How to Pitch Your Startup Like a Pro🎤, Universities Producing the Most Unicorn Founders?🎓, China’s AI censorship machine exposed 🇨🇳
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In-Depth Insights 🔍
Hate Finance? These 3 Tools Make It Effortless 📊
Startup finances don’t have to be a nightmare—these tools help you stay on top of cash flow without the headaches. [Jeroen Coelen]
The Math Behind Justifying Your Product 🧮
Prove your product’s worth with data, not just intuition—because investors and customers need real numbers. [Leah Tharin]
Everything You Need to Know About AI Agents 🤖
AI agents are evolving fast—here’s what they can do today, what’s next, and how they’ll reshape the future. [Aurimas Griciūnas]
How to Pitch Your Startup Like a Pro 🎤
Nail your startup pitch with storytelling, strategy, and the secrets top founders use to get funded. [a16z speedrun]
Raising High-Agency Kids: A Playbook 👶
Raising independent, resilient kids in a world of distractions? Here’s the blueprint for high-agency parenting. [Rebecca Wang]
The Startup Game Is Being Rewritten ⚡
AI-generated code is flipping the startup world upside down—building is easier than ever, but standing out is 10x harder. [Sean Ellis]
Trending News
11x caught faking customer list 🚨
The a16z and Benchmark-backed startup 11x has been claiming big-name customers it never actually had. Investors aren’t happy.
eBay bets on WunderGraph for GraphQL dominance 💸
eBay is backing WunderGraph to build an open-source GraphQL federation, doubling down on the future of seamless API integrations.
OpenAI’s ‘Ghibli moment’ fuels copyright firestorm 🎨
A viral AI-generated clip in the style of Studio Ghibli has artists and lawyers debating where creativity ends and copyright begins.
China’s AI censorship machine exposed 🇨🇳
A massive data leak reveals how China’s AI-powered censorship system works—down to the exact phrases it bans.
Social Media Gems 💎
Which Universities Produce the Most Unicorn Founders? 🎓🦄
Stanford (207), Harvard (164), and UPenn (67) lead the pack. Did your alma mater make the cut? [Ilya Strebulaev]
Inside the Mindset of the World’s Best Angel Investors 💰
Must-read insights on what separates elite angels, plus social media hacks and fintech predictions. [Chris Tottman]
Top 50 Seed VC Investors in EMEA 📊
Dealroom ranks the top seed VCs in Europe, the Middle East & Africa—these firms 4.5x your odds of reaching Series A. [Pawel Maj]
Q1 2025 Breaks M&A Records 🚀
Startup acquisitions just hit $54.5B this quarter, shattering records and setting the stage for a red-hot exit market. [Jason Saltzman]
Pricing as the #1 Competitive Advantage for AI Startups 💰
AI is rewriting the rulebook—outcome-based pricing is replacing per-user fees, unlocking massive revenue potential. [Palle Broe]
New Funds 💰
Maven 11 locks in $107M for its third fund, doubling down on blockchain and crypto bets.
Daphni kicks off a fresh €200M fund to fuel Europe’s next wave of breakout startups.
ET Capital betting big on Cambridge’s deep-tech scene with a new fund targeting local startups.
Nunc Capital deploying €20M to supercharge Ukraine’s defense tech innovators.
Daybreak Ventures closes its debut $33M fund to back early-stage moonshots.
Willowtree Investments raising its third fund to hunt for breakout startups in emerging markets.
2AM VC drops a second fund to fuel India’s next-gen founders.
Yango Group launches a $20M corporate VC arm to place strategic bets on disruptive startups.
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