give Employees $250K To Openly Plan Their Next Startup

Exclusive: No More Side Hustles: Why AI Startup Omnea Will Give Employees $250K To Openly Plan Their Next Startup

Omnea, a London-based artificial intelligence software company that helps businesses manage their supplier spending, is challenging traditional venture models with

We Need To Save Venture Capital From Bad Data

We Need To Save Venture Capital From Bad Data

Venture capital firms are using AI the wrong way, argues Gilion's Henrik Landgren, who says that building better data infrastructure and connecting directly to

GV’s Dave Munichiello On Qualcomm’s Modular Purchase, The Firm’s 10x Return And The Shift In AI Software

GV’s Dave Munichiello On Qualcomm’s Modular Purchase, The Firm’s 10x Return And The Shift In AI Software

The artificial intelligence space saw two major developments last week that highlight how technology companies are trying to manage the soaring costs and complexity

Crunchbase Data: Q2 Brought The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021

Crunchbase Data: Q2 Brought The Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021

Startup exits valued at $1 billion or more are now more numerous than at any point since the 2021 market peak, Crunchbase data shows. The trend we’re seeing for

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Drives Another Spree Of Megadeals

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Drives Another Spree Of Megadeals

This week, most of the largest U.S. startup funding rounds centered around the sector one would suspect: artificial intelligence. Beyond that, the next-biggest

6 Startup Investors On What It Will Take To Fund More Black Founders

6 Startup Investors On What It Will Take To Fund More Black Founders

In the final installment of our series on the state of venture investment to Black-founded startups, six investors offer their advice for overlooked founders and

Cursor Deal Puts US On Track For Record Startup M&A Year

Cursor Deal Puts US On Track For Record Startup M&A Year

While SpaceX’s $60 billion acquisition of Anysphere dominates the headlines, a number of other multibillion-dollar transactions have also closed this year. We take

Exclusive: XCures Lands $46M Series B To Clean Up Messy Medical Records With AI

Exclusive: XCures Lands $46M Series B To Clean Up Messy Medical Records With AI

XCures, a startup that uses AI to streamline patient data and medical records, has closed a Innovius Capital-led $46 million Series B financing round, it tells

Why Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Says It’s A Great Time To Build A Hard Tech Company: ‘Infrastructure Is The Moat’

Why Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Says It’s A Great Time To Build A Hard Tech Company: ‘Infrastructure Is The Moat’

In this Crunchbase News Q&A, Gigascale Capital founder Mike Schroepfer discusses the coming power crunch, why infrastructure has become a strategic moat, and how

Anthropic Backer Menlo Ventures Raises $3B In New Funds To Back AI Startups Across Stages

Anthropic Backer Menlo Ventures Raises $3B In New Funds To Back AI Startups Across Stages

Venture firm Menlo Ventures has raised $3 billion across two new funds, the largest capital raise in its 50-year history, to invest in AI startups from seed through