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AI Sales: Lighthouse vs. Landgrab
AI sales strategies diverge: 'Lighthouse' for proof in new categories, 'Landgrab' for speed and ROI in established ones. Choose wisely.
Viking Global Admits Missing AI Rally, Sticking to Conservative Stance
Viking Global Investors admits to missing out on the AI stock rally, despite its conservative strategy delivering a 2.6% return in the first half of the year.
Semiconductor Multiples Are Unremarkable
Semiconductor stocks are trading at average multiples despite record AI-driven growth, reflecting investor concerns about industry cyclicality and future supply gluts.
Kalanick's Atoms Raises Big
Travis Kalanick's new company, Atoms, backed by a16z, aims to digitize physical industries with industrial AI and robotics.
Kalanick Secures $1.7B for ATOMS
Travis Kalanick's ATOMS secures $1.7B from a16z to digitize industrial sectors with 'Physical AI', merging past ventures.
a16z Names Inaugural AI Deployment Fellows
Andreessen Horowitz announces its first cohort of 65 Forward Deployed Engineer Fellows, focusing on enterprise AI deployment.
Robinhood Platinum Card Debuts
Robinhood rolls out its premium Platinum Card, featuring enhanced travel, dining, and wellness benefits for high spenders.
Bessemer's Dholakia on AI Growth and Competition
Bessemer Venture Partners' Sameer Dholakia discusses the competitive AI landscape, the moats of frontier models, and the rapid growth of AI startups like Fireworks.
AI Chip Stocks: Opportunity Amidst Volatility, Says JoAnne Feeney
Capital management advisor JoAnne Feeney sees opportunity in AI stock pullbacks, favoring infrastructure providers like Nvidia over memory companies like Micron.
Applied Intuition Launches Dana Platform
Applied Intuition launches Dana, an agentic platform designed to streamline the development and deployment of AI in physical machines, aiming for intelligence on a billion devices.
Kimi K3 Sparks AI Investing Debate: A VC's View
Crosslink Capital Partner Mary D'Onofrio discusses how Moonshot's Kimi K3 model impacts AI investing, the race for innovation, and market valuations.
Greylock Bets $1.5B on the Next AI Wave
Greylock Partners launches a $1.5 billion fund for early-stage AI startups, focusing on models, infrastructure, and applications, while offering a cautious view on new AI model benchmarks.
a16z Taps Ex-Army Captain Connor Love
a16z welcomes former Army Captain Connor Love as General Partner, focusing on defense, space, and manufacturing.
Invesco's Fiona Yang on AI, Korea & Asia's Markets
Invesco Fund Manager Fiona Yang discusses the AI market, the volatility in Korea, competition from Chinese LLMs, and investment opportunities in Asia.
Secular Bull Market Won't End with AI Bubble, Says Brian Belski
Brian Belski of Humilis Investments argues the current bull market is robust, driven by broad fundamentals and not just AI hype, with opportunities in small caps, healthcare, and financials.
Runta raises seed for AI agent compute
Runta secures a16z-led seed funding to build a new compute execution layer for AI agents, addressing the growing demand for specialized CPU resources.
AI Ban Echoes Past Tech Panics
University of Chicago Law's AI ban mirrors historical resistance to new tech, suggesting such preemptive regulations often fail as innovation becomes ubiquitous.
AI Workforce Management: The New Train Wreck
AI's promise has inverted, making humans cheaper. Now, effective AI workforce management is critical to avoid costly inefficiencies and harness true potential.
AI: The Most Human Tech?
AI is evolving beyond efficiency tools, becoming a powerful enabler of human creativity and personal expression.
Trump Accounts Go Live for 2025-2028 Births
Trump Accounts have officially launched, offering a $1,000 government contribution for children born between 2025 and 2028, with Robinhood and BNY as key partners.
George Noble on AI's ROI and the Specter of Financial Euphoria
Veteran investor George Noble shares his critical perspective on AI's current ROI, likening the capital influx to past market bubbles, and expresses strong concerns about the manipulative nature of some IPOs, especially SpaceX, while highlighting opportunities in energy and commodities amid global reflation.
Lerer Hippeau's Eric Hippeau on AI's Second Wave of Startups
Eric Hippeau of Lerer Hippeau discusses the booming AI startup scene, noting 'nonsensical' early valuations and the importance of founders with deep expertise and AI-native products.
AI Capex Demand Points to Multi-Year Growth Cycle
Rudina Seseri of Glasswing Ventures discusses the multi-year AI capex cycle and the trend of hyperscalers vertically integrating their solutions.
