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This Thrive-backed startup says it aspires to be the “Amazon of homes”

Since 2022, Homebound has raised a combined $400 million in equity and real estate capital, the company told Fortune.

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Fortune Brainstorm AI San Francisco starts today, with Databricks, OpenAI, Cursor, and more on deck

Today, Fortune Brainstorm AI starts, and so many key players in AI will be with us live in San Francisco.

10.12.2025 10

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Exclusive: Glean hits $200 million ARR, up from $100 million nine months back

Glean, an enterprise AI unicorn, has hit $200 million in annual recurring revenue, CEO Arvind Jain said at Fortune's Brainstorm AI conference.

09.12.2025 8

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This Khosla Ventures–backed startup is using AI to personalize cancer care

Radical Health just emerged from stealth, having raised $5 million in pre-seed funding led by Khosla Ventures.

05.12.2025 2

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How Anthropic grew—and what the $183 billion giant faces next

In our latest Fortune cover story, AI editor Jeremy Kahn explores what's driving Anthropic's growth.

04.12.2025 10

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Exclusive: Angle Health raises $134 million Series B to grow its AI-driven healthcare benefits offerings

Angle Health has raised a $134 million Series B, led by Portage, Fortune has exclusively learned.

03.12.2025 20

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The startup betting AI can unlock a new era of ‘found money’ for enterprises

Tony Capasso started OnProfit in 2024 with Alan Lockett, David Rubin, and Matt Stuart to build AI tools that unlock “found money."

02.12.2025 10

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The AI boom is driving valuations sky-high almost overnight. What could go wrong?

This year, a handful of top AI startups, from Anthropic to Harvey, have raised not just one giant round of funding, but two or more.

01.12.2025 10

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AI startup valuations are doubling and tripling within months as back-to-back funding rounds fuel a stunning growth spurt

From LLM makers OpenAI and Anthropic to specialized firms like Cursor, Harvey, and Abridge, AI startups are chaining deals together in rapid-fire...

29.11.2025 20

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Tidalwave raises $22 million Series A to improve the mortgage process with AI

Tidalwave, which builds agentic AI for mortgage origination, has now raised its $22 million Series A, Fortune has exclusively learned.

21.11.2025 10

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Stuut raises $29.5 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to automate accounts receivable

Stuut has raised a $29.5 million Series A, led by Andreessen Horowitz, Fortune has exclusively learned.

20.11.2025 10

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Term Sheet Next: Erica Wenger on elephants, branding in VC, and her first fund

In our latest Term Sheet Next, Erica Wenger’s Park Rangers Capital has raised its debut $4.3 million fund.

14.11.2025 1

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Kim Kardashian’s Skims draws $5 billion valuation in reminder that, for the best consumer companies, there’s always a market

Kim Kardashian’s Skims is now valued at $5 billion, in what’s been an underrated year in consumer.

13.11.2025 10

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Elias Torres’s Agency raises $20 million Series A to chase agentic AI for customer success

Founded in 2024, Agency has raised its $20 million Series A, led by Menlo Ventures, Fortune has exclusively learned.

12.11.2025 6

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How Screendoor became a key signal for emerging VC talent

Screendoor has become a crucial LP amid the difficult emerging manager landscape.

11.11.2025 10

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Exclusive: Mercury, valued at $3.5 billion, clocks $650 million in 2025 annualized revenue

Mercury reaches $650 million in annualized revenue, jumping from $500 million at the end of 2024, the company exclusively told Fortune.

07.11.2025 3

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Roelof Botha steps aside as Sequoia’s steward, passing the role to Alfred Lin and Pat Grady

After nearly a decade at the helm of Sequoia Capital, Roelof Botha will step aside as steward of the legendary Silicon Valley VC firm. 

05.11.2025 3

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Tala Health raises $100 million seed round, as Ritankar Das seeks to build a holding company for the AI era

Titan Holdings has launched a new operating company, Tala Health, Fortune has exclusively learned.

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Martin Sorrell says AI has already ‘missed the Oppenheimer moment’

When it comes to AI, it’s already too big for governments to regulate, says WPP founder Martin Sorrell.

30.10.2025 10

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Term Sheet Next: Jessica Powell on how AI unlocks the massive enterprise audio market

Jessica Powell’s AudioShake, already with more than 40 enterprise customers, recently raised its $14 million seed round, led by Shine Capital.

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Generation Lab raises $11 million, becoming Accel’s first longevity bet

Accel has led longevity startup Generation Lab’s $11 million seed round, Fortune has exclusively learned.

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Can a startup be worth a trillion dollars?

Term Sheet asked: Will we ever see trillion-dollar startups? And what should we call them?

22.10.2025 10

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Asymmetric Capital Partners raises $137 million second fund, beating ZIRP-era odds

Asymmetric has raised its $137 million second fund, passing its original $125 million target, Fortune has exclusively learned.

17.10.2025 2

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The AI investing boom gets its posterboy: Meet Leopold Aschenbrenner

Sharon Goldman’s profile of Leopold Aschenbrenner is a remarkable story in its own right.

16.10.2025 5

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Goldman’s acquisition of Industry Ventures is a bet on soaring secondaries

When Goldman Sachs announced plans on Monday to acquire Industry Ventures, eyebrows shot up.

