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3610 Episodes

Trump’s DOE proposes cutting billions in grants for GM, Ford, and lots of startups
Published: 8/10/2025
One startup’s paper-thin stainless steel could change how bridges are built
Published: 8/10/2025
Alternative app store AltStore raises $6M, connects with the fediverse; also, ÄIO invented a method to make edible fat from ag waste like sawdust
Published: 7/10/2025
A 19-year-old nabs backing from Google execs for his AI memory startup, Supermemory
Published: 7/10/2025
Heidi Health raises $65M Series B; also, Sugar Free Capital raises $32M inaugural fund
Published: 6/10/2025
Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos; plus, If you’re not an AI startup, good luck raising money from VCs
Published: 6/10/2025
A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes; also, New deep tech fund Wave Function Ventures raises $15 million
Published: 3/10/2025
How startups could be affected by a prolonged government shutdown, plus Oneleet raises $33M to shake up the world of security compliance
Published: 2/10/2025
Kevin Hart’s VC firm led $35M Series B for weight-loss app Simple, also, Electroflow promises to make LFP material for 40% less than Chinese producers
Published: 2/10/2025
Composite gets backing from NFDG for its cross-browser agent tool
Published: 1/10/2025
Former OpenAI and DeepMind researchers raise whopping $300M seed to automate science, plus, Whoop opens blood-testing service to what it says is a 350,000-person waitlist
Published: 1/10/2025
CommanderAI building Salesforce for the waste management industry, also, a year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B
Published: 30/09/2025
Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks; also, AI recruiter Alex raises $17M to automate initial job interviews
Published: 30/09/2025
The startup behind open source tool Polars raises $21M from Accel; plus, ComplexChaos thinks AI can help people find common ground
Published: 29/09/2025
Paid, the AI agent ‘results-based billing’ startup, raised huge $21M seed; former Microsoft execs launch AI agents to end Excel-led finance
Published: 29/09/2025
Steph Curry’s VC firm just backed an AI startup that wants to fix food supply chains, also Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries
Published: 26/09/2025
Starpath bets on mass-produced, space-rated solar
Published: 25/09/2025
Nothing to spin off its affordable CMF brand; plus Y Combinator's ‘Early Decision’ is for students who want to graduate first, build later
Published: 25/09/2025
Cohere hits $7B valuation a month after its last raise, partners with AMD; plus, Waymo is getting into the corporate travel business
Published: 24/09/2025
Telo raises $20 million to build tiny electric trucks for cities; also, Sila opens U.S. factory to make silicon anodes for energy dense EV batteries
Published: 24/09/2025

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3610 Episodes

Trump’s DOE proposes cutting billions in grants for GM, Ford, and lots of startups

One startup’s paper-thin stainless steel could change how bridges are built

Alternative app store AltStore raises $6M, connects with the fediverse; also, ÄIO invented a method to make edible fat from ag waste like sawdust

A 19-year-old nabs backing from Google execs for his AI memory startup, Supermemory

Heidi Health raises $65M Series B; also, Sugar Free Capital raises $32M inaugural fund

Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos; plus, If you’re not an AI startup, good luck raising money from VCs

A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes; also, New deep tech fund Wave Function Ventures raises $15 million

How startups could be affected by a prolonged government shutdown, plus Oneleet raises $33M to shake up the world of security compliance

Kevin Hart’s VC firm led $35M Series B for weight-loss app Simple, also, Electroflow promises to make LFP material for 40% less than Chinese producers

Composite gets backing from NFDG for its cross-browser agent tool

Former OpenAI and DeepMind researchers raise whopping $300M seed to automate science, plus, Whoop opens blood-testing service to what it says is a 350,000-person waitlist

CommanderAI building Salesforce for the waste management industry, also, a year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B

Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks; also, AI recruiter Alex raises $17M to automate initial job interviews

The startup behind open source tool Polars raises $21M from Accel; plus, ComplexChaos thinks AI can help people find common ground

Paid, the AI agent ‘results-based billing’ startup, raised huge $21M seed; former Microsoft execs launch AI agents to end Excel-led finance

Steph Curry’s VC firm just backed an AI startup that wants to fix food supply chains, also Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries

Starpath bets on mass-produced, space-rated solar

Nothing to spin off its affordable CMF brand; plus Y Combinator's ‘Early Decision’ is for students who want to graduate first, build later

Cohere hits $7B valuation a month after its last raise, partners with AMD; plus, Waymo is getting into the corporate travel business

Telo raises $20 million to build tiny electric trucks for cities; also, Sila opens U.S. factory to make silicon anodes for energy dense EV batteries