The questions Leonis Capital investors ask to see if a startup's tech actually holds up

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Leonis Capital
Jenny Xiao and Jay Zhou, cofounders of Leonis Capital, share their top technical evaluation questions.

Leonis Capital

Redwood Materials lands Google as a new investor

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JB Straubel, founder and CEO of Redwood Materials, speaks about battery recycling at CES
JB Straubel, founder and CEO of Redwood Materials, speaks about battery recycling at CES

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Limy built a platform that helps brands optimize for the era of AI agents. See the pitch deck that helped it raise $10 million.

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limy cofounders
Limy founders Aviv Shamny, CEO; Ido Riechman, CTO; Ido Zabarsky, COO.

Shiri Grupper.

The CEO of $2 billion Harvey rival Legora says he still interviews everyone and asks this question

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Legora's CEO
Legora's CEO said that working at the startup can mean dinners in the office and signing deals on New Year's Eve.

Max Junestrand, Legora

How a dating app got a spot on 'Shark Tank' — and scored a $200K investment from Alexis Ohanian and Kendra Scott

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KATE SIELER, SAMANTHA MARTIN SHARK TANK —
Kate Sieler and Samantha Martin cofounded the dating app Left Field and appeared on a recent episode of ABC's "Shark Tank."

Disney/John Fleenor

FLORA raised $42 million for its creative platform that pulls together top AI tools. Read its pitch deck.

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Weber Wong FLORA
FLORA CEO Weber Wong.

FLORA

I quit Meta to build an AI startup. Giving up a Big Tech salary was tough — here's how I prepared financially.

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Jason White
Jason White

Jason White

I'm a co-creator of Alexa. Writing a 6-page memo helped me decide to quit Amazon and launch my own AI startup.

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William Tunstall-Pedoe
William Tunstall-Pedoe is the founder and CEO of UnlikelyAI.

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Meta's former chief scientist Yann LeCun says he hated being a manager: 'I'm much more visionary'

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Yann Lecun
Yann LeCun said he can do management — but he doesn't like it.

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I quit my job at Nvidia to cofound a startup. The money wasn't life-changing, and I wanted our son to see a freer path.

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Derek Fulton and Alice Pearson Fulton, standing outside with arms crossed in front of rolling hills and greenery.
Carolina Cloud cofounders Derek Fulton and Alice Pearson Fulton.

Charlotte Pearson

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