15.10.2025 3

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Exclusive: Flow Engineering raises $23 million Series A led by Sequoia to power hardware’s new era

Flow Engineering has raised a $23 million Series A, led by Sequoia and including the Collisons, Fortune has exclusively learned.

14.10.2025 10

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Ben Horowitz and Raghu Raghuram on AI, politics, and the questions they don’t have easy answers to

As the former VMware CEO joins VC firm a16z, Raghuram and Horowitz sat with Fortune for a candid conversation about the state of things.

12.10.2025 10

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OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap on what history teaches us about AI and the enterprise race

Though much of OpenAI’s DevDay looked to the future, I was especially curious about what OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap had to say about the past.

10.10.2025 4

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In 2025 so far, 40% of VC exit value stems from AI, according to PitchBook

PitchBook data says it’s all happening in AI.

09.10.2025 6

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OpenAI dreams of Apple

OpenAI’s DevDay, held Monday at San Francisco’s historic Fort Mason, was exceptionally Apple-coded.

08.10.2025 10

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Exclusive: EvenUp raises $150 million Series E at $2 billion valuation as AI reshapes personal injury law

After getting rejected at least 3 times by Y Combinator, the founders of EvenUp have become legal tech leaders.

07.10.2025 10

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Exclusive: Assort Health raises $76 million Series B to build on voice AI healthcare platform

Assort Health has raised a $76 million Series B, led by Lightspeed, Fortune can exclusively report.

30.09.2025 2

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‘There’s so much pressure to be the company that went from zero to $100 million in X days’: Inside the sketchy world of ARR and inflated AI startup accounting

Annual recurring revenue is the metric VCs and founders love to tout. But skeptics think these overblown numbers are helping fuel a bubble.

28.09.2025 8

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Exclusive: Touring Capital, founded by ex-M12 and SoftBank investors, closes $330 million first fund

Founded in 2023, Touring Capital has now closed its first fund at $330 million, Fortune has exclusively learned.

25.09.2025 10

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GV’s Sangeen Zeb on investing in AI unicorns like Harvey, Thinking Machines, and OpenEvidence

GV’s Sangeen Zeb is the latest Term Sheet Next spotlight.

24.09.2025 10

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Exclusive: Phia, founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, raises $8 million seed round, led by Kleiner Perkins

The AI shopping agent startup has a cap table also featuring Hailey Bieber and Kris Jenner.

17.09.2025 5

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Exclusive: Modern Animal, veterinary clinic network, raises $46 million Series D

Recently, Modern Animal raised $46 million in Series D funding, the company exclusively told Fortune.

16.09.2025 3

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Are we inching closer to an OpenAI IPO?

Would going public be good or bad for the world's most valuable startup?

15.09.2025 10

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GV’s David Krane and Greycroft’s Dana Settle break down where the AI boom really stands at Fortune Brainstorm Tech

“It’s absolutely a long cycle, and we’re at the very, very, very beginning,” said Settle.

12.09.2025 4

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Exclusive: Baseten, AI inference unicorn, raises $150 million at $2.15 billion valuation

Baseten has raised a $150 million Series D, led by Bond, Fortune has exclusively learned.

05.09.2025 4

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Figma is getting crushed in its post-IPO earnings debut; CEO Dylan Field is focused on AI’s long term power to ‘raise the ceiling’

In an interview with Fortune, the cofounder and chief executive of the newly public Figma discussed the increasingly interconnected future of design...

04.09.2025 7

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Thrive Capital’s Philip Clark is promoted to partner

Philip Clark has been promoted to partner at Thrive Capital, Fortune has exclusively learned.

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Predoc raises $30 million to stop document chasing in healthcare

Predoc—which uses AI to automate medical records management—has raised $30 million in funding, Fortune has exclusively learned.

02.09.2025 8

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Recap: An AI super PAC, tech earnings, and Taylor Swift

This week, tech earnings came in, Silicon Valley is thinking about midterms, and more.

29.08.2025 10

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George Kurtz on CrowdStrike’s $290 million Onum acquisition and cybersecurity M&A

CrowdStrike, which went public in 2019, is a longtime acquirer, and has acquired data observability startup Onum for about $290 million.

28.08.2025 4

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Exclusive: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on $290 million acquisition of startup Onum and security in the AI age

The cybersecurity company, which went public in 2019, is a longtime acquirer, and has acquired data observability startup Onum for about $290 million.

28.08.2025 20

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For Q2, the size of the VC secondary market reached $61.1 billion, according to PitchBook

In Q2 2025, the VC direct secondary market in the U.S. was $61.1 billion, according to new data from PitchBook.

27.08.2025 10

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Exclusive: Blue Water Autonomy raises GV-led $50 million Series A to build unmanned ships

Blue Water Autonomy has raised a $50 million Series A, led by GV, Fortune has exclusively learned.

26.08.2025 2

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Private equity dealmaking in aerospace and defense drops 32% in Q2, PitchBook says

PitchBook data shows a 32% year-over-year decline in aerospace and defense deal count, a drop the research platform links to tariffs and broader...

22.08.2025 10

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Exclusive: Twin Health, metabolic health startup, raises $53 million Series E at $950 million valuation

Twin Health raised a $53 million Series E led by Maj Invest of Denmark, Fortune has exclusively learned.

21.08.2025 7

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