Newly valued at $2 billion, the AI 50 debutant originated as a chatbot for teenagers. Now, it has aspirations—and $100 million in fresh dry powder—to be the GitHub of machine learning.
Since earlier this year, we’ve all witnessed the economic downturn happen. Now, investors get back to work after a slow summer filled with holidays instead of term sheets. We all wonder what the fall of 2022 in venture capital will look like, with this current uncertain VC climate.
After 11 years on the Midas List, GGV Capital’s Jenny Lee has helped triple the firm’s assets under management to $9.2 billion over a seven-year period.
The increasing adoption of the services of "Virtual Power Plant" OhmConnect by California homeowners likely represents a significant portion of the “consumer conservation” that California ISO credited with saving the state from disruptive, dangerous rolling blackouts.
Maelle Gavet is the CEO of Techstars: one of the largest pre-seed investment companies in the world. Forbes’ Diane Brady sits down with Maelle to talk about the current state of the investing market and what’s next in venture capital. Maelle also giv
Stability AI’s open source text-to-image generator was released to the general public in late August. It has already accumulated massive community goodwill — and controversy over how it’s been used by individuals on websites like 4chan.
The funding, which makes Kapor Capital one of the largest Black-led VC firms by assets, will help it continue to invest in “gap-closing” impact-minded startups.
Andreessen Horowitz’s $350 million seed round in Adam Neumann’s bold new real estate venture prompted widespread criticism. While there are legitimate questions about such a risky deal between these two principals, it’s not so unusual in the context of recent venture capital trends.
Many clinical trials fail due to low enrollment. Most patients don't even know clinical trials are an option. New startup Power is trying to change all that.
Despite the negativity that greets us every time we read or watch the news, it is possible to find renewed hope by spending time with startup founders building technology companies. For entrepreneurs, times of greatest challenge often provide the most significant opportunities.
Your likelihood of entrepreneurial success increases with age. A 50-year-old founder is twice as likely to build a thriving enterprise that has either an IPO or a successful acquisition as a 30-year-old founder.
In 2020, Adam Neumann’s family office became a lead investor in real estate tech company Alfred. Less than two years later, the ex-WeWork CEO announced a new venture, Flow, with $350 million in funding.