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Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation | TechCrunch

Data center developer Crusoe, which counts Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI as its customers, has raised a new $3...

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Fresh off its Wiz payout, Index Ventures raises $2B across three funds | TechCrunch

Index Ventures has raised $2 billion in fresh capital across three funds, the firm announced on Friday.The 30-year-old...

A Tesla in the Boring company tunnel in Las Vegas.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20B valuation | TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s tunneling startup The Boring Company is in talks to raise a $4 billion funding round at...

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Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming | TechCrunch

While many newer VC firms are still struggling to raise fresh capital, Dimension Capital, founded in late 2022,...

Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, speaks during the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The forum gathers Global 500 CEO's and innovators, builders, and technologists from some of the most dynamic, emerging companies all over the world to facilitate relationship building at the highest levels. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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a16z brings growth fund to $8.5B days after launching new $1.1B fund | TechCrunch

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has expanded its fifth growth fund to $8.5 billion. That means the firm...

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a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’ | TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new “Machine Age” fund with $1.1 billion raised. The firm’s aim with the...

Nicolas Kopp, founder and CEO of Rillet
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Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging from stealth | TechCrunch

AI accounting startup Rillet announced a $100 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation on Tuesday, led...

Antonio Gracias, founder, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Valor Equity Partners
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Musk’s long-time backer is giving SpaceX stock to its investors | TechCrunch

VC firm Valor Equity Partners, founded by Antonio Gracias, a long-time Elon Musk backer and current SpaceX board...

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AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator’s fastest-ever unicorn, now valued at $3.2B | TechCrunch

AI training-data startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion. This just five...

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VC firm Bessemer now has another $5.75B to invest in (what else?) AI | TechCrunch

Bessemer Venture Partners announced on Wednesday that it has raised $5.75 billion across two new funds to accelerate...