Welcome to the hectocorn era: 7 tech startups valued at $100 billion or more

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Preview of Shou Zi Chew, Sam Altman and Elon Musk
More and more startups are valued in the hundreds of billions, making them hectocorns.

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Anonymous messaging app NGL has been acquired by Mode Mobile

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Raj Vir (right) and Joao Figueiredo cofounded NGL in 2021
Raj Vir (right) and Joao Figueiredo cofounded NGL in 2021

NGL

Check out the exclusive pitch deck Valerie Health used to raise $30 million from Redpoint Ventures to automate healthcare faxes

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Valerie Health cofounders Peter Shalek, CEO, and Nitin Joshi, chief technology officer.

Valerie Health

Tech companies want flying taxis on the battlefield

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Joby and L3Harris' VTOL
Joby Aviation and L3Harris are developing a defense-focused VTOL.

Joby Aviation

The FBI is investigating a startup founder accused of using VC money to pay for her house and a Caribbean wedding

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Toronto , Canada - 22 June 2022; Shiloh Johnson, Founder & CEO, ComplYant, on Centre Stage during day two of Collision 2022 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. (Photo By Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images)
Toronto , Canada - 22 June 2022; Shiloh Johnson, Founder & CEO, ComplYant, on Centre Stage during day two of Collision 2022 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada.

After 3 tech layoffs, I knew I had to lean into being a founder

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Kelly Withers
Kelly Withers

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A startup betting that AI can find your 'soulmate' has raised $4 million. Read its pitch deck.

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Jake Kozloski founder and CEO of Keeper
Jake Kozloski is the CEO of dating startup Keeper.

Joe Jenkins

How can lawyers stop AI's hallucinations? More AI, of course.

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Long-haired woman types at a computer with the OpenAI logo.
It's hard to stop a curious legal associate from pasting a draft into a free, browser-based chatbot like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

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Meet the young AI startup founders raising millions in the race to build the next big thing

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Christine Zhang and co-founders
Zhang and her team working out of her apartment.

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Startups love to boast about 'ARR.' AI could bring this to an abrupt end.

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Pirate flag
Arrr

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