Yesterday

Reflection AI raises $2B to be America’s open frontier AI lab, challenging DeepSeek

Reflection, once focused on autonomous coding agents, has raised $2B at an $8B valuation to expand into both an opensource alternative to closed frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, and a Western equivalent to Chinese AI firms like DeepSeek. Learn more about your ad choices. ... Show More

6m 48s

Oct 9

Novoloop’s upcycled plastic takes a step closer to production; and Knapsack picks up $10M to help bridge the gap between design and engineering teams

Novoloop has signed a deal with a contract manufacturer to produce its Lifecycled TPU material. Also, Knapsack creates a unified workspace that integrates design and coding tools to ensure design and engineering teams are on the same page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ... Show More

7m 52s

Oct 9

Base Power raises $1B to deploy home batteries everywhere

Base Power's Series C will help the company expand beyond Texas, its beachhead market, and build batteries in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3m 24s

Aug 2023

GoStudent adds another $95M to its war-chest to go after VR and AI-enhanced tutoring

GoStudent — the late-stage tutor marketplace that has raised $686.3 million so far – has now raised another $95 million in what it calls as strategic fundraise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jun 2024

TNB Tech Minute: Apple May Not Offer AI Features in Europe This Year

Plus, SoftBank founder laments selling Nvidia shares. And crypto super PACs build more than $100 million war chest. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2m 38s

Feb 2024

As Podcastle raises $13.5M, its founder credits AI-driven growth in Armenia’s ‘Mini-Silicon Valley’

Podcastle, a podcasting platform that has boosted its product with various generative AI-driven features, has raised $13.5 million in a Series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5m 48s

May 2024

TNB Tech Minute: Microsoft Plans Major Shake-Up of Videogame Strategy

Plus, AI cloud-computing startup raises one of the largest-ever private debt financings. And Elon Musk’s X completes its rebrand. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2m 34s

Jun 2023

Tesla’s Rising Value, Meta’s AI, and Twitter’s Ad Problem

Kara and Scott are live at Cannes! They discuss Tesla’s market value going up a quarter of a trillion dollars, and Meta letting advertisers know how it’s competing in the AI space. Plus, Twitter’s Head of Ad Sales attended Cannes to assure brands their ads wouldn’t appear near al ... Show More

50m 23s

Mar 2022

Robotaxi startup Pony.ai now valued at $8.5B

China- and U.S.-based Pony.ai said Monday its valuation has surged to $8.5 billion after the first close of its Series D funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Dec 2020

#100 When Investors Take the Hot Seat

This week, we've got a show like no other. Instead of startup founders asking for money to grow their business, we hear investors Jake Chapman and Howie Diamond pitch their new venture capital fund. And they learn right away that things on the other side of the table are a lot ha ... Show More

33m 23s

Feb 2020

“Facebook fact-checkers vs. 4.75B posts per day” — DoorDash’s not First-Mover Advantage. SoundCloud’s desperate $75M. Facebook’s hires Reuters.

Facebook has added a new addition to its army of information regulators for the election year, but we’re looking at their odds (spoiler: not great odds). SoundCloud snags a fresh $75M in funding from SiriusXM, but the music platform still hasn’t found itself. And DoorDash’s CEO s ... Show More

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Kittl raises another $36 million for its...