Funding, strategy and analysis from the startup and tech world.
Homeward , a startup that helps homeowners buy before selling their existing homes or get cash offers for their properties, has raised a $120 million Series D round, Crunchbase News reports exclusively. Saluda Grade , an alternative investment firm specializing in asset-backed credit, led the round, which also included participation from Continental General Insurance Co.…
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By Mark Williams The 2026 IPO pipeline is sending a clear signal. Public-market activity is returning selectively, led by companies that used the slower years to build scale and strengthen their financial and operating foundations. The IPO market peaked in 2021, then slowed as interest rates rose, valuations fell and recession concerns weighed on issuance.…
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There’s a saying: the best defense is a good offense. That couldn’t ring more true than cybersecurity in 2026, where “The best defense is a good red team.” This summer, OpenAI disclosed that its models had broken out of a cyber evaluation and breached Hugging Face’s servers using stolen credentials and zero-day vulnerabilities. Within days,…
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An interview with Jason Del Rey about Amazon versus Meta, which is a continuation of the oldest battle in retail between Amazon and Walmart.
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We are pleased to release the second edition of a16z’s State of Markets . If you recall the first State of Markets (and even if you don’t), then you know what to expect for SoM II: the canonical chartapalooza of 2026 from the perspective of equity markets and tech (for the first two quarters, at…
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OpenAI's Dev Day showcased a product that is, frankly, pretty confusing. However, there is more vision here than it might seem.
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Subscribe now Hi friends 👋, Happy Monday! Today is a good day. Today, I get to tell you the story of Naman Pushp and Airbound . There are very few people with the combination of ambition and skill than I’ve seen in Naman in the year since I first invested and have gotten to know…
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Hi friends 👋, Happy Friday and welcome to our 212th Weekly Dose of Optimism! Fun week over here at not boring. Feedback on Would We Send Our Kids to HAA? , which I wrote with Alex Danco, has been great – as one person said, if you have kids, want to have kids, or know…
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