I knew nothing about business or medicine, but my life-threatening allergies drove me to build a healthcare startup with nearly $1 million in annual recurring revenue
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This pitch deck helped Gradient Labs, a London AI startup, raise a $13 million Series A funding round in one week
BI asked Gradient's co-founder and CEO how he was able to close so quickly and what his advice is for other founders who are trying to fundraise.
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A new type of dealmaking is unnerving startup employees. Here are the questions to ask to make sure you don't get left out.
Given that traditional M&A has mostly disappeared, prospective employees at AI startups must do their homework more than ever.
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This startup says it's made ChatGPT for construction sites. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $40 million.
Trunk Tools has built bespoke AI agents for the construction industry, which its founder describes as "ChatGPT for your job site."
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AI salaries revealed: How much top startups like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere are paying employees
See how much AI startups like OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, and Glean pay in 2025, with technical staff earning hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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See the 8-slide pitch deck AI video calling platform Lyra used to raise a $6 million seed round from Y Combinator and 468 Capital
The startup lets customers turn every sales call into a real-time whiteboard and keep all their conversations about a project in one place.
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An AI startup that wants to be the Canva of video has raised $9.2 million. Read its pitch deck.
Hypernatural wants to simplify video creation for creators and everyday people using AI technology. Read its pitch deck.
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Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck a law firm CEO used to raise $3.5 million to rewire how people find lawyers
Andrew Guzman thinks hiring a lawyer should be as easy as hailing an Uber. He has $3.5 million in funding to build a marketplace for legal services.
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Social media startup Zeen is shutting down after raising $9 million
Zeen, the maker of a social collaging platform for creators, confirmed it's shutting down. It was once a Gen-Z hit.
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Windsurf was a startup Cinderella story. Now it's become a cautionary tale.
The whipsawing of Windsurf employees and the unusual cleaving of the company into separate parts have left a bitter taste in Silicon Valley.
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How AI is helping healthcare startups multiply their patients and chase profits
Healthcare startups are betting that AI can help them do more with less — including in caring for patients.
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A young VC closed a $10 million fund for AI seed startups. Here's what he's looking for and the pitch deck he used.
Banyan Ventures will invest in 36 startups at seed and pre-seed stages, with founder Sam Awrabi calling AI "the dominant force of our lifetime."
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This startup just raised $15 million to create custom maps with AI for monitoring wildfire and flood risks
The California startup's platform lets customers, from insurers to energy companies, use AI to generate custom geospatial maps.
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WeWork's former top lawyer is building an 'AI-native' law firm. Her model for client cost savings? TurboTax.
Covenant wants to do for fund docs what TurboTax did for tax prep: make the old way look unnecessarily expensive.
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Anam builds digital humans that can have lifelike conversations. Read the pitch deck that it used to raise $9 million.
Anam, named for the Irish word for "soul," was cofounded by two Synthesia veterans and had previously raised a $2.3 million pre-seed.
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Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is quietly handing startups a shot at a faster payday
New tax provisions could help startups get acquired faster and bring bigger tax-free gains to investors.
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Why the next app for relationships won't look like a dating app, according to a VC
Amber Atherton is a VC looking for the next big app to disrupt how we build new and maintain our existing relationships.
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A 29-year-old VC founder sparked a debate after posting about a 7-day workweek. He shared his philosophy with us.
Harry Stebbings, a 29-year-old VC founder, ignited a debate over 996 culture and what sort of schedule is required to build a successful company.
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Read the exclusive pitch deck data startup Ryft used to raise $8 million, led by Index and Bessemer
Discover how Ryft, a data management startup founded by Israeli high school friends, raised $8 million in seed funding.
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Emergence Capital hasn't lost a single partner in 22 years. Here's how other VC firms can fix their 'revolving doors,' according to an investor
While the VC industry struggles with a revolving door of talent, Emergence Capital has never lost a partner to another firm. Here's how.
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Figma investors say going public is a better outcome than its abandoned Adobe deal
Three Figma investors said the failed Adobe deal was an inflection point amid a fresh wave of opportunity thanks to AI.
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These are the 9 healthcare startups next in line to go public, according to bankers and investors
The digital health market is welcoming new IPOs for the first time in years. Bankers and investors think these 9 startups could go public next.
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Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey's new digital banking startup set to be valued at $2 billion, sources say
Erebor, a digital bank for startups and cryptocurrency companies founded by Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey, is raising money from 8VC and Founders Fund.
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Read the pitch decks of 10 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions
Social networking and dating startups used these pitch decks to raise venture capital funding rounds.
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Mira Murati's startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is dangling $500,000 salaries to win the AI arms race
The average salary Thinking Machines Lab offered 4 technical hires is far higher than more established firms Mira Murati is aiming to compete with.
