2 founders raised $3.2 million, then scrapped their original AI startup. Here's the deck they used to pitch the pivot.

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Monumint's cofounders Tyler Maran and Anna Pojawis, sitting on a khaki counch in front of book shelves.
Monumint's cofounders, CEO Tyler Maran and chief technology officer Anna Pojawis.

Monumint

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is raising external funding for the first time. Read the CEO's email to staff.

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Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000.

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This startup raised $50 million to help marketers figure out which events are actually worth attending

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Stefan Deeran (left), co-founder of Vendelux, and Alex Reynolds, co-founder and CEO of Vendelux.
Vendelux's founders, Stefan Deeran and CEO Alex Reynolds, want to show events can drive business results.

Vendelux

They left McKinsey to help businesses fight patent violations. See the pitch deck they used to raise $10 million.

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Tobias Estreen, Petrus Werner, Oskar Block, and Oscar Adamsson.

Stilta

Bootcamps, work trials, token burn: Inside the recruiting practices at the hottest AI coding startups

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I'm a VC founder and busy boy mom. Here's a day in my life — and my 3 favorite AI prompts that help

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Jesse Draper.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jesse Draper, the 43-year-old founder of Halogen Ventures in Santa Monica, California. It's been edited for length and clarity.

3 founders skipped VC funding, used AI to stay lean, and got to $1 million in revenue in year one

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The Outward Intelligence cofounders, from left to right: Amir Kanpurwala, Brian Tatum, and Abhish Raghavan. Kanpurwala and Raghavan.

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See the pitch deck AI observability startup Sazabi used to raise $8 million seed round from YC and J2 Ventures

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The CEO of Sazabi said it is built for fast-moving engineering teams at startups.

Sazabi

This 'anti-bot' startup wants to pay you to interact with brands. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $18.5 million.

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EarnOS founder and CEO Phil George
EarnOS founder and CEO Phil George.

EarnOS

One of legal's hottest startups is helping lawyers finally answer: Is the AI's work any good?

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Ryan Daniels and John Sarihan.

Crosby

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