AI Investment Mistakes: Navigating Hype and Reality
Causeway Capital's Sarah Ketterer discusses how investors can avoid common AI investment mistakes, focusing on substance over hype and the critical role of human judgment.
VC Mamoon Hamid on AI, Startups, and the Future of Work
Mamoon Hamid of Kleiner Perkins discusses AI's impact on business, his journey from engineering to VC, and the future of software and automation.
Mamoon Hamid on VC in the AI Revolution
Mamoon Hamid of Kleiner Perkins discusses venture capital's role in the AI revolution, his career journey, and the future of AI-driven innovation.
a16z Explores American Tech's Global Leadership Role
a16z partners discuss why American tech, especially AI, must lead globally, the challenges of international expansion, and the importance of building trust and value across diverse markets.
America's Industrial Rebirth
David Ulevitch champions 'American Dynamism,' a movement to rebuild domestic industries, accelerate critical tech development, and restore manufacturing jobs.
AI Trade and Japan's Startup Scene: Investor Insights
Investors weigh in on AI trade and Japan's startup ecosystem, exploring growth opportunities and market dynamics.
Robinhood Launches Chain, Stock Tokens
Robinhood launches its Robinhood Chain mainnet and 'Stock Tokens,' alongside new DeFi and AI-powered trading features, expanding its global financial services.
Robinhood Acquires WonderFi, Enters Canada
Robinhood completes its acquisition of Canadian digital asset firm WonderFi, marking its official entry into the Canadian market and expanding its international customer base.
Robinhood Lets AI Trade and Spend
Robinhood launches Agentic Trading and Agentic Credit Card, allowing AI agents to automate trading and spending with built-in safety controls.
a16z Unveils Inaugural Design Engineer Fellows
a16z has revealed its first cohort of 73 Design Engineer Fellows, comprising AI-native design leaders from top tech companies.
Robots Are the New Silicon Valley Gold
The investment landscape is shifting from software to hardware, with robotics and physical AI emerging as major private market growth areas.
Did Bill Ackman Help Move the NIS? A Closer Look at a Currency Run Few Saw Coming
Opinion: the shekel's historic rally and Bill Ackman's very public bet on Israel arrived together. Here is the case that foreign confidence, with Ackman as its loudest voice, helped power the move, plus the falsifiable prediction that will test it.
Menlo Ventures' Ganesan on AI Bets and Startup Success
Menlo Ventures has raised a $3 billion fund to back AI startups, signaling a strong belief in the technology's transformative potential and a strategic focus on later-stage companies.
Probook Secures $34M Series A Funding
Probook, a vertical AI platform for home services, has raised $34 million in Series A funding led by a16z, totaling $40 million.
AI Raised the Floor, Now What?
Renaissance Geek, backed by a16z, aims to elevate AI's creative output beyond mere automation by focusing on human-AI collaboration and amplified craft.
a16z Unveils New Media Fellows
Andreessen Horowitz has unveiled the second a16z New Media Fellowship cohort, featuring 65 influential creators and leaders.
a16z's New Media Play
Andreessen Horowitz's New Media initiative celebrates one year, offering startups 'go-direct as a service' through creative production, owned channels, and expert support.
Telepatia Secures $33M Series A
Telepatia, an AI clinical platform addressing Latin America's healthcare shortage, raises $33M Series A led by a16z.
a16z Launches CFO Peer Group
a16z launches a new community for CFOs, offering a confidential, curated peer group for tactical learning and genuine relationship building.
SpaceX's Orbital AI Data Center Play
SpaceX aims to build massive AI data centers in orbit, leveraging Starship and Starlink to power future civilization and AI growth.
AI Hardware Boom Needs Factories
The US manufacturing sector is experiencing an AI-driven boom, but lacks the factories and machinery to truly reindustrialize.
Late-Stage Venture Needs Visionary Founders
Late-stage venture capital is fundamentally about backing visionary founders, not just market trends or valuations.
Work Discussions Are Now Recorded By Default
The future of work is recorded: AI's hunger for context is making continuous meeting capture the new default, reshaping how companies operate and compete.
AI ERP makes month-end obsolete
AI-native ERP systems are making the traditional month-end accounting close obsolete, with automated processes handling nearly all transactions.
AI Fuels Small Business Growth
New data reveals employer small businesses are outpacing solo entrepreneurs in AI adoption, signaling a shift towards AI-powered growth among established SMBs.
Robinhood Bets on World Cup for Prediction Markets
Robinhood is expanding its prediction markets by adding World Cup trading, routing contracts to the new Rothera exchange and lowering fees.
a16z Expands Global Reach
Andreessen Horowitz is expanding its global footprint to better support portfolio companies in international markets, with new offices planned in Japan and South Korea.