The humanoid robot boom is here. These top Silicon Valley investors aren't buying it.

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Different types of robots
Investors are divided over what robot bodies should look like.

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Investors ignored manufacturing startups for years. These ex-Apple engineers raised a $33 million fund to change that.

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Omni Ventures general partners Simon Lancaster and Sabrina Paseman
Omni Ventures general partners Simon Lancaster and Sabrina Paseman

Omni Ventures

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 photo collage
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

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