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☆ Check out the pitch deck productivity startup Read AI used to land $21 million to fuel its meeting-summary generator
  + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The startup, Read AI, closed a $21 million Series A funding round in April. Goodwater Capital led the round, with participation from existing investor Madrona Venture Group, which led the startup's $10 million seed round in 2021. David Shin, who co-founded Read AI alongside Robert Williams and Elliott Waldron, told Business Insider that the generative AI boom over the last year has supercharged what the startup can offer clients. Read AI offers multiple pricing plans, including a basic, free version for individual users as well as enterprise and enterprise plus accounts that cost $22.50 and $29.75 a month per user, respectively. Check out the 23-slide presentation Read AI used to raise $21 million in Series A funding.
Persons: David Shin, Robert Williams, Elliott Waldron, Read Organizations: Goodwater Capital, Madrona Venture Group, Business, Microsoft, Google, Read, Bloomberg Locations: Seattle
☆ DocuSign, Zoom, and Twilio thrived in the pandemic-era stock market. In 2024, they're some of cloud software's most likely M&A targets.
  + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
With the promise of generative AI fueling investment in technology, industry experts expect 2024 to be an active year for cloud software M&A. The market is right for buyers and sellers, as companies like Salesforce and Nvidia enter 2024 with cash on hand and mature startups face a slowed venture market. "There's so much demand for amazing talent in AI," Somasegar said. Deals in 2024 will likely be at smaller valuations, Jaluria noted. Jaluria expects that several companies that flourished during the pandemic — only to lose momentum with the rise in return-to-office mandates — are likely candidates for M&A in 2024.
Persons: Somasegar, Rishi Jaluria, Jaluria, Jaluria's Organizations: Business, Nvidia, Madrona Venture Group, RBC Capital Markets, Activision Locations: Seattle, Figma
☆ OpenAI chaos is good for Google, Amazon, and others trying to catch the AI leader
  + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The chaos is good for Google, Amazon, and others trying to catch OpenAI. Especially Google and Amazon, which were caught flat-footed by ChatGPT's rapid success and the impressive capabilities of GPT-4 and other OpenAI models. "In a fast-moving race, this lap has the advantage going to Google and Amazon but it's a marathon, not a sprint." Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and provides cloud infrastructure that runs the startup's AI products. Interestingly, Google and Amazon recently invested billions of dollars in Anthropic, an AI startup that is probably the closest rival to OpenAI in terms of talent and product capabilities.
Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, —, ChatGPT, OpenAI's, Altman, pic.twitter.com, Guy, @buccocapital, Oren Etzioni, there's Organizations: Google, Service, Employees, Madrona Venture, Microsoft, Amazon Locations: Silicon
☆ Amazon dominated the first cloud era. The AI boom has kicked off Cloud 2.0, and the company doesn't have a head start this time.
  + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
There's a new stack of hardware, software, tools, and services that will power AI applications for years to come. Cloud 2.0Another key point here: Most AI developers already know how to use CUDA and Nvidia GPUs. Arguably, Nvidia has already created an AI cloud platform – as AWS once did for the Cloud 1.0 era. James Hamilton is an AWS cloud infrastructure genius who can take on Nvidia, even if the chipmaker has a major head start. Her startup spent months building a data center from scratch to help customers train AI models.
Persons: —, Jensen Huang, Nvidia Rick Wilking, Andrew Ng, CUDA, Michael Douglas, Bernstein, Douglas, Luis Ceze, Ceze, It's, Andy Jassy, Adam Selipsky, James Hamilton, Oren Etzioni, Claude, Dario Amodei, Anthropic Anthropic, Noah Berger, Sharon Zhou, Zhou, Lamini didn't, Etzioni Organizations: Amazon Web Services, Nvidia, Service, Home Depot, AWS, VMware, Cloud, Madrona Venture, Amazon, Amazon Web, Annapurna Labs, Intel, AMD Locations: San Francisco, Seattle, Selipsky
☆ Being underweight stocks would be a 'mistake' if a recession is avoided: JPMorgan's Phil Camporeale
  + stars: | 2023-08-23 | 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 EmailBeing underweight stocks would be a 'mistake' if a recession is avoided: JPMorgan's Phil CamporealePhil Camporeale, JPMorgan Asset Management portfolio manager and Matt McIlwain, Madrona Venture Group managing director, join 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the day's market action, Big Tech earnings, what to expect from the Fed at Jackson Hole and more.
