Marc Andreessen says being controversial gives his VC firm an 'incredible competitive advantage'

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Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen said that founders want to work with investors who are "brave."

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After 7 years at McKinsey, I left to build an AI healthtech startup. I had to unlearn the pursuit of perfection.

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Julius Bruch
Julius Bruch, a former McKinsey consultant, explains why he left to build an AI healthtech startup —and how consulting prepared him for the leap.

Julius Bruch

Read the pitch deck a Y Combinator-backed startup used to raise $3.6 million to bring AI agents to the doctor's office

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Tivara cofounders Tej Seelamsetty and Aumesh Misra are pictured.
WashU alums Tej Seelamsetty and Aumesh Misra cofounded Tivara.

Michael Benabib

I'm a startup founder who uses AI as a middle manager. It enables my junior employee to produce senior-level work.

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A man with short gray hair and a trimmed beard looks toward the camera while standing against a softly blurred, multicolored brick wall.
Charles Swann uses the help of AI tooling to have his junior-level employee gain years of experience in seconds.

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A gap year program is lining up six-figure startup salaries for teens

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Oliver Zhou
Oliver Zhou, founder of Common Gap and Deep24

Oliver Zhou

This startup is helping companies train AI with an old but buzzy technique. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $7.5 million.

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AgileRL cofounders
AgileRL cofounders

Entrepreneur First

Y Combinator veterans raise $15 million to build an AI money manager that thinks like a wealthy family office

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ATG cofounders Dillon Erb and Daniel Kobran, posed on a green couch in a studio with a white backdrop and an open window.
ATG cofounders Dillon Erb and Daniel Kobran.

Autonomous Technologies Group

Larry Page is officially moving business out of California ahead of a proposed billionaire's tax

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Google cofounder Larry Page
Google cofounder Larry Page has cut his ties to California

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The CEO of $2 billion AI training startup says that humans will stay involved in data creation for decades

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Matthew Fitzpatrick
Matt Fitzpatrick said that a big industry misconception is that synthetic data will take over in a few years.

FINN Partners

23 women in venture capital who made partner or higher at firms like Khosla, Greylock, and Lightspeed in 2025

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Composite photo shows Victoria Zhou, Shreya Shekhar, and Mary D'Onofrio.
Victoria Zhou, Shreya Shekhar, and Mary D'Onofrio.

QED Investors; Greylock; Bessemer Venture Partners; Business Insider

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