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January 08 Yes, LinkedIn banned AI agent startup Artisan, but now it’s back
Several viral posts noticed that Artisan was banned. But the CEO tells us it wasn't for the reasons many thought.

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6 min
January 08 How Quilt solved the heat pump’s biggest challenge
Quilt's heat pumps are built containing a suite of sensors, which have delivered mountains of data that allow its engineers to wring added performance out of its systems.

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6 min
January 07 LMArena lands $1.7B valuation four months after launching its product; plus, Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation
LMArena, which started as a UC Berkeley research project, has raised about $250 million total and become a unicorn in about seven months.
Also, Articul8's valuation for its current funding round marks a roughly fivefold increase since its Series A.

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8 min
January 06 How World Cup champion Mario Götze built a parallel career as an angel investor
Mario Götze will go down in soccer history as the player who scored the winning goal that made Germany the 2014 FIFA World Cup champion. But he is also an increasingly seasoned angel investor.

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7 min
January 05 Teradar reveals its first terahertz-band vision sensor for cars
The company is tapping the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum to bring out the best qualities of more common lidar and radar sensors.

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5 min
January 02 Even as global crop prices fall, India’s Arya.ag is attracting investors
Arya.ag, an Indian agritech company offering storage facilities near farms and offering lending services to hundreds of thousands of farmers, has drawn investor interest and remained profitable even as global crop prices continue to fall in a volatile commodities market.

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7 min
January 01 ‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted startup founder credential
AI founders are increasingly using their "dropout" status as a credential during YC pitches.

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5 min
December 30, 2025 How to make your startup stand out in a crowded market, according to investors
At TechCrunch Disrupt, three investors took the stage to dissect what makes — and breaks — a pitch deck. They shared with the crowd their candid views on what works in a pitch deck — and what doesn’t. Their biggest pet peeve? Buzzword overload.

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5 min
December 29, 2025 Investors share what to remember while raising a Series A
Investors share what founders should remember if looking to raise a Series A.

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4 min
December 29, 2025 How Mill closed the deal with Amazon and Whole Foods
Matt Rogers's food waste startup will soon deploy its commercial food waste bins in grocery stores throughout the U.S. Here's how Rogers thinks about preparing a startup for success.

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6 min