## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up its energy-storage business** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/redwood-materials-raises-another-350-million-to-power-up-its-energy-storage-business/)

- **Moove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industry** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/moove-raises-250m-to-become-the-backbone-of-the-robotaxi-industry/)

- **Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here’s why.** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/video/supabase-hit-5b-by-turning-down-million-dollar-contracts-heres-why/)

- **Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/seed-to-series-c-what-vcs-actually-want-from-ai-startups/)

- **NanoClaw comes to Slack, letting you create persistent AI agent teams and colleagues from a single message** (VentureBeat)

- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/nanoclaw-comes-to-slack-letting-you-create-persistent-ai-agent-teams-and-colleagues-from-a-single-message)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/how-ai-accounting-startup-rillet-raised-100m-and-became-a-unicorn-in-48-hours/)

- **Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital ** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-lightspeed-is-going-all-in-on-creator-led-venture-capital/)

- **Why SecurityPal is choosing ‘nuanced capital’ over more VC rounds** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-securitypal-is-choosing-nuanced-capital-over-more-vc-rounds/)

- **Three things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/three-things-veteran-planetary-health-investors-look-for-in-a-startup/)

- **Modelence raises $3M to smooth out the vibe-coding stack** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/modelence-raises-13-million-to-smooth-out-the-vibe-coding-stack/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/ai-makes-weather-prediction-better-can-windborne-make-it-lucrative/)

- **GLM-5.3 hits the API at $1.4/$4.4 per million tokens** (VentureBeat)

- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/technology/glm-5-3-hits-the-api-at-1-4-4-4-per-million-tokens)

- **Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging from stealth** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/rillet-raises-100m-series-c-at-1b-valuation-2-years-after-emerging-from-stealth/)

- **Travis Kalanick kicks off another round of VC bashing: ‘1% are helpful’** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/travis-kalanick-kicks-off-another-round-of-vc-bashing-1-are-helpful/)

- **A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/03/a-new-search-engine-raises-1-1m-to-let-obsessive-fans-dive-down-internet-rabbit-holes/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **From Humanities To AI: How Ali Hussain Built Fintech Tabs Into A $400M Startup** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ai-fintech-startup-tabs-founder-hussain/)

- **A year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-year-after-filing-to-ipo-still-private-cerebras-systems-raises-1-1b/)

- **VentureBeat names Rob Strechay as its first Lead Analyst, expanding its enterprise AI research push** (VentureBeat)

- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/ai/venturebeat-names-rob-strechay-as-its-first-lead-analyst-expanding-its-enterprise-ai-research-push)

- **Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/superorganism-raises-25m-to-back-biodiversity-startups/)

- **AI voice company Hyper raises $6.3M to help automate 911 calls** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ai-voice-company-hyper-raises-6-3m-to-help-automate-911-calls/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/why-paradigm-built-a-spreadsheet-with-an-ai-agent-in-every-cell/)

- **Smallest.ai raises $13M to build ultra-fast voice AI that sounds genuinely human** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/smallest-ai-raises-13m-to-build-ultra-fast-voice-ai-that-sounds-genuinely-human/)

- **Catalio Capital closes over $400M Fund IV** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/catalio-capital-closes-over-400m-fund-iv/)

- **DOJ’s probe into Andreessen Horowitz over board seats baffles VCs** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/dojs-probe-into-andreessen-horowitz-over-board-seats-baffles-vcs/)

- **Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/reach-capital-raises-265m-fund-v-to-back-ai-founders-building-to-expand-human-potential/)

- **Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/fresh-off-its-wiz-payout-index-ventures-raises-2b-across-three-funds/)

- **Qwen3.8-27B runs frontier-class coding agents and reasoning locally, no cloud API required** (VentureBeat)

- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/technology/qwen3-8-27b-runs-frontier-class-coding-agents-and-reasoning-locally-no-cloud-api-required)

- **VCs Pour Billions Into Physical AI As The Next Wave Of AI Investing Takes Shape** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/physical-ai-funding-startups-robotics-aerospace-h1-2026/)

- **Sequoia unveils $950M in new early-stage funds as it strives to be ‘only as good as our next investment’** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/sequoia-unveils-950m-in-new-early-stage-funds-as-it-strives-to-be-only-as-good-as-our-next-investment/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **More than 100 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 — here they are** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/at-least-36-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/)

- **Semiconductor Giants Are Busy Backing Startups This Year** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/semiconductor-giants-nvda-intc-backing-ai-robotics-starups-2026/)

- **NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/neologic-wants-to-build-more-energy-efficient-cpus-for-ai-data-centers/)

- **Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections** (TechCrunch Fundraising)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/thiel-capitals-jack-selby-nabs-stakes-in-hot-startups-like-etched-through-arizona-connections/)

- **Repeat founder Ryan Williams raises $10M seed for an AI startup for private credit managers** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/repeat-founder-ryan-williams-raises-10m-seed-for-an-ai-startup-for-private-credit-managers/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **DeepSeek's top-ranked V4 Flash stumbles on real agent tasks as its prices surge** (VentureBeat)

- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/deepseeks-top-ranked-v4-flash-stumbles-on-real-agent-tasks-as-its-prices-surge)

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*Sponsored by Ada, Ago Consulting, and Zen Semiconductor*

## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/14/thrives-joshua-kushner-chides-silicon-valley-vcs-over-ai-euphoria/)

- **The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Data, Neolab, AI Infrastructure, Defense And AI Coding Lead** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/biggest-funding-rounds-databricks-river-ai-data-energy/)

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## Episode Summary

In this episode, we cover:

- **What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/whats-scaleup-europe-the-5-7b-fund-that-just-backed-satellite-company-iceye/)

- **Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last** (TechCrunch Venture)

- [Read more](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/accel-closes-oversubscribed-550m-india-fund-within-weeks-19-months-after-its-last/)

- **Google’s Gemini 3.7 Flash targets coding and agents with a 50% introductory price cut** (VentureBeat)

- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/technology/googles-gemini-3-7-flash-targets-coding-and-agents-with-a-50-introductory-price-cut)

- **Sector Snapshot: Fitness Startup Funding Is Rebounding, But Investors Want AI And Data, Not Treadmills** (Crunchbase News)

- [Read more](https://news.crunchbase.com/health-wellness-biotech/fitness-startup-funding-rebounding-ai-data-h1-2026/)

- **Why Capital One built its multi-agent AI platform around open-weight models** (VentureBeat)

- [Read more](https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/why-capital-one-built-its-multi-agent-ai-platform-around-open-weight-models)

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