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☆ Joe Lonsdale: Giving the Chinese government access to 100 million Americans over TikTok is insane
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailJoe Lonsdale: Giving the Chinese government access to 100 million Americans over TikTok is insaneJoe Lonsdale, 8VC founding partner and Palantir co-founder, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the prospect of Apple licensing Google's Gemini AI tools, the fate of TikTok bill in Congress, the AI revolution, and more.

Persons: Joe Lonsdale, Palantir Organizations: Apple Locations: 8VC

☆ OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman: Our mission is to power more effective and accountable government
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOpenGov CEO Zac Bookman: Our mission is to power more effective and accountable governmentZac Bookman, OpenGov co-founder and CEO, and Joe Lonsdale, OpenGov co-founder and chairman emeritus and 8VC founding partner, join 'Squawk Box' to discuss news of Cox Enterprises buying OpenGov in a deal that values the company at nearly $2 billion, the mission of the company, what's next for the duo, and more.

Persons: Zac Bookman, OpenGov, Joe Lonsdale, what's Organizations: Cox Enterprises

☆ Lightbeam.ai helps companies manage AI governance. It just raised $17.8 million with this 16-slide pitch deck.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewLightBeam.ai, a data privacy and security startup, has raised $17.8 million in fresh funds. Founded in 2020, the company wants to help businesses adapt their data security in an increasingly AI-powered world. "In the era of generative AI breakthroughs, organizations are empowered to unlock valuable insights from customer data," Prasad told Business Insider. Advertisement"However, this advancement poses the crucial challenge of ensuring secure and compliant handling of customer data within the evolving landscape of AI governance and privacy regulations." The new funding will go towards scaling the San Francisco-based startup's head count having previously focused predominantly on technology investment.

Persons: —, Priyadarshi Prasad, Prasad Organizations: Service, Business, Vertex Ventures, Dropbox Ventures Locations: Francisco

☆ AI is going to be a technology that impacts productivity, says Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAI is going to be a technology that impacts productivity, says Palantir co-founder Joe LonsdaleJoe Lonsdale, 8VC founding partner and Palantir co-founder, joins 'Squawk box' to discuss the state of AI, how much value the technology can create, the promise and perils of AI, and more.

Persons: Palantir, Joe Lonsdale Joe Lonsdale Locations: 8VC

☆ Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck a former Meta VP used to raise $7.5 million in seed funding for his AI chatbot tutoring startup that helps students with STEM homework
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sizzle AI is a new AI tutoring chatbot startup where students can get help with STEM homework. Sizzle AI was founded by an ex-Meta vice president and just raised $7.5 million in seed funding. Sizzle AI has launched in both the Apple App store and Google Play store and just raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by Owl Ventures, with participation from 8VC. Other AI tutoring chatbots have popped up in recent months, most notably Khan Academy's Khanmigo chatbot. See the pitch deck that Sizzle AI used to raise $7.5 million in seed funding:

Persons: Jerome Pesenti, Pesenti, Khan, Sizzle, Emily Bennett Organizations: Meta, Apple, Google, Owl Ventures, 8VC

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence code cleanup startup Grit has raised a $7 million in a seed round, the New York City-based startup said on Tuesday. Founders Fund and Abstract Ventures led the round, with participation from Quiet Capital, 8VC, A* Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, SV Angel, Operator Partners, CoFound Partners, and Uncorrelated Ventures. Grit provides an AI-powered product that automates software maintenance, traditionally a manual and frustrating task for software engineering teams, particularly for large enterprises with antiquated code bases. For example, when new versions of software come out, engineering teams can spend months updating their code to work with the new software version, which Grit uses AI to entirely automate, said the company’s CEO Morgante Pell. In one case, a software project that was supposed to take six months was shortened to one week using Grit, he said.

Persons: Morgante Pell, “, John Luttig, Anna Tong, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: New, Fund, Ventures, Quiet, AME Cloud Ventures, SV Angel, Partners, CoFound Partners, ”, Reuters, “, Thomson Locations: New York City, San Francisco

☆ Startup studio Fractal created 130 companies in 3 years. Founders say the deal structure has led VCs to 'blacklist' them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Melia Russell | Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

www.fractalsoftware.comOf the dozens of Fractal startups that have raised a seed round of funding, about half had Bienville Capital lead the deal, according to people familiar with the matter. Others say they knew what they were getting into with a venture studio, where a large ownership position is standard. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesThe biggest draw for some Fractal founders was its plug-and-play approach. The founder of one Fractal startup remembered a time when his company was struggling to grow its customer base. That firm is raising a new $325 million fund to provide additional funding to Fractal companies exclusively, according to a person familiar with the effort.

Persons: Fractal's, he'd, they'd, Andreessen Horowitz, Mike Furlong, Nate Baker, Bienville, —, Brendan Smialowski, Founders, Angela Lee, Furlong, Baker, Ezra Shaw, who'd, who's, It's, Lee, She's, 8VC, Bain, Jeff Greenberg, Omri Bloch, who've, didn't, Stephanie Palazzolo, Melia Russell Organizations: Flatiron Health, Bienville, Insight Partners, Bienville Capital, Getty, Columbia Business School, Alpha, Midwest, Science, Olympic Club, Tiger Global, Craft Ventures, Founders, Vertical Venture Partners, Zag, Crew Capital, Bain Capital, Universal, Foundation, Fifth Locations: Bienville Capital, New York, Bienville, Indio, AFP, Santa Monica , California, Miami, San Francisco, GreenSpark, Columbia, Barti, Aktos, Bessemer, 8VC

☆ See the 19-slide presentation that got the former Louisiana health chief $15 million to care for families at home
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A former Louisiana secretary of health is building a startup to get families primary care at home. Nest Health landed $15 million in seed funding in May from 8VC and Blue Venture Fund. Check out the pitch deck that Nest used to get funds for its expansion in New Orleans and beyond. For four years, Dr. Rebekah Gee served as the secretary of the Louisiana health department. Here's the pitch deck Nest Health used to land $15 million.

