ServiceTitan could be the first of many ‘dirty’ term-sheet IPOs, VCs believe
When ServiceTitan filed documents last week for its IPO, hoping to have its debut before the end of 2024, the tech world wondered if a stuck IPO market was unlocking…
Climate VCs are cautiously optimistic about a second Trump term — here’s why
President-elect Donald Trump made no secret during his campaigning that he doesn’t think the U.S. should take an aggressive stance on climate change. From leading chants of “drill, baby, drill”…
ChatGPT’s New Tasks Feature Signals OpenAI’s Move Toward AI Agents
OpenAI began rolling out a new feature on ChatGPT Tuesday that allows users to schedule reminders and actions for the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Dubbed Tasks, the new feature is…
GV CEO David Krane on what it takes to manage 800 investments in five years at StrictlyVC SF
GV, Google’s venture capital spinoff that started in 2009, has invested billions of dollars in companies from Uber and Nothing to scent digitizing startup Osmo. Their CEO David Krane joined…
OpenAI Startup Fund raises $44M in its largest SPV yet
The OpenAI Startup Fund, the early-stage AI investor affiliated with OpenAI, recently disclosed in a financial filing that it has raised over $44 million for its fifth Special Purpose Vehicle…
Longevity-Obsessed Tech Millionaire Discontinues De-Aging Drug Out of Concerns That It Aged Him
Bryan Johnson has long been obsessed with “de-aging” himself. The 46-year-old multimillionaire, who made his money by founding various tech companies, has spent years of his life and millions of…
AMD may still wait for Nvidia before unleashing RDNA 4
AMD’s future best graphics cards should be right around the corner, but with no specifics, it’s hard to say when exactly we’ll reach that particular corner. However, a new leak…
Powerset gives founders $1 million to invest in other startups
Powerset, founded in late 2022, is an investment program with a simple hypothesis: What if the best investors aren’t venture capitalists but other founders, scribbling off checks in between late…
VCs say AI companies need proprietary data to stand out from the pack
AI companies across the globe raised more than $100 billion in venture capital dollars in 2024, according to Crunchbase data, an increase of more than 80% compared to 2023. It…
G2 Ventures Partners is raising $750 million for a third fund
G2 Venture Partners, the high-profile firm that spun out of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is raising a third fund with a target of $750 million, TechCrunch has learned. The…