Antonio Gracias says he’s longing for ‘proentropic’ startups — those that are built to survive chaos
Antonio Gracias talks at the Upfront Summit in LA about the future of technology.
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Walmart-backed PhonePe shelves IPO as global tensions rattle markets
PhonePe has paused its planned IPO, delaying a major liquidity event for investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft.
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Google, Accel India accelerator choses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’
Google and Accel say about 70% of AI startup pitches tied to India were “wrappers” as they reviewed more than 4,000 applications for their Atoms cohort.
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Unacademy to be acquired by upGrad in share-swap deal as India’s edtech sector consolidates
The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.
Wiz investor unpacks Google’s $32B acquisition
Shardul Shah of Index Ventures walks us through Google’s biggest acquisition ever.
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US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B
The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate “procurement actions.”
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Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools
Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it’s not giving up on the startup.
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Nyne, founded by a father-son duo, gives AI agents the human context they’re missing
The data infrastructure startup raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park Commons
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The biggest AI stories of the year (so far)
The AI industry is constantly churning out news, like major acquisitions, indie developer successes, public outcry, and existentially dangerous contract negotiations.
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The $32B acquisition that one VC is calling the ‘Deal of the Decade’
According to Index Ventures Partner Shardul Shah, cybersecurity startup Wiz sits “at the center of three tailwinds: AI, cloud, and security spend.” Those tailwinds powered what just became the largest venture-backed acquisition in history — Google’s $32 billion deal, finalized after a declined 2024 offer, antitrust review on both sides of the Atlantic, and an […]
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