Persons: Phil Camporeale Phil Camporeale, Matt McIlwain, Jackson Organizations: JPMorgan, Management, Madrona Venture Group, Big Tech, Fed
☆ This is the start of a new tech bull market, says Dan Ives after Big Tech earnings
  + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThis is the start of a new tech bull market, says Dan Ives after Big Tech earningsDan Ives, Wedbush and Matt McIlwain, Madrona Venture Group managing director, join 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk Microsoft and Google quarterly earnings reports.
Persons: Dan Ives, Wedbush, Matt McIlwain Organizations: Big Tech, Madrona Venture Group, Microsoft
☆ Amazon CEO says ChatGPT is 'exciting,' but that Amazon has been working on similar tech for a long time
  + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Amazon's CEO Andy Jassy said generative AI like ChatGPT presents "exciting" possibilities. He told the Financial Times that Amazon has been working on generative AI for a long time. Amazon company supporters are worried the company is falling behind in this area, per the FT.Sign up for our newsletter for the latest tech news and scoops — delivered daily to your inbox. "I think it's exciting, what's possible with generative AI," Jassy told the FT. "And it's part of what you're seeing with models like ChatGPT. But most large, deeply technical companies like ours, have been working on these very large, generative AI models themselves for a long time."
☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Matt McIlwain
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | 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 Matt McIlwainMatt McIlwain, Madrona Venture Group managing director, joins 'TechCheck' to discuss the future of M&A and investing in cloud in 2023.
☆ Pitch Decks That Advertising Tech Startups Used to Raise Millions
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +19 min
Check out these pitch decks that they've used to sell their vision and raise millions from private equity and VC investors. Blocking ad fraudAdtech startup Lunio, announced a $15 million Series A funding round in September 2022. In May 2022, the software-as-a-service startup raised a $30 million Series B round, led by Insight Partners. Marketing in the metaverseAnima, an augmented-reality startup, raised a $3 million funding round from investors in Janury. He raised $50 million in Series D after closing a $34 million Series C last year, bringing its total raised to $100 million.
☆ After a very quiet 2022, these are the five tech startups that could go public in 2023, according to bankers and tech market experts
  + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
In a bleak market, some startups are turning to sellsides or letting go of IPO lawyers. Many companies that were looking to go public are now pausing IPO efforts due to falling public and private valuations, according to five investors, bankers, and tech market experts Insider spoke with. This year hasn't been a total wash for the tech IPO market. Some expected Mobileye's IPO to open the public market floodgates. Here are five companies that could end the 2022 IPO winter, according to people close to the tech markets who spoke with Insider.
☆ Top VCs are bullish on payments startups. These are the 5 types of fintechs they're most excited about.
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Emilia David | Carter Johnson | Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Meanwhile, the number of "mega-deals" — or funding rounds of more than $100 million — dropped to its lowest level since 2018, CB Insights also reported. According to CB Insights, the volume of payments-related dealmaking reached nearly $4 billion, or slightly less than a third of all fintech funding. And while that's not a record-breaking amount, payments are accounting for a larger amount of the fintech funding pie. One year ago, when third-quarter fintech funding topped $36 billion in the midst of a bull market, payments accounted for roughly 20% of overall funding volume. But even amid a relative pullback in broader fintech funding, payments represent a safe, evergreen thesis because it is a largely complicated and analog space.
☆ Fintechs have been getting crushed this year, but the sector's biggest investors say payments are a key area to watch in 2023. Here's what they are most excited about.
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Emilia David | Carter Johnson | Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Meanwhile, the number of "mega-deals" — or funding rounds of more than $100 million — dropped to its lowest level since 2018, CB Insights also reported. According to CB Insights, the volume of payments-related dealmaking reached nearly $4 billion, or slightly less than a third of all fintech funding. And while that's not a record-breaking amount, payments are accounting for a larger amount of the fintech funding pie. One year ago, when third-quarter fintech funding topped $36 billion in the midst of a bull market, payments accounted for roughly 20% of overall funding volume. But even amid a relative pullback in broader fintech funding, payments represent a safe, evergreen thesis because it is a largely complicated and analog space.
☆ Amazon gets in front of holiday shopping with second Prime Day of the year
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAmazon gets in front of holiday shopping with second Prime Day of the yearMatt McIlwain, Madrona Venture Group managing director, joins 'TechCheck' to discuss Amazon launching a second Prime Day sale this year, e-commerce reaching shoppers in an inflationary environment, and holiday season commerce concerns.
☆ Tech stocks haven't priced in the full implications of a recession, says Madrona Venture Group's McIlwain
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | 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 EmailTech stocks haven't priced in the full implications of a recession, says Madrona Venture Group's McIlwainMatt McIlwain, Madrona Venture Group managing director, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what metrics he's watching to indicate a bottom in equity markets, the names he's looking at and more.
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