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TechCrunch
2 months ago
Software development

Why Sequoia is funding open source developers via a new equity-free fellowship | TechCrunch

Sequoia Capital plans to fund up to three open source software developers annually through the Sequoia Open Source Fellowship program.
The fellowship provides a stipend to cover costs for up to a year so developers can work full-time on their projects without giving up equity or ownership. [ more ]
NYC startup
Alleywatch
10 months ago
NYC startup

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 6/5/23

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track.The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 6/2/23 featuring funding details for Deep Sentinel, Measurable, Pixxel, and fifteen\ other deals representing $772M in new funding that you need to know about.
Alleywatch
10 months ago
NYC startup

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 5/29/23

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track.The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 5/27/23 featuring funding details for Volition, Thena, Elementl, and fourteen other deals representing $775M in new funding that you need to know about.
Alleywatch
11 months ago
NYC startup

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 5/15/23

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track.The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 5/13/23 featuring funding details for Olyns, Salsa, AudiencePlus, and twelve other deals representing $291M in new funding that you need to know about.
Alleywatch
1 year ago
NYC startup

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 3/20/23

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track.The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 3/18/23 featuring funding details for Atlys, OpenLoop, Payabli, and fifteen other deals representing $1.2B in new funding that you need to know about.
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LawSites
1 year ago
Law

Harvey AI Raises $21M In A Series A Round Led By Sequoia

The generative AI legal tech startup Harvey has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital.When I first wrote about Harvey in November, the previously stealth startup had just emerged with news that it had raised $5 million in funding led by the startup fund of OpenAI, the company that is the developer of the GPT AI technology.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Tech industry

Stripe Hires Investment Banks to Explore Public Listing

SAN FRANCISCO Stripe, the San Francisco payments provider and one of the world's most valuable private start-ups, hired Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase this week to advise it on a potential public listing in the next year, two people with knowledge of the matter said.If a listing moves forward, Stripe's public debut would be among the largest and most anticipated in its class of start-ups, potentially reopening the moribund public markets to new offerings.
VentureBeat
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Generative AI may be the magic potion small marketing agencies have been waiting for

Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here.Gartner recently released its list of 7 Technology Disruptions That Will Impact Sales Through 2027.One was generative Artificial Intelligence.Gartner defined generative AI as AI that "learns from existing content artifacts to generate new, realistic artifacts that reflect the characteristics of the training data, but do not repeat it."
news.bitcoin.com
1 year ago
Cryptocurrency

Blackrock CEO on FTX Collapse: Most Crypto Companies Aren't Going to Be Around Featured Bitcoin News

The CEO of Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, says that most crypto companies will not be around following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.However, the executive is still optimistic about blockchain technology.Blackrock's CEO on FTX's Collapse and Future of Crypto Larry Fink, the CEO of Blackrock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the world's largest asset management firm, talked about cryptocurrency and the collapsed exchange FTX during an interview at the New York Times Dealbook Summit last week.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Tech industry

Instacart Is Said to Pull Plans to Go Public This Year

Instacart, the food delivery company, is pulling its plans to go public in 2022, in the latest sign of turmoil in the public markets, three people with knowledge of the situation said.
The Real Deal Los Angeles
1 year ago
LA real estate

Co-working The Wing tips into closure in West Hollywood

The Wing, a co-working and networking space geared toward women in West Hollywood and beyond, has crashed.
Know Your Mobile
1 year ago
Mobile UX

How Does Klarna Make Money?

In 2005, Klarna was established in Stockholm, Sweden.It offers payment solutions to 205,000 businesses in 17 nations.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

What to know about Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX crypto exchange collapse

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, speaking in Washington in October.(Ting Shen/Bloomberg News)In a dramatic turn in the ongoing saga that has roiled the cryptocurrency world, Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, FTX, was arrested on Monday in the Bahamas, where he has a home.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | A Son SoftBank Buyout Would Look More Like Musk Than Dell

Masayoshi Son loves a dramatic deal.His next transaction could be the most riveting yet.The Japanese billionaire's stake in SoftBank Group Corp. has crept up to more than a third, according to an analysis by Bloomberg News.While this has less to do with him buying additional shares and more with buybacks and cancellations reducing the total float, the effect is the same - concentrating control in the hands of SoftBank's founder.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Pension Riches Are No Panacea for Japan's Startups

Japan's small-but-growing startup scene has seen some deep-pocketed new entrants in recent years, from Sequoia Capital to Softbank Group Corp.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Tech industry

Instacart Takes a Big Step Toward a Public Offering

Instacart, the grocery delivery company, said on Wednesday that it will test the waters for a public offering, despite recent shakiness for tech stocks and the company's own turmoil over the past year.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Tech industry

Crypto Firm FTX's Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions

Image The bankruptcy of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange is exposing a number of odd assets.Credit...Marco Bello/Reuters Among the many surprising assets uncovered in the bankruptcy of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX is a relatively tiny one that could raise big concerns: a stake in one of the country's smallest banks.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Your guide to Proposition 30 on the 2022 California midterm ballot

The governor calls the measure a "cynical scheme" by Lyft to meet a state mandate for ride-hailing companies to convert most of their fleets to electric vehicles by 2030.
Bitcoin
1 year ago
Business

Financial Heavyweights Citadel, Charles Schwab, Fidelity Confirm Cryptocurrency Exchange Launch

EDX Markets Plans to 'Remove Significant Conflicts of Interest That Affect Existing Cryptocurrency Exchanges'
Bitcoin
1 year ago
Business

Indian Authorities Search Crypto Exchange Coinswitch Kuber - CEO Says It's Not Related to Money Laundering

India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at five premises linked to popular cryptocurrency trading platform Coinswitch Kuber.
Bitcoin News
1 year ago
Tech industry

Elon Musk Secures Funding From Crypto-Friendly Binance, Sequoia, Fidelity to Buy Twitter - Featured Bitcoin News

Crypto-Friendly Companies Join Elon Musk to Buy Twitter
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Elon Musk Isn't the Only One to Blame for the Twitter Mess

Here is why Elon Musk's lawyers have declared he is "terminating" his deal to buy Twitter Inc.:
His lawyer's letter doesn't actually touch upon this narrative.
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