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☆ Supersized seed rounds: The earliest stage of the startup market is getting out of control
  + stars: | 2024-08-31 | by ( Vishal Persaud | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Read previewThere's been an investor gold rush to find the hottest new startup, causing a new dynamic: larger seed rounds. In some cases, the seed round is getting out of control. Tier one multi-stage firms have decided to allocate more resources to investing at the seed stage, according to several traditional seed investors who Business Insider spoke to. Related storiesMy colleague Sri Muppidi has reported on these supersized seed rounds in AI startups throughout the summer. Other supersized seed rounds this year include a $10.5 million round by Swedish legal AI startup Leya, and Gameplay Galaxy recently announced a $24 million seed round for its Web3 gaming platform.
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☆ In an oversaturated market for AI companies, these startups have the best shot at surviving
  + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Investors highlighted their portfolio companies and startups they had no financial ties to. Leena Rao, who oversaw the list and leads BI's VCs and startups team, estimated about 80% of the startups included are focused on AI. AdvertisementiStock; BIAs differentiated as AI startups try to be, the market has undeniably become oversaturated. Big Tech reform is coming, but Washington won't be the one doing it. Congress can't or won't act, so people who want Big Tech companies to change their ways are trying to do it through the courts .
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☆ Meta spins out customer service startup Kustomer amid 'year of efficiency'
  + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Visitors take photos in front of the Meta (Facebook) sign at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on December 29, 2022. Meta has spun out the enterprise startup Kustomer, which it bought in 2020 for roughly $1 billion. Kustomer announced the spin-out in a blog post published Monday, pitching the deal as the startup's "next chapter as an independent company." Kustomer's original investors, which include Battery Ventures, Boldstart Ventures and Redpoint Ventures, have invested an additional $60 million into the startup, which now has a reported valuation of $250 million. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has described 2023 as the company's "year of efficiency" and plans to lay off roughly 21,000 workers by early summer.
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