For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage

a16z’s Borderless Founder network initiative supports immigrant and international founders. ‘Having one foot in your home country, and one foot in Silicon Valley,” is an advantage, the firm believes.

Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’

After raising $1.7 billion for his new robotics company Atoms, Travis Kalanick is introspective about the role VCs have played in his career.

Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging from stealth

AI-native account startup Rillet became a unicorn, led by ICONIQ after it doubled its ARR in the past three months, it said.

DOJ’s probe into Andreessen Horowitz over board seats baffles VCs

Since portfolio companies often pivot and expand into competing markets, investors view occasional conflicts of interest as unavoidable for large VC firms.

Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria

The AI opportunity is huge but “it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment discipline,” Kushner warns in his first-ever investment letter.

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise

Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Alitmeter Capital. 

Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last

The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund available for deployment.

What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?

Scaleup Europe, a public-private fund with a $5.7 billion target, made its first investment by backing Finnish satellite company ICEYE.

This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs

More than 20 years ago, King’s Cross was one of the seediest area’s in London. Now it’s sprouting something new.