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Reported scoop about Cursor raising $2B+ at $50B valuation with a16z and Thrive.
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Marina Temkin as author
Inference Startup Inferact Lands $150M to Commercialize vLLM
TechCrunchnewspositiveJan 23, 2026
Inferact, the commercialized version of the open source vLLM project, raised $150 million in seed funding at an $800 million valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
“Author of "Inference Startup Inferact Lands $150M to Commercialize vLLM" in TechCrunch”
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Cursor Acquires Graphite
TechCrunchnewspositiveDec 22, 2025
Cursor acquires AI code review startup Graphite to combine AI-powered code generation with specialized code review and debugging capabilities.
“Author of "Cursor Acquires Graphite" in TechCrunch”
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Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round
TechCrunchannouncementpositiveDec 10, 2025
Naveen Rao's startup Unconventional AI raised $475 million in seed funding at a $4.5 billion valuation to build energy-efficient AI hardware.
“Author of "Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round" in TechCrunch”
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Perplexity $20B Valuation
TechCrunchnewspositiveSep 12, 2025
Perplexity, an AI-powered search startup, has secured $200 million in new capital at a $20 billion valuation, with annual recurring revenue approaching $200 million as it challenges Google's search dominance.
“Author of "Perplexity $20B Valuation" in TechCrunch”
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Meta's $14B Scale AI Deal Shows Early Cracks
TechCrunchnewsnegativeSep 3, 2025
Meta's $14.3 billion acquisition of Scale AI is showing early signs of strain, with key executives departing after months and the company's TBD Labs preferring competitors' data over Scale AI's, citing quality concerns.
“Co-author of the article about Meta's AI investments and Scale AI”
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Nous Research confirmed $1.5B valuation after $90M Series B
Nous ResearchpositiveOct 8, 2026
“Reported on Nous Research's $90M Series B funding and $1.5B valuation.”
Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say
TechCrunchpositiveOct 6, 2026
“Author reporting on Etched's funding offers at $40B+ valuation for AI chip hardware startup.”
OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
TechCrunchpositiveSep 30, 2026
“Marina Temkin reported on OpenAI's talks to raise $30 billion in funding at a $1.4 trillion valuation.”
AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks
TechCrunchneutralSep 10, 2026
“Byline author reporting on Listen Labs' abandoned $125M Series C and acquisition talks with Salesforce.”
Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation
TechCrunchmixedSep 4, 2026
“Reported on Thinking Machines' funding round and valuation discussions.”
Generalist Rockets to $3 Billion Valuation
TechCrunchcautiousAug 29, 2026
“Marina Temkin reported on Generalist's $3 billion valuation and Gen 1.5 model that enables robots to master new tasks from short video demonstrations.”
AI hedge fund Situational Awareness sells public stocks but holds $5 billion Anthropic stake
TechCrunchmixedJul 31, 2026
“Reported on Situational Awareness hedge fund's losses and Citadel's acquisition of its public stock portfolio.”
Prentis, a computer-use AI lab launched in April by Ritankar Das with Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus as co-founders, is in talks to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation
SubstackpositiveJul 26, 2026
“Byline author reporting on Prentis raising $100 million for computer-use AI.”
Key researcher Miles Wang is leaving OpenAI
TechCrunchmixedJul 15, 2026
“Author reporting on Miles Wang's departure from OpenAI to launch AI drug discovery startup.”
Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
TechCrunchpositiveJul 1, 2026
“Byline author covering Arena AI leaderboard's rapid growth to $100M annualized revenue and Series A funding.”
Anthropic isn't raising, but money is already lining up
Yahoo FinancepositiveMay 1, 2026
“Co-authored article about Anthropic receiving unsolicited funding offers at $850-900B valuation.”
SpaceX signed a deal giving it the right to acquire Cursor for $60 billion by year-end
CNBCpositiveApr 24, 2026
“Reported on SpaceX deal to acquire Cursor for $60 billion by year-end.”
Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
TechCrunchpositiveApr 21, 2026
“Reported scoop about Cursor raising $2B+ at $50B valuation with a16z and Thrive.”