'These are not normal;' A new type of dealmaking for AI startups is rattling Silicon Valley

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Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, the cofounders of Character.ai.

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Turns out being a venture capitalist can be really hard and some VCs want out

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I landed a job in venture capital at 24 after changing my career path twice. Here's how I got the coveted job with a varied résumé.

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Lucia Polverino, analyst at Playfair.

Lucia Polverino.

Venture capital's new reality check: 'A ton of people are looking to get out everywhere'

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Read the pitch decks from media and entertainment startups that have raised millions to disrupt Hollywood

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Sonoro's pitch deck.

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In Zoom party for Harris, VCs break out checkbooks and take jabs at A16Z's Trump boosters

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US Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Read the pitch deck an AI startup tackling time-consuming tasks in Hollywood used to raise new funds

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Filmustage's founders (L-R) Andrei Karalkou, Egor Dubrovsky, and Ruslan Khamidullin.
Filmustage's founders (L-R) Andrei Karalkou, Egor Dubrovsky, and Ruslan Khamidullin.

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Sequoia invests in Reflection AI, a startup founded by Google DeepMind alum, at $100 million valuation, sources say

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Sequoia managing partner Roelof Botha.

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Blue-collar entrepreneurs say it's harder to turn a profit with startups like cleaning or pest control as competition heats up

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Business owners of sweaty startups like cleaning and pest control told BI that they love the work, but it's getting harder to grow.

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In an oversaturated market for AI companies, these startups have the best shot at surviving

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