Two Gen Z founders who raised $1.25 million for their AI startup share their pro tips for landing funding

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Aidan Guo and Julian Windeck
Attention Engineering cofounders, Aidan Guo, 19, and Julian Windeck, 23, say: Move to SF.

Attention Engineering

Sequoia partner Jess Lee shares the system she uses to evaluate employees

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Jess Lee
Polyvore CEO Jess Lee

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NFL star Saquon Barkley jumps in alongside Nvidia to back AI data center startup Crusoe

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Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley jumps over a Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley jumps over a Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback.

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Nvidia backs $6 billion battery recycling giant in bid to power the AI boom

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Redwood Materials' campus in Nevada, with its new energy storage system on the left, a solar array in the center, and a Google data center on the far right.
Redwood Materials' campus in Nevada, with its new energy storage system on the left, a solar array in the center, and a Google data center on the far right.

Redwood Materials

See the pitch deck this AI studio used to raise $12 million to become the 'Y Combinator for IP'

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Xavier Collins and Justin Hackney, cofounders of Wonder Studios.
Xavier Collins and Justin Hackney, cofounders of Wonder Studios.

Wonder Studios

'Girlboss' Sophia Amoruso says she was too quick to fire people at Nasty Gal. She shared what she learned from the startup's epic rise and fall.

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Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso
Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso.

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Amazon sees 'blind spot' in identifying new AI startups as future cloud customers

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AWS CEO Matt Garman
AWS CEO Matt Garman

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How an up-and-coming investor made partner at a VC firm that doesn't promote from within

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Yoni Rechtman

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Startups should only get new hires when things start to break, Y Combinator partner says

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YC partner says that startups should not hire until they really need to.

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Inside the AI startups reinventing consulting: 'It's not as good as McKinsey, but it's instant'

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There's a new spate of startups taking on the MBB.

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