Persons: Rebekah Gee, Gee, 8VC, Annie E, she's Organizations: Health, Blue Venture, Blue Venture Fund, Casey Foundation Locations: Louisiana, 8VC, New Orleans, Gee

☆ Exclusive: Fractal, a New York venture studio, is laying off staff and will stop creating new startups
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Melia Russell | Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The venture studio Fractal Software will no longer start new companies, Insider has learned. Fractal Software, a venture studio that creates startups by hatching its own ideas and hiring founders to execute, has laid off staff and will stop starting new companies, Insider has learned. At least 28 employees, about 25% of staff, have left Fractal in the past six months, according to LinkedIn. Fractal confirmed layoffs occurred starting in December, but would not specify the number of employees affected. Fractal has a few more startups in the pipeline, with a goal of launching 145 companies, two people familiar with the company's strategy said.

Persons: Omri Bloch, That's, Joe Lonsdale's 8VC, Bienville, Melia Russell, Stephanie Palazzolo Organizations: New, Software, Investors, Tiger Global, Bienville Capital, Securities and Exchange Commission, Twitter Locations: New York, 8VC, Bienville

☆ Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale on A.I. potential: This could be a third industrial revolution
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPalantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale on A.I. potential: This could be a third industrial revolutionJoe Lonsdale, 8VC founding partner and Palantir co-founder, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Elon Musk's commentary, the state of A.I. arms race, its impact on free speech, and more.

☆ There will be great A.I. companies, but there's also going to be a lot of wasted money, says 8VC's Lonsdale
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThere will be great A.I. companies, but there's also going to be a lot of wasted money, says 8VC's LonsdaleJoe Lonsdale, 8VC founding partner, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss what he sees as the future of artificial intelligence.

☆ Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale on whether companies should stay out of politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPalantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale on whether companies should stay out of politicsJoe Lonsdale, 8VC founding partner and co-founder of Palantir, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss the political and potential consumer backlash against ESG, if it's good for business when companies stay out of politics, and more.

☆ Crypto is not dead, but it will be a lot smaller because of FTX, says 8VC's Joe Lonsdale
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCrypto is not dead, but it will be a lot smaller because of FTX, says 8VC's Joe LonsdaleJoe Lonsdale, 8VC founding partner and co-founder of Palantir, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss the fallout of crypto exchange FTX and what it means for the crypto industry.

☆ Supply-Chain Tech Provider Project44 Delays Potential Public Offering
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Paul Page | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

Supply-chain technology provider project44 has postponed plans for a possible public stock offering amid the uncertainty in markets, and instead is turning to more venture-capital investment to expand its business tracking goods through global transportation networks. Funding for supply-chain technology startups has also tapered off this year, according to analytics firm PitchBook Data Inc., as venture-capital firms have reined in deal making. Mr. McCandless said project44 can continue to expand without going to public markets over the next couple of years based on its existing investment and cash flow. PREVIEWMr. McCandless said project44 was in position to file paperwork in June for a future public stock offering. A public offering, he said, would allow more venture-capital and private-equity investors to cash out in public markets while letting the company have continuing access to capital.

☆ China has unexpectedly destroyed its tech sector, says 8VC's Joe Lonsdale
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailChina has unexpectedly destroyed its tech sector, says 8VC's Joe LonsdaleJoe Lonsdale, 8VC founding partner and co-founder of Palantir, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss China's tech sector after the White House placed new restrictions on the country's semiconductor industry.

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Palantir co-founder Joe LonsdaleJoe Lonsdale, 8VC founding partner and co-founder of Palantir, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss China's tech sector after the White House placed new restrictions on the country's semiconductor industry. Lonsdale also weighs in on recent criticism surrounding ESG investing.

☆ See the presentation that convinced Gwyneth Paltrow and NEA to back digital menopause-care startup Evernow
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Evernow raised $28.5 million in a Series A round in April that NEA, a VC firm, led. NEA led the startup's $28.5 million Series A in April. Jackson said Evernow picked angel investors who have used their platforms to speak out about various issues in women's health. Evernow provided Insider with the presentation the company used to raise $28.5 million in Series A funding. See the 18-slide presentation Evernow used to land a $28.5 million Series A from investors like Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore, and NEA.

☆ Flexport is buying Deliverr from Shopify. Here's the pitch deck the startup used to raise its $40 million Series C and become an acquisition target for some of the biggest names in e-commerce.
▼ + stars: | 2020-02-05 | by ( Benjamin Pimentel | Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Flexport is acquiring fulfillment firm Deliverr from Shopify, the players announced last week. Deliverr, which was founded in 2017, aimed to give small sellers a leg up on Amazon. Here's the pitch deck Deliverr used to fundraise from backers including Flexport's Ryan Petersen. Karkaris's cofounder Harish Abbott will transfer to Flexport to oversee the transition reporting directly to Clark, when the deal closes. Here's the pitch deck Deliverr used to raise a $40 million Series C round from investors, including Activant Capital, 8VC, GLP, and Flexport founder Ryan Petersen.

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