Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world. Now comes the part everyone has been waiting for. Startup Battlefield 200 is almost here, and with today’s announcement, the judging panel is nearly complete. In just a couple of weeks, 200 carefully selected startups will gather at […]
There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time.
Vapi says its enterprise business has grown 10-fold since early 2025 as companies shift customer support and sales calls to AI agents.
When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting to push back. That tension is everywhere […]
Granola’s valuation jumped from $250 million to $1.5 billion with this round, and it has added more support for AI agents after users previously complained.
The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups, and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses.
When asked whether he was still “salty” about about being shown the door at Uber, alongside co-founder Travis Kalanick, Michael didn’t equivocate. “I’ll never forget that, nor forgive,” he said.
This AI doctor is licensed in all 50 states, the startup says. The deal was led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins.
The round, which was Fal’s third fundraise this year, also included a secondary sale for early investors, sources tell us.
Legal AI might not sound like the sexiest category in Silicon Valley, yet Harvey‘s CEO Winston Weinberg has captured the attention of virtually every top-tier investor in the Valley. The company’s backers read like a who’s who of venture capital: the OpenAI Startup Fund (its first institutional investor), Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Elad Gil, Google […]