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Powerhouse agency CAA enters the high-stakes venture capital world
CAA is entering the high-stakes world of venture capital, where for every winning bet there's five times as many losers. In 2020, the powerhouse agency dipped a toe into investing via a partnership with VC firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA)…
Silicon Valley Wants to Build A.I. That Can Improve A.I. on Its Own
Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, the founders of Ricursive Intelligence, at the start-up's offices in Palo Alto, Calif.Credit...Cayce Clifford for The New York Times Listen to this article · 4:47 min Learn more One new start-up is called…
Billionaire VC founder Vinod Khosla distances himself from pro-ICE remarks by an exec at his firm
The latest fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday has triggered a public disagreement among senior leaders at venture capital firm Khosla Ventures. Keith Rabois, a managing director at Khosla Ventures, wrote in a post on X on…
AI startup Synthesia raises $200M in funding from Nvidia, Google, others (NVDA:NASDAQ)
Artificial intelligence startup Synthesia has raised $200M in a new Series E funding round, the company said on Monday. Nvidia's (NVDA) venture capital arm, Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) venture arm, and venture firm Kleiner Perkins are among It enables…
Obvious Ventures lands fund five with a 360-degree view of planetary, human, economic health
Obvious Ventures, the firm co-founded by Twitter's Evan Williams, has raised a fifth fund, and this one, just like its predecessors, comes with a “fun” number: $360,360,360. “We invest in the frontiers of math and science and…
Exclusive: VC firm 2150 raises €210M fund to solve cities' climate challenges
If you want to solve climate change, there are few better places to start than cities. “The city is kind of like this beautiful vampire squid that sucks in all the resources,” Jacob Bro, co-founder and partner at 2150, told…
The Radiologist Effect: Why AI Creates More Jobs, Not Fewer
Radiologist demand grew 17% despite AI permeating imaging—the blueprint for agentic AI is expansion, not replacement. In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton told the world to stop training radiologists. The Nobel laureate and AI pioneer argued that deep…
CAA's VC Firm Connect Ventures Bolsters Leadership
Creative Artists Agency has bolstered the leadership in Connect Ventures after expanding into the venture capital world in 2020 via a joint venture with New Enterprise Associates. Veteran investor Nicole Quinn and former CAA executive Michael Blank…
The decline of Food52, Goop, Hodinkee-and the internet's dream of content-to-commerce
Remember how much fun it was to shop on the internet a decade ago? If you visited the Goop website, Gwyneth Paltrow might introduce you to her favorite $75 candle or $95 vibrator. If you were looking for a lasagne recipe, you could find a good one…
Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out
British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion — up from $2.1 billion just a year ago. Unlike some…
One year, one chart and an eye-popping jump in Ilhan Omar's personal wealth
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's latest federal financial disclosures show millions of dollars in newly reported assets tied to her husband's businesses, representing a massive increase compared to previous years' listings. The disclosures, filed as…
Stunning 8-bedroom £1.4m Victorian villa with cinema room and coach house
An incredible eight-bedroom property complete with a cinema room, hot tub terrace, stained glass window, and separate coach house, is up for grabs - provided you've got £1.4 million to spare. Social media users have been left in awe by…
Why two Gen Z college dropouts are combatting financial nihilism with a credit card startup
Are the kids alright? Covering fintech typically gives me a pretty bleak answer to the age-old question. From prediction markets to crypto to zero-day options, every new financial product targeted at Gen Z seems to fall under the category of…
UK maker of AI avatars nearly doubles valuation to $4bn after funding round
A British AI startup that makes realistic video avatars has almost doubled its valuation to $4bn (£3bn), in a boost for the UK technology sector. Synthesia was valued at $2.1bn last year and moved into new offices in central London, marking…
Pound climbs as miners help FTSE 100 nudge higher
News from The City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. The FTSE 100 made modest headway on Monday, supported by…
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