14 Silicon Valley Startups Raised $393M - Week of August 19, 2024
14 Silicon Valley Startups Raised $393M - Week of August 19, 2024💰 Microsoft's $260 Billion in ARR 🔪 Kill Switch’ for $100M Millionaires 💰 Enterprise Sales Tips for Founders 🍔 The Adoption of ChatGPT 🇨🇳 Six “Little Artificial-Intelligence Dragons” of ChinaHappy Monday! I am co-hosting Tech for America: What’s Ahead for Government Tech on September 12th in San Francisco with Hanwha Life featuring speakers from Google, Microsoft, Intel and MLtwist:
Here are a few great things to read/watch this week:💰 $260 Billion in ARR is breathtaking at Microsoft’s scale - Just about everything in Cloud, SaaS and AI is firing on all cylinders at Microsoft:
🇨🇳 Six “Little Artificial-Intelligence Dragons” of China - Chips or not, the Chinese AI industry is pushing ahead. Since 2023, 40% of Alibaba’s investments in China and 30% of Tencent’s have targeted AI startups. The 6 AI Dragons are:
💰 Enterprise Sales Tips for Founders - I really like this Enterprise Sales video by Pete Koomen, founder of Optimizely. As a founder, if you are not capable of selling your product yourself, you’re not going to be able to hire somebody to sell it for you. Great tips on generate inbound demand and writing cold emails. 🔪 ‘Kill Switch’ for $100M Millionaires - Harris’ campaign said it agrees with a series of items in President Biden's last budget proposal which applies to individuals with at least $100 million in wealth who do not pay at least a 25% tax rate on their income (inclusive of unrealized capital gains). Payments can be spread out over subsequent years. Within that $100 million club, you'd only pay taxes on unrealized capital gains if at least 80% of your wealth is in tradeable assets (i.e., not shares of private startups or real estate). Read on Axios to learn more 🍔 The Adoption of ChatGPT - Journalists, developers, and marketers are the highest users of ChatGPT compared to other roles. This week a total of 14 startups raised $393M in funding, 0 M&As:
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8 Silicon Valley Startups Raised $295M - Week of August 12, 2024
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
😮 The Next President Needs Social Media to Win 💰 Co-Founder Equity Mistakes to Avoid 🤛 Databricks & Snowflake Both Fear Microsoft 🎤 Eric Schmidt Walks Back His Google Claim Google ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
13 Silicon Valley Startups Raised $1.98B - Week of August 5, 2024
Monday, August 12, 2024
😢 RIP Susan Wojcicki 🚫 Google's Default Search Deal is Now Illegal 💰 Good Luck Selling Your AI Startup 💱 Understanding Carry Trade 🎉 Congrats to Placer.ai team for raising $75M at $1.5 Billion ͏ ͏
13 Silicon Valley Startups Raised $183.3M - Week of July 29, 2024
Monday, August 5, 2024
👨💻 Race Capital is Hiring Engineers 🌲 Sequoia Capital History and Profile on Roelof Botha 💰 The Risk of Underinvesting 🇨🇳 The US Wanted to Knock Down Huawei ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
19 Silicon Valley Startups Raised $860M - Week of July 22, 2024
Monday, July 29, 2024
👨💻 Race Capital is Hiring Engineers 💰Tech Donors See Harris as One of Them 🔥 Trump Wants to Fire Gary Gensler 🔎 OpenAI Enters Google-Dominated Search Market ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
14 Silicon Valley Startups Raised $592.4M - Week of July 15, 2024
Monday, July 22, 2024
👉 How to Build and Scale an Open Source Company 💰 Sequoia Capital's Stake in Stripe and Wiz Valued at $8.6B & $3.2B ⛓️💥 Faulty CrowdStrike Update Impacted 674000 Enterprise Customers ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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