Tenstorrent Raises $1.5B at $6.2B After Turning Down a Sale
Jim Keller's AI chip startup Tenstorrent raised $1.5B at a $6.2B valuation after takeover talks with Intel and Qualcomm. The story, numbers and founder lessons.
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YoLa Fresh Shuts Down: Why Morocco's $9M Agritech Startup Failed
Morocco's YoLa Fresh, backed by Al Mada Ventures and FMO, has closed after failing to raise its next round. Here is the story, the numbers and what founders should learn.
Deno Joins Cloudflare: What Happens to Deno Deploy and the Runtime
The whole Deno team is joining Cloudflare. Deno Deploy shuts down in six months and the runtime gets one final year of fixes. Here is the story, the timeline and what it means.
Arena, the AI Leaderboard, Raises $200M at a $3.1B Valuation
Arena, the startup behind the AI model leaderboard formerly called LMArena, raised $200 million at a $3.1 billion valuation. Here is how a Berkeley side project became a unicorn.
Chowdeck Crosses 100 Million Items Delivered as It Turns Five
Nigerian delivery startup Chowdeck has delivered over 100 million items across 30 million orders, with 80% of that volume in the last 20 months. Here is how it got there.
Manus Raises $500M After China Blocked Its $2B Sale to Meta
AI agent startup Manus has raised more than $500 million, six months after Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition. Here is how it happened and what it means.