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OpenAI just raised one of the biggest private pools of capital in Silicon Valley history. Ironically, one of the biggest questions is how soon it will try to raise that kind of money again, thanks to its high cash burn.Its $6.6 billion financing capped a convoluted and sometimes chaotic process that spanned continents. Investors are valuing OpenAI at $157 billion—on par with publicly traded firms like Siemens, Goldman Sachs and... Read more ›
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Thrive Capital has raised $391.3 million in new capital for an investment vehicle associated with its $3.5 billion growth fund launched in August, according to a securities filing. In March 2023, Thrive similarly raised $744.8 million for an special-purpose vehicle, a pool of capital dedicated ... Read more ›
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There wasn’t any one thing that led to the slow death of Girls in Tech, a standard-bearer nonprofit that provided Silicon Valley women with the kind of mentorship and training opportunities that men took for granted. First, the pandemic struck, and donors shifted their attention to health and science causes. Then the Black Lives Matter movement prompted donors to shift their focus to groups that were more obviously working on... Read more ›
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OpenAI has completed a $6.6 billion fundraise that values the ChatGPT developer at $157 billion, including the investment, the company announced in a blog post on Wednesday. The announcement comes after several weeks of reports the company was in talks with investors including Thrive ... Read more ›
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Tome, a startup whose product uses generative artificial intelligence to quickly generate visual presentations, has laid off nearly a third of its 39 employees, the second round of cuts this year, according to a copy of the announcement. It’s one of a handful of generative AI startups, including ... Read more ›
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Sam Altman should organize a celebration dinner for the men behind the largest venture capital funding round ever. I’d love to overhear SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son give advice to Thrive’s Joshua Kushner on how to avoid giving too much money to charismatic tech founders. Imagine seeing Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella fight over the dinner check to thank Altman for creating the product that boosted their own companies’ fortunes.... Read more ›
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