Vinod Khosla publicly disavows Keith Rabois’ comments on ICE shooting
Unwavering Trump loyalist and VC Keith Rabois caused his colleague and his firm’s founder to distance themseves from his comments on ICE.
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Obvious Ventures lands fund five with a 360-degree view of planetary, human, economic health
The 12-year-old firm raised $360,360,360 for its fifth fund. And there’s a reason for that number.
VC firm 2150 raises €210M fund to solve cities’ climate challenges
Europe-based venture fund 2150 raised the money to invest in climate tech startups that help solve cities’ carbon footprint.
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What is Bending Spoons? The little-known firm behind Vimeo’s sweeping layoffs
Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.
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Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you
Blockit, an AI agent that communicates directly with other calendars, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Sequoia.
Voice AI engine and OpenAI partner LiveKit hits $1B valuation
The five-year-old-startup powers OpenAI’s ChatGPT voice mode and raised a $100 million round led by Index Ventures.
Inference startup Inferact lands $150M to commercialize vLLM
The seed round values the newly formed startup at $800 million.