New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets
The fundraise is the first major capital raise under Sequoia’s new leadership, with Alfred Lin and Pat Grady now serving as co-stewards of the 54-year-old firm.
Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises
The three-year-old startup raised $150 million led by Khosla Ventures.
Luma launches AI-powered production studio with faith-focused Wonder Project
The studio’s first project will be about Moses and star Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley, to be released this spring on Prime Video.
Netflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board
Hastings helped to transform the video rental industry — first with physical, then digital, delivery.
Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report
AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven months ago.
Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught
The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.
From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product
This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen speaks with Capella Kerst, founder and CEO of geCKo Materials.
Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation
Five years later the founders, now 24 years old, say their startup has achieved $300 million in annualized revenue.
OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop
OpenAI’s agentic coding tool has gotten a major makeover, with a variety of new powers and abilities.
European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks
Europol coordinated an operation against for-hire distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services, including the arrest of four people and the takedown of 53 domains.