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AI startup Airial turns travel TikToks into bookable itineraries. Read its pitch deck that helped it land $3 million.
AI startup Airial Travel has raised $3 million in seed funding to turn aspirational social media content into tangible vacation plans.
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Jack Altman says founding a company taught him a big lesson about picking the right board
Altman said that picking good board members is crucial because founders end up making "high-stakes" decisions together.
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Startup funding announcements are getting the TikTok treatment, thanks to Gen Z founders
Twitter threads are so 2021. Now, tech startup founders are dropping hype videos to promote their venture rounds.
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'A graveyard of companies': Climate tech startups are feeling the heat from Trump 2.0
Climate tech founders in the US say they're pivoting to new markets in light of Trump's tax credit cuts.
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This startup is taking a new approach to building celebrity brands. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $5M.
VO/D has been developing celebrity brands. It started with freeze-dried candy before moving into the protein and supplements category.
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The long-awaited digital health IPO is back, but most late-stage healthcare startups aren't ready for it, according to bankers
Hinge Health and Omada Health reawakened the digital health IPO market. But most late-stage healthcare startups aren't ready to follow them this year.
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Climatiq uses AI to automate carbon emission data. See the pitch deck it used to raise $11.6 million.
Amid a climate tech funding slump, Climatiq has secured an $11.6 million Series A to help companies automate their carbon emissions calculations.
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Synthflow AI is bringing 'conversational' voice agents to call centers. Read the pitch deck that it used to raise $20 million.
Berlin-based Synthflow is targeting customer call centers with its conversational AI voice agents, and says it already has over 1,000 clients.
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Meet 19 startups in social networking, dating, and AI that investors have their eyes on
Business Insider spoke with nine VC investors about what buzzy consumer social startups are on their radars.
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Scale AI exposed sensitive data about clients like Meta and xAI in public Google Docs, BI finds
Scale AI's public Google Docs reveal sensitive information from clients like Meta and Google, raising concerns over data protection in AI projects.
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'We're not trying to be Silicon Valley': Inside Station F, where Paris is incubating the next tech and AI juggernauts
Station F transformed Paris's startup ecosystem. Here's how it's galvanizing France's AI boom and luring global talent.
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Viral AI 'cheating' startup Cluely lands $15 million led by Andreessen Horowitz
Viral AI startup Cluely just nabbed $15 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Find out why a16z invested and what Cluely's next plans are.
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A new dating app made by college students uses mutual friends to match you. Read the pitch deck it raised $1.6M with.
Cerca, a new dating app, wants to help singles go on dates with "mutuals, not strangers." It recently raised funds from Corazon Capital.
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I'm a VC founder. Here's a day in my life, from coffee and emails at 4 a.m. to taking a Waymo to dance class at noon
Baukunst founder and single mom Kate McAndrew said her "deep work" takes place between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m., when she's most creative.
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This SpaceX alum-founded startup raised $10 million in 36 hours
AndrenaM, an AI-enabled maritime tech startup, plans to double its head count and build hardware with new funding.
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'Order the New Mountain special': How one private equity firm is bringing big exits back to healthcare VC
The private equity firm is making multibillion dollar bets in healthtech and giving healthcare investors a new exit route they're desperate for.
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The hottest tech job candidates in America — and what you need to become one — according to top recruiters
America's most desirable tech worker has an advanced degree, and soft skills, in common.
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Why consumer tech founders are falling in love with the city that never sleeps
New York City is experiencing a consumer tech renaissance, attracting startups and investors. The Bay Area still leads in venture funding.
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GitHub's CEO says startups can only get so far with vibe coding
Thomas Dohmke says AI can help non-technical founders launch a startup, but they still need developers to scale and attract investment from VCs.
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Fast-growing Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable is set to raise funding from Accel at a $1.5 billion valuation
Accel is set to lead a new funding round in Swedish "vibe coding" startup Lovable at a valuation of at least $1.5 billion, according to sources.
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The 10 most exciting AI agent startups at Y Combinator's Demo Day for its first-ever spring cohort
Startup accelerator Y Combinator's Demo Day for its inaugural spring cohort featured many agentic AI startups.
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New York's tech industry has a warning for San Francisco: We're coming for your AI crown
New York City is positioning itself as a major player in AI innovation, challenging San Francisco's dominance.
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3 tips to help your startup survive the age of AI, from Anthropic's product chief
Anthropic's Mike Krieger said companies with a good understanding of the customer can stay "defensible" in the business.
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VC's new favorite guessing game: Who is Arfur Rock, the 'Gossip Girl of Silicon Valley?'
VCs in Silicon Valley have been speculating about who is behind an anonymous X account that publishes insider info about startups and VC firms.
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