Browsing: VCs
This week at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in Athens — part of Panathinaia festival taking place in the city — I sat down with Verdict Capital’s Nikos…
The pitch trick that helped an eSports startup raise $20 million when VCs only wanted AI
By techtost.com
Earlier this year, Lucra Sports Founder and CEO Dylan Robbins did something no one else has ever done. Acquired renowned public investor Cathie Wood and her…
Last month, Scott Stevenson, co-founder and CEO of legal AI startup Spellbook, took to X in an effort to uncover what he called “huge scamamong AI…
Startups are often quick to say they value diversity, but slow to implement hiring practices that reflect it. It’s the path of least resistance for a…
SXSW is making a comeback as a premier networking, ideas festival for founders and VCs
By techtost.com
The air was different at this year’s SXSW, the annual March festival where technology meets pop culture in Austin. I was reminded of SXSW in 2019,…
With AI, investor faith is (almost) dead: At least a dozen OpenAI VCs now back Anthropic too
By techtost.com
With OpenAI on the verge of closing a new $100 billion round and Anthropic just closing its own monster $30 billion raise, one thing is clear:…
One of the most important decisions early-stage founders have to make is who to bring in as a founding team. The first five to ten employees…
What happens when an AI agent decides that the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you? This is not hypothetical. According to Barmak…
Businesses have been piloting and testing different AI tools in recent years to figure out what their adoption strategy will look like. Investors believe that the…
Even three years after the AI boom began, most AI startups are still making money by selling to businesses rather than individual consumers. Although consumers have…