Capital is a commodity (but your investor relationships aren’t)

Venture capitalists Ross Fubini (XYZ Ventures) and Leslie Feinzaig (Graham & Walker Ventures) pull back the curtain on how VCs build their own go-to-market strategies — not just how they evaluate startups, but also how they win over LPs and founders alike. In this episode of Build Mode, they share hard-won lessons from raising their first funds and how that experience allows… Continua a leggere Capital is a commodity (but your investor relationships aren’t)

Google is testing AI-powered article overviews on select publications’ Google News pages

By adding AI-powered article overviews, Google says users will get more context before they click through to read an article.

ElevenLabs just hit a $6.6B valuation. Its CEO says the real money isn’t in voice anymore.

ElevenLabs has made a name for itself building realistic AI voices.   What started as two Polish engineers annoyed by terrible movie dubbing has grown into a profitable company now valued at $6.6 billion, doubling from just nine months ago. The company recently announced a $100 million tender offer led by Sequoia and ICONIQ, with participation from a16z… Continua a leggere ElevenLabs just hit a $6.6B valuation. Its CEO says the real money isn’t in voice anymore.

ElevenLabs just hit a $6.6B valuation. Its CEO says the real money isn’t in voice anymore.

ElevenLabs has made a name for itself building realistic AI voices.   What started as two Polish engineers annoyed by terrible movie dubbing has grown into a profitable company now valued at $6.6 billion, doubling from just nine months ago. The company recently announced a $100 million tender offer led by Sequoia and ICONIQ, with participation from a16z… Continua a leggere ElevenLabs just hit a $6.6B valuation. Its CEO says the real money isn’t in voice anymore.

ChatGPT is Apple’s most downloaded app of 2025 in the US

This is ChatGPT’s first year as the No. 1 app on the U.S. App Store by downloads.

Oboe raises $16 million from a16z for its AI-powered course-generation platform

Oboe has raised $16 million in funding for its learning app. The company now lets users generate unlimited courses for free.

Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools

Google is rolling out managed MCP servers to make its services “agent-ready by design,” starting with Maps and BigQuery, aiming to simplify messy integrations and help AI agents use real tools.

Unacademy’s founder says startup is now worth less than $500M, confirms M&A talks

Unacademy’s valuation has dropped by over 85% from its pandemic-era peak price tag of $3.5 billion, its founder said.

AI startup Tavus founder says users talk to its AI Santa ‘for hours’ per day

Tavus has launched a new experience where you can chat with an AI Santa that asks personal questions and remembers your interests.

Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers’ personal information

TechCrunch found Petco’s veterinary clinics were spilling customers’ personal information and medical histories of their pets to the open web.