We asked top startup investors how they use AI. Here's what they said.

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Jeff Fluhr, Ann Miura Ko, and Sarah Smith.

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How Termina selected and ranked the 2026 Seed 100 and Seed 40 lists

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Jake Ellowitz
Jake Ellowitz

Termina

OnlyFans is an amazing business that seems to scare off investors

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Keily Blair, CEO, OnlyFans on Centre Stage during day three of Web Summit 2025 at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.
OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair runs a very, very profitable company.

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I'm a Canadian startup founder. Y Combinator's initial decision to shut out Canadian startups was totally justifiable.

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Yellowcake cofounder Hassan Ismail is pictured.
Hassan Ismail cofounded Yellowcake in the US after navigating tight Canadian regulations with his first startup, West Tek Defense.

Hassan Ismail

Where Business Insider's Rising Stars of Venture Capital went to college — and how they got their start

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Sofia Dolfe, Ishani Thakur, and Jason Brooke.

Index Ventures; Hanabi Capital; Sappire Ventures; Business Insider

See the cities where mega-investors own the most single-family homes

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An aerial view of single-family homes in Miami, Florida.
Institutional investors own a larger share of single-family rentals in southern and Sun Belt cities than elsewhere in the country.

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How banning big investors from buying homes could affect prices

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Recently completed homes at the Judson Ranch Project in Redlands, CA.
Mega landlords own a higher share of single-family homes in a handful of big Sun Belt cities.

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The 3 creator economy trends that helped startups pull in millions from investors heading into 2026

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Whatnot cofounders Logan Head and Grant LaFontaine.
Whatnot cofounders Logan Head and Grant LaFontaine.

Whatnot

Palmer Luckey says he told Anduril investors they can't complain if he takes time off to be on 'Survivor'

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Anduril founder Palmer Luckey.
Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, says he wants to appear on the reality show "Survivor."

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Business Insider's 2025 Rising Stars of Wall Street

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Photo collage featuring Wall Street's rising stars of 2024

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They're still in the early innings of their careers, but these dealmakers and investors are already setting the agenda for the next era of finance.

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